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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. It greatly helps physicians in remote areas such as Sub-Saharan Africa diagnose and treat patients. That must have been truly amazing!

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Even with Short-Term Health Insurance, his Colonoscopy Bill was $7,000

Physicians News Digest

By Julie Appleby Tim Winard knew he needed to buy health insurance when he left his management job in manufacturing to launch his own business. Early last year, he had the colonoscopy at a hospital in Elmhurst, Illinois, not far from his home in Addison. Winard said the hospital declined the offer. Then the bill came.