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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. It greatly helps physicians in remote areas such as Sub-Saharan Africa diagnose and treat patients. She spoke of her joy after being able to tell the time for the first time in more than six years.

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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. And I remember I was actually featured at the time for, like, the Pride celebration up at Sinai. They had this huge poster that was literally posted on top of one of the buildings, and people could really see it.

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Trump Whacks Agency That Makes the Nation’s Health Care Safer

Physicians News Digest

AHRQ research and guidelines played a key role in lowering the incidence of hospital-acquired infections — such as deadly blood infections caused by contaminated IV lines, which fell 28% from 2015 to 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. making medical mistakes the nation’s third-leading cause of death.