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An Open Letter to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. On Why Integrated Care Should Be a Cornerstone of the HHS Agenda

Integrated Care News by CFHA

CFHA represents thousands of professionals across the country who are implementing integrated care —the coordination of medical and behavioral health care in primary care and specialty settings. It provides immediate, non-stigmatized behavioral health support at the point of medical care, often in the same visit. Kennedy, Jr.

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Student scientists engineer socks for on-the-go neuropathy treatment

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A wearable electrical-stimulation and vibration-therapy system designed by Rice University engineering students might be just what the doctor ordered for people experiencing foot pain and balance loss due to diabetic neuropathy. Need a little spring—or buzz—in your step?

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The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

However, things are moving fast, and success doesn’t come easy for the pioneers of any medical field. Running trials in animals will take additional engineering and safety tests. The disease is quite common among diabetes patients, and if it is not spotted early enough, it may cause blindness.

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Islet transplantation with blood vessel cells shows promise to treat type 1 diabetes

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Adding engineered human blood vessel-forming cells to islet transplants boosted the survival of the insulin-producing cells and reversed diabetes in a preclinical study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

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Redesigning diabetes technology to detect low blood sugar in older adults with diabetes and Alzheimer's disease

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a human factors engineer and health services researcher, is developing and testing user-friendly health information tools and technology designed to enhance accessibility and value to older adults with both diabetes and Alzheimer's disease, and their caregivers. Regenstrief Institute Research Scientist April Savoy, Ph.D.,

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Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

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I’d been working with persons who had diabetes and also caregivers and so forth, trying to go at the direction and realize as I look more and more at hearing loss, that it was totally unrecognized in clinical practice. And honestly in undergrad I was like, “Engineering is really hard. I don’t like this anymore.”

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

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The information you enter will appear in your e-mail message and is not retained by Medical Xpress in any form. 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.