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Sara Libby
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.
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STORIES FROM SARA LIBBY
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Supermarkets study reveals public health's close ties to the economy
Health: It turns out the pin-thin actresses I see stalking the aisles of Whole Foods in Hollywood aren't just outliers - people...
June 02 -
Health Reform Will Help the Young - Sooner and Later
Health: Graduation season is upon us, and for those donning caps and gowns, that's not necessarily a good thing: Though they st...
May 25 • 2 -
Michelle Obama Unveils Public Health Childhood Obesity Plan
Health: Back in February, First Lady Michelle Obama launched the Let's Move! program to tackle the public health epidemic of ch...
May 15 • 2 -
Goals matter in the fight to improve international health
Health: Setting goals is a common undertaking for individuals, groups, companies, etc. to make inroads as to what can be accomp...
May 10 • 1 -
Just in time for Mother's Day: a slew of mom-related health studies
Health: Researchers must have Mother's Day on the brain, because this week a seeming flood of new reports and studies relating...
May 06 -
Australia has an easier go of health reform
Health: He's the leader of a large industrial country who was swept into office after promising to reform the nation's health c...
May 02 • 3 -
Huge Los Angeles free clinic provides free health care to the needy
Health: For the second time in eight months, a mobile health clinic in Los Angeles has demonstrated the enormous need for acces...
April 27 -
FDA could put legal limits on salt consumption
Health: Over the last year, seemingly a barrage of study after study after study has examined the negative health effects of hi...
April 20 -
Insurance companies invest in unhealthy eating
Health: Americans are better-informed than every about the health risks posed by eating unhealthful food, particularly fast foo...
April 18 • 6 -
Study sees link between teen girls' drinking, breast cancer
Health: For teenage girls, alcohol consumption can pose a number of risks: it impairs your judgment, it can land you in the hos...
April 17 -
Is progress being made on maternal mortality?
Health: Earlier this week, headlines were gleefully reporting the findings from the medical journal the Lancet that touted a bi...
April 15 • 1 -
Navy moves to ban smoking on submarines
Health: Earlier this week I noted that some health officials are unsure how effective outdoor smoking bans may be: Since few st...
April 10 • 1 -
After a blip, teen pregnancy is back on the decline
Health: Only a couple of months ago, a Guttmacher Institute report for the period 2006-2007 indicated that teen pregnancy was o...
April 09 -
Do outdoor smoking bans protect public health?
Health: Secondhand smoke's harmful health effects are well-documented. According to Web MD, "A 2006 surgeon general's report co...
April 07 • 9 -
Should healthy people take cholesterol drugs?
Health: As I was walking through my neighborhood yesterday, I noticed a copy of Parade magazine, opened to a page with a blarin...
April 03 • 1 -
Gulf War veterans get a health care boost
Health: It's long been noted that for many military veterans, problems often don't end just because a soldier has returned from...
April 02 -
Congress and celebs alike are trying to tackle healthy lunches
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...
March 31 • 1 -
Tanning Beds Are Feeling the Heat from Health Officials
Health: An FDA advisory panel this week recommended that children and teens should be kept from using tanning beds, or at least...
March 27 -
Special deliveries: C-section births are at an all-time high
Health: If you asked me which surgical procedure took place most often in U.S. hospitals, I might guess appendix removals or so...
March 25 • 1 -
Health care reform efforts through the ages
Health: I'm sure my fellow health writers will all have different takes and perspectives on the landmark health care reform leg...
March 23 • 2
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