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Ease Obstacles to Breast-Feeding, Surgeon General Says
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- How long a new mom breast-feeds can boil down to hassles at work, whether her doctor ever stressed how super-healthy it is, even whether Grandma approves. The surgeon general is issuing a call Thursday to eliminate obstacles to breast-feeding - and working moms may see the first steps: The new health care law requires that many employers start offering "reasonable" break times to pump milk and a private place to do it. No, the company bathroom no longer counts. Breast-feeding benefits both baby and mother but it isn't always easy. Three-quarters of U.S. mothers say they ...
Radio Spots Target African-Americans at Risk for H1N1 Complications
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyIn case you didn't know, it's National Influenza Vaccination Week. The day after she was sworn in as Surgeon General, Dr. Regina Benjamin and other health officials announced new public service radio spots urging African Americans to get the H1N1 flu vaccine. The once-scarce vaccine is now readily available and cases of the flu have decreased since the fall. Still, Benjamin – along with Dr. Anthony Fiori, of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Dr. Garth Graham, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health at the Department of Health and Human Services -- warned ...
Dr. Regina Benjamin: Family Doctor Obama's Pick for Surgeon General
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyPresident Obama has made a second nomination for the next surgeon general, after CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta's short-lived -- but much publicized -- nomination fell through earlier this year. Dr. Regina Benjamin, the new nominee, practices medicine in Alabama and came to national attention in 2005 when she mobilized volunteers to rebuild her clinic after it was destroyed in Hurricane Katrina, only to have to rebuild again the next year after a fire. The thing I'm most excited about, though, is her specialty. Dr. Benjamin is a primary care physician -- a family doctor -- and practices medicine in a ...
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