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Alarming rise in diverticulitis among younger patients | Medical Xpress
A comprehensive analysis of over 5.2 million hospitalizations reveals a troubling surge in severe diverticulitis cases among Americans younger than 50. The analysis, led by researchers from UCLA and Vanderbilt University and published in the journal Diseases in the Colon and Rectum, reviewed hospital admissions for adult diverticulitis patients in the U.S. from 2005 to 2020. (UCLA’s Shineui Kim was quoted. Also: Gizmodo.)
Texas children’s clinic encourages vaccine suspicion | New York Times
“It is totally understandable that parents are looking for a reason for why this happens, because it can be so heartbreaking,” Catherine Lord, a psychology professor and autism expert at the University of California, Los Angeles, said about autism diagnoses. “But vaccines aren’t the reason.”
Shutdown ends telehealth for Medicare patients | Spectrum News 1
Public health experts warn that the delays could compound an already strained system. Dr. Hashem Zikry, an emergency physician at UCLA Health, says telehealth has become an essential part of hospital capacity since COVID-19, calling it “one tool in an arsenal” that helps doctors reach patients remotely.
Trump’s approval rating has slipped among Hispanic voters | Miami Herald
“This is something we’ve been tracking as well through our polling,” Matt Barreto, a professor of political science and Chicano studies at UCLA, told McClatchy News. “We’ve seen a pretty steady decline almost month to month (in Hispanic support for Trump).”
The quiet collapse of America’s reproductive health safety net | CBS News
UCLA economist Martha Bailey later found that children born after the first federally-funded family-planning programs were 7% less likely to live in poverty, and had household incomes 3% higher, than those born before. Bailey’s research, just published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, also showed that when low-income women can access free birth control, unintended pregnancies drop by 16% and abortions drop by 12% within two years.
No one actually knows what a moon is | The Atlantic
Beyond that, a more precise, official definition doesn’t exist. The International Astronomical Union has been in charge of planetary nomenclature for more than 100 years, but “surprisingly, they have not defined what a moon is,” Jean-Luc Margot, a UCLA astronomer, told me.
What can your toilet tell about you? | Wall Street Journal
“The brain interprets and decodes these signals from the gastrointestinal tract and takes care of it to maintain homeostasis,” Emeran Mayer, a gastroenterologist and professor at the UCLA School of Medicine, said of generally healthy people. “The trend is that now tech is trying to replace an intrinsic function we have.”
Experts say to eat these 5 foods for healthy skin | Independent
“In the bigger context, skin is a part of the body and you can’t just rely on topical treatment to keep your skin in great health,” Dr. Zhaoping Li, chief of the division of clinical nutrition at UCLA, said in a statement.
