Surgeon general discusses health and community

03/13/11 'We can't look at health in isolation,' says Dr. Regina Benjamin. 'It's got to be where we live, we work, we play, we pray.' U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina M. Benjamin wants to make America healthier, one community at a time. Born and raised in Daphne, Ala., she started practicing medicine in the rural shrimp-farming town of Bayou La Batre on Alabama's Gulf Coast in 1987 and founded a family ...

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Surgeon General Addresses Alabama Legislature

04/14/11 MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Surgeon General Regina Benjamin is back home in Alabama promoting her efforts to move the country toward a health care system based on increasing overall wellness and preventing illness.

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Surgeon General Regina Benjamin urges Alabama lawmakers to stress wellness, preventive health care

04/14/11 "If we really want to reform our health care in our country we need to prevent people from getting sick in the first place," Regina Benjamin told Alabama legislators.

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