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10 Tips to Find the Best Diabetes Doctor for Type 2 Diabetes

Dr. Zaar

Managing Type 2 diabetes requires more than just medication—it demands a long-term partnership with a skilled healthcare provider who understands your individual needs. Choosing the right diabetes doctor can make a major difference in how effectively your condition is managed, your quality of life, and your long-term health outcomes.

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The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

Digital contact lenses sound like science fiction: the translucent layer on your eye transmitting special information about your body to an outside device. In 2016, Google developed an eye-scanning technique for looking at retinal images and detecting diabetic retinopathy as well as a trained ophthalmologist. and specificity of 95.4%.

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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

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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Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons

GeriPal

So I make the point, they often say, “Oh, you have this special population,” like pediatrics, where it’s 10% or something. So pretty soon, I hope, we’ll be able to do this all electronically by anyone who wants to. Or electronically, to fill out, right? Do you worry about that? This is terrific.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

He was a terrible diabetic. They have a special skill, and when they see someone who needs it, they need to use it. That makes it really special for them and for me. After he got out, he came to San Francisco to kind of start a new life, which began and ended in the tenderloin. His hands were gone. And I was.

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Anti-Asian Hate: Russell Jeung, Lingsheng Li, & Jessica Eng

GeriPal

I had fun trying to make a danceable version with electronic drums for the audio-only podcast. There are other acute issues, blood pressure medication, diabetes. Families have really checked up on their elders and really, again, sought to care for their elders in special ways during the pandemic.