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Jefferson Adams is a freelance writer living in San Francisco. His poems, essays and photographs have appeared in Antioch Review, Blue Mesa Review, CALIBAN, Celiac.com, Hayden's Ferry Review, Huffington Post, the Mississippi Review, and Slate among others.

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Insurance yanks depression coverage over 'happy' Facebook pics

Monday, November 23rd, 2009 · 1 comment

In a story that reads like a combination of a Monty Python skit and a Charles Dickens scenario, a Canadian woman on long-term leave for depression...
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Movie popcorn and soda: Three Quarter Pounders and 12 pats of butter?

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 · 2 comments

Eating a single medium-sized movie popcorn and a soda is equivalent to eating three Quarter Pounders from McDonald's, along with 12 pats of butter,...
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Dr. Cannabis? American Medical Association urges review of marijuana prohibition

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The American Medical Association recently made an unprecedented call for America to rethink marijuana prohibition laws, urging a "review" of...
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Is processed food making you sad?

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We've all heard the saying that we are what we eat. According to a new report, we might also feel what we eat. It seems a diet heavy in processed and...
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New Gilded Age? Half of all kids will get food stamps

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Nearly half of all U.S. kids and 90 percent of black children will be on food stamps at some point before they reach adulthood, numbers that may grow...
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No insurance killing thousands of American kids

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Every two years, 1,700 American children die from lack of healthcare. That's the equivalent of a World Trade Center disaster every four years-with...
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Is your ringtone chiming a cancer warning?

Lately, every time I hear my favorite ringtone, I keep thinking about a new ten-year study makes a strong connection between heavy use of cellular...
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Saw VI: Torture porn takes on health care reform

If you're fed up with the fight over health care and looking for a little good, clean, revenge fantasy fun at the expense of the bad guys in the...
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Been raped? No insurance!

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When Christina Turner feared she had been sexually assaulted after two men drugged her drink in a bar, she did what most women facing that situation...
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Medical group expels octomom doctor

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The Beverly Hills physician who provided fertility treatments to octuplets mom Nadya Suleman has been booted from a prominent professional medical...
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