If you want to communicate with the American public, the literature tells you you've got to be talking at about a sixth-grade, seventh-grade level.
From Richard Carmona
As a young surgeon in training at the University of California San Francisco General Hospital in the early '80s, my colleagues and I were inundated with an epidemic of young men with fevers, rashes, swollen lymph nodes and eventually death.
We need stem-cell research, no question about it. It is absolutely crucial for moving our medical science forward. We are trying to harness an untapped source of energy that can provide cures and possibly even prevent disease and suffering.
I really think the most important thing I do is to protect the dignity and the integrity of the Office of the Surgeon General.
I used to be a real doctor. Now I just play one on TV.
The overarching issue, really, is our surgeon general should be able to communicate transparently and honestly with the American public on all issues.
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