Carolyn Dawson, bariatric surgery patient looks at her weight reading 296.6 lbs. at her surgeon Dr. Michael Snyder's office in Denver five days before her procedure August 25, 2010. Dawson hoped to lose around 150 pounds due to the procedure over the next year. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES) 

British Prime Minister Tony Blair sets out his 36-point plan in a keynote address to doctors' leaders at the Royal College of General Practitioners in London March 19, 2001. Blair wants to raise the number of doctors in general practice and cut red tape in the surgery.

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