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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michelle R. Smith and Ali Swenson

Trump's surgeon general pick criticizes others' conflicts but profits from wellness product sales

Trump Surgeon General Takeaways - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

President Donald Trump’s pick to be the next U.S. surgeon general has repeatedly said the nation’s medical, health and food systems are corrupted by special interests and people out to make a profit at the expense of Americans’ health.

Yet as Dr. Casey Means has criticized scientists, medical schools and regulators for taking money from the food and pharmaceutical industries, she has promoted dozens of health and wellness products — including specialty basil seed supplements, a blood testing service and a prepared meal delivery service — in ways that put money in her own pocket.

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