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The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

billion people were living with vision loss in 2020, and it is forecasted to reach 1.7 Researchers say that the implant cannot provide any highly detailed vision – but it can help patients detect distinct patterns such as door frames and shapes. Globally 1.1 billion without serious interventions and investments by 2050.

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Diabetes in Late Life: Nadine Carter, Tamryn Gray, Alex Lee

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary Diabetes is common. When I’m on palliative care consults and attending in our hospice unit we have to counsel patients about deprescribing and de-intensifying diabetes medications. And yet we’re also in a different place in diabetes monitoring and management. Goldilocks zone). This is Eric Widera.

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

Doctor On Demand

This may mean you’re not getting enough oxygen, which can cause serious complications. This concern is especially serious for people with high blood pressure, diabetes, or who have a history of heart disease. If your symptoms indicate more serious problems, the telehealth provider may refer you for in-person care or testing.

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Rewiring the body clock: Deep brain imaging reveals unexpected complexity in jet lag adjustment

Medical Xpress

But what we observed was much more complicated." The content is provided for information purposes only. The traditional model is simple: SCN neurons were believed to act like runners in a relay race, passing the light signal along in a linear chain. Some SCN neurons were activated by light, while others were inhibited.

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Texas invests $50M in psychedelic drug research to treat addiction

Medical Xpress

The content is provided for information purposes only. Share Tweet Share Email Home Psychology & Psychiatry Home Addiction June 16, 2025 The GIST Texas invests $50M in psychedelic drug research to treat addiction by I. Your feedback is important to us. However, we do not guarantee individual replies due to the high volume of messages.

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

Having Your Own Long-Term GP Can Save Your Life Patients who choose a GP rather than a specialist as their primary care provider have a 19% 8 lower mortality and produce 22% 9 -33% 8 lower healthcare spending. GPs Provide Most Healthcare The following graph shows that by far most patient/doctor contacts are with GPs.

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What We Now Know About COVID Prevention and Treatment: A Podcast with Monica Gandhi

GeriPal

it was April, 2020. We’re actually lower of COVID deaths in this country than we’ve ever been since March of 2020. I’ve really looked into this because I partially feel responsible for masks because I wrote this article in March of 2020, and it was being reviewed. It was that day that I was totally deflated.