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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 In 2015, surgeons in Manchester, UK have performed the first bionic eye implant for an AMD patient using Second Sight’s innovation. Globally 1.1 billion without serious interventions and investments by 2050.

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Caring for Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in the Emergency Department: A Problem-Based Approach

PEMBlog

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a complex and progressive disease requiring highly specialized care, especially in emergency situations. The condition affects multiple organ systems—muscular, cardiac, and respiratory—leading to a myriad of clinical complications.

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Improving Hospital Care for Older Adults through Acute Care for Elders (ACE Units): Kellie Flood and Stephanie Rogers

GeriPal

Which patients are eligible to go to an ACE unit? So I picked the Ed Sheeran song, The A Team, because it reminds me of our ACE team that goes around the hospital and cares for our older patients. And a light bulb just went off in my head, like, yes, this makes sense as a model for how we should care for more complex older patients.

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Trans Carotid Artery Revascularization

Vascular Physician

The TCAR procedure also utilizes a special tool that reverses the blood flow that usually goes from the aorta to carotid and to the brain. In-hospital complications for either procedure are rare ( The following video is a representation of the procedure: TCAR (Transcarotid Arterial Revascularization) References 1. doi:10.1001/ jama.2019.18441.

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

Medical Xpress

Explore further Trials using psychedelic drug to treat trauma, addiction endorsed by Texas Legislature shares Facebook Twitter Email Feedback to editors Featured Last Comments Popular Decades after 9/11, PTSD remains a persistent burden for thousands of responders 3 hours ago 0 A single enzymatic switch steers cell fate in intestinal regeneration Jun (..)

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

Medical Xpress

What is known is that special cells in the eye called intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs) detect blue light and send signals to the SCN to reset the clock. But what we observed was much more complicated." Some SCN neurons were activated by light, while others were inhibited.

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Episode 275: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 19 – Reframing the Opioid Epidemic: Anti-Racist Praxis, Racial Health Inequities, and Harm Reduction

The Clinical Problem Solvers

There is a special emphasis on the use of public health models that prioritize harm reduction and person-centered care to prevent drug-related fatalities and curb the opioid epidemic along lines of race and class. Once the need for labor was largely met, anti-Chinese narratives (e.g.,