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...often spent unwisely. According to recent figures, less than 2% of health dollars are allocated to the economically smart business of preventing disease. The rest goes to research and the costly job of treating illness afterward. "There's no better place in the world to get sick," says Satcher. "Our weakness is in preventing disease in the first place...
...their toll. Government laboratories are running out of funding and equipment; emergency rooms are running out of staff and beds; emergency-preparedness plans have become moldy and outdated. Many of the labs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are crumbling, a fact that outgoing Surgeon General David Satcher believes Americans should consider "a national disgrace...
...sure kids are seeing their fair share of fast food advertisements. Yes, of course! And let's try to forget that according to new government figures, more than 14 percent of American children are overweight - triple the number who tipped the scales in 1980. Obesity, warns Surgeon General David Satcher, is nearly as serious a threat to national health as smoking. Last year, 300,000 Americans died from diseases associated with obesity, while 400,000 died of smoking-related causes...
...Paul was a brilliant physician who was very sensitive,” Dr. David Satcher, the surgeon general, told the Washington Times. “He was an up-and-coming star in the area of public health. He was destined to be one of the great leaders...
...Whatever the causes, anti-smoking advocates, including HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson and Surgeon General David Satcher, pledge to refocus energy and resources on fighting what Satcher terms "the epidemic" of female smoking and smoking deaths. Women's health organizations won't be far behind: This is one arena, after all, where women don't want to give men a run for their money...