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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 Digital contact lenses sound like science fiction: the translucent layer on your eye transmitting special information about your body to an outside device. Originally, the companies promised to put the digital contact lens on the market around 2020.

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Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

Christine Twining, MD, Chair, ABIM Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board The Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board , which meets twice a year and is responsible for oversight of policy and assessment in the specialty, held its spring meeting on April 1, 2025. The following is a summary of the spring meeting.

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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.

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Nurse Practitioners Critical in Treating Older Adults as Ranks of Geriatricians Shrink

Physician's Weekly

Ellen had been diagnosed with vascular dementia, peripheral vascular disease, and Type 2 diabetes. The number of nurse practitioners specializing in geriatrics has more than tripled since 2010, increasing the availability of care to the current population of seniors, a recent study in JAMA Network Open found.

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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 happens inside the SCN after receiving this light signal has remained largely mysterious—until now.

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