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I'm a Los Angeles-based writer and editor. My current projects include my work here at JustMeans, a blog over at True/Slant where I discuss race and media, and various other freelance gigs. A random sampling of my interests includes: hip-hop, cooking, distance running and presidential trivia.

Health: It turns out the pin-thin actresses I see stalking the aisles of Whole Foods in Hollywood aren't just outliers - people...

Health: Graduation season is upon us, and for those donning caps and gowns, that's not necessarily a good thing: Though they st...

Health: Back in February, First Lady Michelle Obama launched the Let's Move! program to tackle the public health epidemic of ch...

Health: Setting goals is a common undertaking for individuals, groups, companies, etc. to make inroads as to what can be accomp...

Health: Researchers must have Mother's Day on the brain, because this week a seeming flood of new reports and studies relating...

Health: He's the leader of a large industrial country who was swept into office after promising to reform the nation's health c...

Health: For the second time in eight months, a mobile health clinic in Los Angeles has demonstrated the enormous need for acces...

Health: Over the last year, seemingly a barrage of study after study after study has examined the negative health effects of hi...

Health: Americans are better-informed than every about the health risks posed by eating unhealthful food, particularly fast foo...

Health: For teenage girls, alcohol consumption can pose a number of risks: it impairs your judgment, it can land you in the hos...

Health: Earlier this week, headlines were gleefully reporting the findings from the medical journal the Lancet that touted a bi...

Health: Earlier this week I noted that some health officials are unsure how effective outdoor smoking bans may be: Since few st...

Health: Only a couple of months ago, a Guttmacher Institute report for the period 2006-2007 indicated that teen pregnancy was o...

Health: Secondhand smoke's harmful health effects are well-documented. According to Web MD, "A 2006 surgeon general's report co...

Health: As I was walking through my neighborhood yesterday, I noticed a copy of Parade magazine, opened to a page with a blarin...

Health: It's long been noted that for many military veterans, problems often don't end just because a soldier has returned from...

Health: Though the health care reform bill has taken up a lot of ink (and pixels) in the past few weeks, a close runner-up for...

Health: An FDA advisory panel this week recommended that children and teens should be kept from using tanning beds, or at least...

Health: If you asked me which surgical procedure took place most often in U.S. hospitals, I might guess appendix removals or so...

Health: I'm sure my fellow health writers will all have different takes and perspectives on the landmark health care reform leg...