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Health Affairs Magazine held a conference to address key issues in health care reform and to discuss facts and fictions about health care legislation. Health Affairs editor-in-chief Susa…

Rear Admiral Galson made opening remarks before a panel of former surgeons general discussed the epidemic of childhood obesity. They made recommendations for reversing and preventing this he…

Several former surgeons general discussed public health policy challenges facing the nation. They also examined the role of surgeons general in forming public health policy and how this was …

Policy makers, researchers, and community leaders talked about U.S. AIDS policy on the 20th anniversary of the discovery of the disease. They will also speak about a recent report on America…

Mr. Koop and Mr. Califano focused on health care in America. They talked about how citizens feel that health care should provide immediate access for treatment, and the latest technology at …

Surgeon General Everett Koop and former FDA Commissioner David Kessler discussed the side effects of smoking and the damage it has on American’s health. They also spoke on the tobacco indust…

Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee members heard testimony from consumer safety representatives and children who have suffered injuries in accidents. They discussed ways in which the…

After President Clinton’s announcement on needed revisions to the tobacco settlement, anti-tobacco leaders talked to reporters. They praised the president and stressed the goal of reducing t…

Committee members heard testimony from the chairs of the president’s Advisory Committee on Tobacco Policy and others on the proposed settlement between state attorneys general and the tobacc…

After meeting with Vice President Gore and others, administration officials and Mr. Koop and Mr. Kessler talked about their advisory group’s report on the priorities in any tobacco settlemen…

The Advisory Committee on Tobacco Policy and Public Health held its third meeting. Members compared the major areas of the committee’s draft report on future tobacco policy with the tobacco …

Dr.C. Everett Koop , Former Surgeon general under Ronald Reagan, released new guidelines for the medical treatment of obesity which were developed by Shape Up America and the American Obesit…

Dr. Everett Koop and First Lady Hillary Clinton described the political and financial aspects of health care reform.

Former Surgeon General Koop joined three high school students in a discussion of the future of medicine. The students discussed their interests in the field and spoke about how the president…

Former Surgeon General Koop spoke to the audience of physicians who support the President Bill Clinton’s proposal for health care reform. He described his campaign of the past few years to c…

The event ,U.S. Child Health and Education Concerns, sponsored by National Health Council in Washington, DC Judy Woodruff & Surgeon General Koop spoke to medical personnel on the relationsh…

The subcommittee heard testimony on Medicare payment policies and how they affect physicians' decisions on what medical specialties they practice. The subcommittee sought to hear testimony o…

The National Foundation for the Study of Employment Policy held a news conference concerning workplace drug testing. The participants answered questions from the press.

Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, M.D. gives an address to the City Club of Portland, OR. Then Rep. Ron Wyden introduces Dr. Koop with a positive look at his 8 year tenure. Koop open…

Witnesses testified on the problems facing AIDS patients and what the government is doing in response. This was the first meeting of the National Commission on AIDS.