U.S. surgeon general

Alcohol breaks down in the body into a substance called acetaldehyde, which can damage cells and stop them from repairing themselves. That creates conditions for cancer to grow.

Johns Hopkins surgeon Dr. Marty Makary is his choice for the FDA and Dr. Janette Nesheiwat is in line to be the next surgeon general. Dr. Dave Weldon of Florida is slated to run the CDC.

On this episode, host Dr. Joe Sirven speaks to American Medical Association president Dr. Bruce A. Scott and Jerome Adams, the U.S. surgeon general for the Trump administration.

Dr. Vivek Murthy calls for a ban on semi-automatic rifles and universal background checks. He also wants to see laws that would restrict the use of firearms and penalize people who fail to safely store their weapons.

The FDA and most scientists agree that, based on available evidence, e- cigarettes are far less dangerous than traditional cigarettes. But that doesn’t mean vaping is harmless either.

About half of U.S. adults say they’ve experienced loneliness, Dr. Vivek Murthy says in declaring the country's latest public health epidemic.

Children and young adults were already facing a mental health crisis before the pandemic, says Surgeon General Vivek Murthy. During the pandemic, rates of anxiety and depression have only increased.

United States Surgeon General Jerome Adams was in Jacksonville on Monday to speak with at the Lutheran Services in America CEO Summit in Atlantic Beach...

Florida officials are still investigating what could become the first non-travel-related cases of Zika in the United States.U.S. Surgeon General Vivek…

The country’s new surgeon general stopped in Fort Myers Friday. U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has been on the job for about two months and he’s...