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BATH, UNITED KINGDOM - FEBRUARY 25: In this photo illustration a a 12-year-old school boy looks at a iPhone screen A 12-year-old boy looks at an iPhone screen showing various social media apps including TikTok, Facebook and X on February 25, 2024 in Bath, England. This week the UK government issued new guidance backing headteachers in prohibiting the use of mobile phones throughout the school day, including at break times. Many schools around the country are already prohibiting mobile phone use over concerns. The amount of time children spend on screens each day rocketed during the Covid pandemic by more than 50 per cent, the equivalent of an extra hour and twenty minutes. Researchers say that unmoderated screen time can have long-lasting effects on a child's mental and physical health. Recently TikTok announced that every account belonging to a user below age 18 have a 60-minute daily screen time limit automatically set. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Graphic imagery online can lead to psychological harm, UC Irvine experts say

UC Irvine researchers say repeated exposure to graphic photos and videos is being linked to psychological distress. Here’s how and when to cut back.

July 19, 2024
Los Angeles, CA - July 17: Dr. Pauls Raw Animal-Based Smoothie made with organic raw kefir milk beef organs immuno milk blueberries honey bananas sea salt and maple is photographed outside Erewhon in Culver City on Wednesday, July 17, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

“Who is buying this?!” Has Erewhon’s ‘raw animal smoothie’ taken L.A. health food too far?

July 18, 2024
San Gabriel, CA - June 18: Yajing Lu uses an ox horn tool to massage Jackie Snow's face to release tension in the muscles, tendons and ligaments during a Bojin facial from JY Beauty on Tuesday, June 18, 2024 in San Gabriel, CA. Bojin treatments are used to alleviate pains, maintain the elasticity of the muscles and maintain the free movement of joints. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

What is a Bojin facial? The luxury L.A. treatment feels like ‘gua sha on steroids’

July 17, 2024
a teen talking with parents

Attention parents: Your teens aren’t coping nearly as well as you think they are

July 16, 2024
Los Angeles, CA - July 08: Maria Trujillo, left, and Elizabeth Calvillo, right, with Children's Institute Watts, speak with Brenda Montes, 26, while canvassing in the community to offer free public health services with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health in Watts on Monday, July 8, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA. Members met at the Children's Institute Watts campus and went out into the community in groups. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

These L.A. health teams go door to door with a question: What do you need?

July 16, 2024

Radiohead and the Smile rocker Jonny Greenwood’s infection prompts tour cancellation

July 12, 2024

Botox is out. Plasma injections are in. But is L.A.’s ‘natural’ anti-aging movement any better?

July 11, 2024

Doctors said cutting countertops destroyed his lungs. He had to fight for workers’ comp

July 11, 2024

In California, opioid settlement money helps fund lifesaving drugs and police projects

July 11, 2024
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Nico Olalia is a trangender and Filipina nurse at Cedars-Sinai.

Science & Medicine

‘We’ve created medical refugees.’ LGBTQ+ healthcare workers fight for gender-affirming care amid rise in anti-trans laws

The fate of trans healthcare lies in the outcome of a presidential election and next summer’s Supreme Court ruling. But these LGBTQ+ healthcare workers are determined to provide gender-affirming care.

July 10, 2024

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