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A former Army surgeon blasted the Department of Defense, saying she would not take up an offer to return to service as the Army and Air Force struggle with recruiting. The Air Force and Army have sent letters to former military personnel…

WASHINGTON — President Biden will announce on Monday that he will nominate Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli, a cancer surgeon who became the director of the National Cancer Institute in October, to be the next director of the National Institutes…

Devi Prasad Shetty is an Indian cardiac surgeon who is the chairman and founder of Narayana Health. It has 47 healthcare facilities including a hospital in the Cayman Islands. The Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awardee is one of the best…

With the weather starting to improve as we head into summer many of us will be looking forward to spending more time in the sun.While a certain amount of sunlight is beneficial to our health, with it supplying much of the vitamin D we need,…

Isolation and loneliness are an epidemic as damaging to Americans' individual and public health as smoking and obesity, the surgeon general of the United States said in a stark advisory issued Tuesday.Nearly half of U.S. adults…

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared loneliness as an epidemic in the country on Tuesday, outlining a series of actions that Americans can take to address the growing issue. “Our epidemic of loneliness and isolation has been an…

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy today announced a ground-breaking new initiative to address social ... isolation and loneliness.DNCC via Getty Images Just a few days ago we learned that cigarette smoking in the United States dropped to a…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Widespread loneliness in the U.S. poses health risks as deadly as smoking a dozen cigarettes daily, costing… WASHINGTON…

Widespread loneliness in the U.S. poses health risks as deadly as smoking a dozen cigarettes daily, costing the health industry billions of dollars annually, the U.S. surgeon general said Tuesday in declaring the latest public…

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is introducing a new framework to address loneliness in the United States this week, writing in a new op-ed that social connections must be a “top public health priority” in the country. “As it has…