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January 5, 2023

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Eating only raw food is ranked the worst diet

Popular Science

“What’s nice is Mediterranean is relatively user friendly. How it’s structured is similar to the (U.S. Department of Agriculture) healthy eating plan,” Camila Martin, a nutritionist at University of Wisconsin Health in Madison, who wasn’t involved in the rankings, tells TODAY.com. “It’s very modifiable based off what people have access to even with limited resources.”

7 questions older patients should ask their surgeon

Popular Science

What’s the goal of this surgery? Ask your surgeon, “How is this surgery going to make things better for me?” said Margaret “Gretchen” Schwarze, an associate professor of surgery at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Will it extend your life by removing a fast-growing tumor? Will your quality of life improve by making it easier to walk? Will it prevent you from becoming disabled, akin to a hip replacement?

UW-Madison Related

Allegations that prominent Madison artist masqueraded as Native American spark outrage

Wisconsin State Journal

Members of Madison’s academic, artistic and Indigenous communities are investigating accusations that a prominent artist has been masquerading as Native American and benefiting professionally, financially and socially.

Kay LeClaire, who co-founded an Indigenous-owned tattoo shop and sold art and spoke on panels as a representative of the Indigenous community, held a grant-funded position at UW-Madison since March of last year. LeClaire was scheduled to speak in January in conjunction with the opening of an exhibit at the Chazen Museum of Art about reciprocity in Native-land relations. That event has been canceled.

‘Native American’ artist Kay LeClaire accused of being white also ‘made up stories about visions,’ is married to researcher

New York Post

LeClaire, who has identified as “two spirit” — a term many Indigenous people use to describe a non-binary gender identity — also had a paid residency at the University of Wisconsin and membership on the board of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force at the Wisconsin Department of Justice. The group is working to end abduction and homicide against indigenous women in the state.