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The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

While it is really difficult to manufacture a contact lens, which is one-third of a millimetre in diameter, a 3D printer sandwiches together different layers of interacting material, which makes it easier to match tiny pieces. The disease is quite common among diabetes patients, and if it is not spotted early enough, it may cause blindness.

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Urinary Incontinence Revisited: George Kuchel & Alison Huang

GeriPal

So one thing that we found, well, not just us, but it’s very commonly used in the diagnosis and management of incontinence and frail older adults as incontinence, as a geriatric syndrome, is a 48 hours voiding record. Most of the trials that have been conducted are conducted by the manufacturers of those medications.

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