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The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

In 2016, The Guardian reported that a blind woman suffering from this disease was fitted with the implant labelled “bionic eye” in the UK as part of a trial at the Oxford Eye Hospital. The disease is quite common among diabetes patients, and if it is not spotted early enough, it may cause blindness. and specificity of 95.4%.

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Drug Pricing Reform Gathers Steam (Part 1): White House Drug Pricing Plan Offers Laundry List of Existing Democrat Priorities

FDA Law Blog

According to HHS, Medicare Part D could have saved as much as $3 billion in 2016 if generics were substituted for brand-name drugs wherever they were available. The Biden Administration proposes the creation of an Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to focus on diseases like cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s.