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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. This region governs essential behaviors like the circadian clock, sleep, energy balance , and feeding.

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Aging and Homelessness: Margot Kushel

GeriPal

Alex: But the longer title’s Ethno-Geriatrics and Special Populations. In what moral universe is a federal government deeply subsidizing my housing and not subsidizing that of my patients? There’s often both a floor and a ceiling, because let’s say they have a pension or they have government benefits.

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

GeriPal

It’s both institutionalized racism where there are policies and practices by corporations, by government that create inequality. We could wear masks against Covid, but we couldn’t vaccinate against racism. Asian hate is, again, another umbrella term for racism and discrimination.

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STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America Condemns Inhumane Immigration Enforcement

Doctors for America

Increased fear of immigration enforcement deters individuals from seeking preventive services, vaccinations, or life-saving treatments, undermining public health and violating the ethical duty of medical professionals to care for all in need.

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STATEMENT RELEASE: FDA Task Force Statement on President Trump’s First 100 Days in Office

Doctors for America

Both Secretary Kennedy and Commissioner Makary have proposed strategies to mitigate the “revolving door” between the government and the industries they regulate. The agency has also delayed vaccine advisory panels. DFA teaches physicians and medical students advocacy skills and does advocacy at a state and federal level.