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| Insulin Therapy: Finally a New Beta Version | |
| Half a year or more without insulin injections – for many type 1 diabetics something hardly imaginable. It's precisely this scenario that American researchers want to bring to reality and to envelop beta cells in an algal polymer. Success with the method would not only be a win for those with type 1 diabetes. more... | |
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| | | Humans Will Be Human | |
| Two weeks ago the governor of the great state of Massachusetts, my home state, signed into law a bill that puts strict limits on new opioid prescriptions, specifically a limit of a dosage sufficient for 72 hours, among other things. This of course, is in response to the opioid addiction problem afflicting the country. Many other states are taking similar measures. more... | |
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| | | Being a Whole Doctor Serves Patients Best | |
| Burnout in the medical profession is a significant concern given the demands on our time by patients and other colleagues, and little time for self-care. I saw signs of this in myself during medical school, as well as in other medical students and residents that I worked with in the form of fatigue, decreased concentration and irritability. more... | |
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