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The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

In 2015, surgeons in Manchester, UK have performed the first bionic eye implant for an AMD patient using Second Sight’s innovation. Experts even say the eye is an ideal place to start for the first clinical use of CRISPR. The disease is quite common among diabetes patients, and if it is not spotted early enough, it may cause blindness.

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Adrenal Insufficiency with Dr. Malika Rawal

Louisville Lectures

Dr. Rawal is board certified with the American Board of Internal Medicine and her clinical expertise is in diabetes and related disorders, as well as endocrinology. Disclaimers ©2015 LouisvilleLectures.org Rawal, m.d. Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Louisville. Dr. Rawal completed medical school at St.

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When to Go to a Doctor for Chest Congestion: At-home Care vs. Medical Attention

Doctor On Demand

This concern is especially serious for people with high blood pressure, diabetes, or who have a history of heart disease. However, doctors interviewed in the study had concerns about limited regulation, potential interactions with conventional medications, and insufficient clinical guidance for these therapies.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

In particular, we talk about Katie’s and Jesica’s paper in NEJM titled “ Juggling Two Full-Time Jobs — Methadone Clinic Engagement and Cancer Care ,” which described the difficulty in managing cancer pain and methadone for opioid use disorder. Katie, welcome back to GeriPal. Why would that be?

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Transgender Health, Aging, and Advocacy: A Podcast with Noelle Marie Javier and Jace Flatt

GeriPal

It was also the time that in 2015, that people who were trans and famous really put being trans on the map at that time, too. Is that because they have higher rates of chronic conditions like diabetes, coronary disease, tobacco use, things like that, or is there something else that’s going on? So it coincided with that.

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Keynote: Finding your bliss—beating physician “burnout”

Pamela Wible MD

Drawing from her experience running a physician suicide helpline , she speaks candidly about the emotional toll of assembly-line medicine , the link between overwork and doctor suicide , and the revolutionary joy of reclaiming your career by launching your own ideal clinic. I was in a big-box clinic. Thank you for joining us Dr. Wible.

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