By Associated Press, Boston Herald - Health evangelist Dr. Mehmet Oz will be the keynote speaker at Bentley University at a leadership forum organized with TIME magazine.

The half-day symposium Thursday will feature leaders in health care, environmental change and corporate philanthropy.

Dr. Oz is a cardiac surgeon and host of the syndicated talk show, "The Dr. Oz Show."

Also scheduled to speak at the sixth annual "Bentley Leadership Forum" are Margaret McKenna, president of The Wal-Mart Foundation; Majora Carter, environmental justice activist; and Julie Cottineau, vice president of Brand, Virgin USA.

Newsday - Long Island, NY, USA - While onetime protege Dr. Phil McGraw is becoming something of an embarrassment with his tabloidesque plays for ratings, talk-show empress Oprah Winfrey's company is shopping another doctor show to syndicators.

The 2009 project for Dr. Mehmet Oz, the heart surgeon who heads the cardiovascular program at New York's Columbia Presbyterian Hospital and has become Winfrey's on-air go-to health-and-wellness guy, potentially would go head-to-head with "The Doctors," a show featuring five medical experts that CBS Television Distribution plans to launch this fall. Notably, among the executive producers of "The Doctors" are Dr. Phil and Jay McGraw, his son.

While sources say just about

Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX, USA - For people who suffer a heart attack, surviving is just the first step.

They then have to choose the best way to live to prevent another one, says cardiologist Mehmet Oz, who has teamed up with fitness trainer Bob Greene on a free fitness DVD called Heartfelt for Life: Strengthening Your Heart.

"I spent a little time in Texas doing cardiac surgical training in the early '70s," Dr. Oz said in a recent phone interview. "When heart disease patients were leaving the hospital, they'd offer you a cigarette for the way home, just to relax you."

Times have changed, obviously. But not enough;

Market Wire (press release) - USA - Esteemed cardiac surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz and celebrity fitness trainer Bob Greene today helped launch a first-of-its-kind fitness program created primarily for heart attack survivors. The program, Heartfelt For Life: Strengthening Your Heart, is a simple, enjoyable fitness routine that can help heart disease patients protect their hearts from a future cardiovascular event.

During the next three months, thousands of free DVD and VHS copies of the Heartfelt For Life video will be distributed at viewing seminars taking place at senior centers and medically based exercise facilities across the United States. Those who can not attend one of the live events