UCSF IHPS's Renee Hsia, Brandon Yan, and Maddie Feldmeier: What the 2024 electoral map reveals about America’s mortality divide via @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/11/03/e...

What the 2024 electoral map reveals about America’s mortality divide

Leading drivers of mortality look different according to political geography, experts write.

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UCSF IHPS's Laura Schmidt Schmidt in @pbsnews.org What exactly are ultraprocessed foods? Experts weigh in as RFK Jr.'s effort to define them stalls www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...

What exactly are ultraprocessed foods? Experts weigh in as RFK Jr.'s effort to define them stalls

More than 100 science, medical and nutrition experts signed and sent an open letter Friday to the Office of Management and Budget, urging the administration to release the first-ever government defini...

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Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, November 4, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for IHPS Health Policy Grand Rounds with Lauren Hunt, PhD, RN, FNP, and Krista Harrison, PhD.

UCSF IHPS faculty Lauren Hunt - new video abstract. Hospice Visit Patterns Across Patient Demographic and Clinical Characteristics youtu.be/JEsW4_2fcF4?...

Hospice Visit Patterns Across Patient Demographic and Clinical Characteristics

YouTube video by Health Workforce Technical Assistance Center

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UCSF IHPS faculty Kathryn Phillips "The problem is many people try to go OTC and don’t get any help.” Hearing aids are sold over the counter. Getting the right one is still hard via @sfchronicle.com sfchronicle.com/health/artic...

Hearing aids are sold over the counter. Getting the right one is still hard

Buying an over-the-counter hearing aid can leave you sorting through devices and coverage on your own. A UCSF researcher who struggled to find the right one shares what she learned.

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Please join us for our next IHPS IMPACT + IHPS Policy Skills Series tomorrow, October 21, 2026, from 12:00–1:00 PM, featuring Paula Villescaz.

Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, October 7, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM for IHPS Health Policy Grand Rounds with Dorie Apollonio, PhD, MPP.

Spotlighting UCSF IHPS Faculty: Elizabeth Dzeng, PhD, MD, MPH Research from Sohn et al., published in @journalgim.bsky.social, examines "Healthcare Staff Perspectives and Experiences of Racism's Impact on Care for Hospitalized Black Adults: A Qualitative Study."

UCSF IHPS's Alicia Fernandez shares her thoughts on her new study with colleagues & her surprise at how much doctors changed the way they practiced in response to immigration policy changes

How Trump’s Immigration Policies Can Leave Doctors Feeling Powerless | KQED

The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is making it harder for primary care doctors who work with immigrant patients to do their jobs, a UCSF study finds.

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"It’s important for parents to be aware that getting a smartphone isn’t just about the device. It can change a child’s access to different content and exposures in the digital world.” @jasonmnagata.bsky.social in @cnn.com

Giving a tween a smartphone may increase the risk of body image issues and unhealthy eating | CNN

Kids who have their own smartphones at age 12 are more likely to develop eating disorder symptoms than those who don’t, according to a new study.

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"Doctors rely on this evidence, patients rely on this evidence, and if that evidence is not there, it’s going to lead to a lot of uncertainty,” UCSF IHPS faculty Sanket Dhruva, MD, MHS. FDA-ordered studies of many drugs, devices on the market are not done

FDA-ordered studies of many drugs, devices on the market are not done

To get drugs and devices out faster, the FDA lets companies conduct studies of safety or efficacy after the products are approved. In many cases, such “postmarket” studies are behind schedule or overd...

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Health care needs 2 shifts: pay for outcomes, not volume, so team-based care can work & stop calling jobs without degrees "unskilled." Build real career pathways instead. UCSF IHPS director @joannespetz.bsky.social How Can We Fix the Health Care Workforce Shortage?

How Can We Fix the Health Care Workforce Shortage?

Boomers are retiring from health care just as their own medical needs rise. A UCSF health economist unpacks the shortage and what it will take to fix it.

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Please join us for our first IHPS IMPACT + IHPS Policy Skills Series of the academic year tomorrow, September 16, 2026, from 12:00–1:00 PM, featuring Rosielyn Pulmano.

The GLP-1 era underscores something we know about nutrition and metabolic care: one size does not fit all. Precision nutrition is an emerging field that could help us better target dietary, metabolic & drug interventions. But realizing that potential will take more than scientific advances.

Spotlighting UCSF IHPS Faculty: Leslie Suen, MD, MAS. Research from Suen et al., published in American Journal of Preventive Medicine, examines "Linkage to Substance Use Disorder Treatment Through Syringe Services Programs and the Criminal Legal System: A Cross-Sectional Study".

Please join us for our first IHPS Health Policy Grand Rounds of the academic year tomorrow, September 2, 2026, from 12:00–1:00 PM, featuring Carisa Harris Adamson, PhD, CPE.

UCSF IHPS faculty Krista Harrison in CBS News: www.cbsnews.com/news/hospice...

My husband was kicked out of hospice for dying too slowly. Here's what I learned about navigating hospice care.

Some seriously ill patients improve on hospice. About 1 in 16 patients enrolled in hospice care lose eligibility as a result. Here's how to get appropriate care.

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Spotlighting UCSF IHPS Faculty: Marissa Raymond Flesch, MD, MPH — findings from Raney et al. in the Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology on "Implementation of No-Test Medication Abortions in Primary Care: A Roadmap from an Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine Clinic."

Featuring @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social Faculty: Reza Yaesoubi, PhD — findings from Murray-Watson et al. in Medical Decision Making on "Forecasting Local Surges in COVID-19 Hospitalizations through Adaptive Decision Tree Classifiers." Link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

"Everything I see points to lower access to contraception," UCSF IHPS faculty Cynthia Harper in NPR. There's a birth control backlash online. Can it explain the rise in abortions? www.npr.org/2026/08/09/n...

There's a birth control backlash online. Can it explain the rise in abortions?

The number of abortions is up in the United States. Is it because fewer people are using birth control pills?

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UCSF IHPS's Laura Schmidt via @deciderdotcom.bsky.social: “‘Natural and artificial flavors, The companies decide what chemicals are safe." Netflix's 'Big Chicken: Fast Food Conspiracy' Documentary Will Make You Swear Off Fried Chicken For Life decider.com/2026/08/05/8...

‘Big Chicken: Fast Food Conspiracy’ documentary on Netflix will make you swear off fried chicken for life

…Or for a week, at least.

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UCSF IHPS's @joannespetz.bsky.social: education programs and national certifications for these advanced practice jobs “are pretty robust.” How 'physician-led' care team models tackle primary care's workforce problem www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/ho...

How 'physician-led' care team models tackle primary care's workforce problem

The rise of the team-based model for primary care delivery can be a practical and effective response to the mismatch between supply and demand for these services—so long as each clinician feels tha | ...

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Featuring UCSF IHPS Faculty: Marilyn Thomas, PhD, MPH, and Christina Mangurian, MD, MAS — findings in @jamanetworkopen.com on "Historically Black College or University Attendance and Cognition in US Black Adults". Link: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

FDA voted to let compounding pharmacies make BPC-157, TB-500 & other gray-market peptides despite agency scientists safety objections. Piatkowski, Ganson & @jasonmnagata.bsky.social flagged the youth-use risks in May, Lancet Child Adolesc Health. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/o...

Opinion | The Coming Peptide Free-for-All

Welcome to the new Wild West of peptides.

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~12% of older US adults meet criteria for "ultra-processed food addiction" (Yale Food Addiction Scale). UCSF IHPS's Laura Schmidt, Addiction, 2026, onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/..., on why that matters for the wave of UPF lawsuits @nytimes.com just covered. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/o...

Opinion | This Teen Took on a $10 Trillion Industry. We Might All Be Healthier Because of Him.

A teenager’s lawsuit against the food industry shows us the path to a better food system.

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Featuring IHPS Faculty: Janne Boone-Heinonen, PhD, MPH — findings in Obesity: A Research Journal: "The Association of Physical Activity During Pregnancy and Postpartum Weight Retention: A Retrospective Cohort Study" by Young et al. Link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

“The housing wealth is, in reality, the form of long-term care insurance that most people have," UCSF IHPS's @joannespetz.bsky.social via @sfchronicle.com Here’s what could really derail the Great Wealth Transfer — and how to prepare for it www.sfchronicle.com/personal-fin...

Here’s what could really derail the Great Wealth Transfer — and how to prepare for it

The cost of long-term care is perhaps the greatest Great Wealth Transfer wild card. Here are details on what these costs look like in the Bay Area — from premium life plan communities to in-home...

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UCSF IHPS faculty Pam Ling: FDA clears Zyn: Nicotine pouches may hook a new generation, says expert via Medical Xpres medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07...

FDA clears Zyn: Nicotine pouches may hook a new generation, says expert

The company can now market flavored pouches as less harmful than cigarettes, alarming health experts.

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UCSF IHPS faculty member Pam Ling: “Nicotine addiction is not trivial.” Are ZYN nicotine pouches safer than smoking? FDA weighs in via @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Some ZYN nicotine pouches can be sold as safer than cigarettes, FDA says

Twenty flavored ZYN products are included in the authorization, which says the pouches put users at lower risk for several health problems compared to smoking.

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Research from International Journal of Nursing Practice: "The Impact of Intra-Hospital Transfers on Patient Outcomes and/or Hospital Costs: A Scoping Review" — Doleman et al. Featuring IHPS Faculty: Joanne Spetz, PhD Link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...