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Share of patients with heat exhaustion increased 53 percent when comparing June 2016 to June 2021

Medical Xpress

Among privately insured individuals receiving medical services, the percentage of patients diagnosed with heat exhaustion increased 52.5 percent when comparing June 2016 to June 2021. These and other findings are reported in a FAIR Health brief released today, Heat-Related Illness: A Window into Recent Trends.

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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. However, things are moving fast, and success doesn’t come easy for the pioneers of any medical field.

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9 Technologies That Will Shape The Future Of Dentistry

The Medical Futurist

Just like in the case of other medical specialties , disruptive innovations will have a huge impact on how dentistry will be practiced and how patients will take care of themselves in the future. In comparison, the first VR-recorded surgery was performed at the Royal London Hospital in 2016.

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Many Older People Embrace Vaccines. Research Is Proving Them Right.

Physician's Weekly

So, in 2016, she celebrated her 60th birthday at her local CVS. Robin Wolaner, 71, a retired publisher in Sausalito, California, has been known to badger friends who delay getting recommended shots, sending them relevant medical studies. “I was there when they opened,” Beckham recalled.

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Episode 148: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 4 – Dismantling Race-Based Medicine Part 2: Clinical Perspectives

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Our guests explain how we can incorporate race-conscious medicine in clinical settings, medical education, and biomedical/epidemiological research to responsibly recognize and address the harms of racial inequality. These factors include a high-protein diet, muscle mass, creatinine generation, and certain medications. link] Tsai J.

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Doctors Within Borders

Integrated Care News by CFHA

When the film is a documentary, such portrayal is also revealing, as is the case with “Fire at Sea,” directed by Gianfranco Rosi in 2016. He is diagnosed with a lazy eye and prescribed an eyepatch. Dr. Bartolo diagnoses him with anxiety: “ You are a bit tense, you know …” The scene does not carry on with a conversation about it.

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Multifaceted Disparities Impact Outcomes in Keratoconus, Corneal Hydrops

Physician's Weekly

In patients with unstable keratoconus, several sociodemographic and medical factors independently increased the odds of developing acute corneal hydrops, including Black race, public health insurance coverage, obesity, and developmental delay, researchers reported in PLOS One. Kanu, MD , and colleagues.