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Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary care for diabetes in Canada: Results from a mixed-methods study [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: In Canada, most diabetes care is provided within primary care. Objective: To understand if the pandemic resulted in changes in care for patients with diabetes. 2) Qualitative interviews were conducted to understand patient experiences with navigating diabetes care during the pandemic and analyzed using qualitative description.

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Infant Mortality Needs Assessment for Fairborn, Ohio [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

Data sources include the Hawthorn Landing survey, Greene County 2018 – 2020 birth data, 2020 and 2021 US Census Bureau, Ohio Infant Mortality Annual Report 2020, and the Greene County 2020 Health Assessment. Setting or Dataset The setting is Hawthorn Landing in Fairborn, OH.

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Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs

Family Medicine Initiative

4 Chronic Kidney Disease The FLOW trial randomized 3,534 patients with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes and started treating them with s.c. Both the FDA and EMA recommend that doctors monitor patients with diabetic retinopathy who are undergoing semaglutide treatment closely. semaglutide 1.0 mg or placebo in 2019.

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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 Originally, the companies promised to put the digital contact lens on the market around 2020. In 2016, Google developed an eye-scanning technique for looking at retinal images and detecting diabetic retinopathy as well as a trained ophthalmologist.

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

Medical Xpress

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. Consider supporting Science Xs mission by getting a premium account.

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

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Preemies receive sucrose for pain relief—new research shows it doesn't stop long-term impacts on development

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