Magnetic resonance imaging scans taken pre- and post-neoadjuvant chemotherapy for International Retinoblastoma Staging System stage III retinoblastoma can indicate a patient’s likely event-free and overall survival, indicate study results.
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Patient-Centered Clinical Consultations Show Mixed Results
Interventions to promote patient-centered care show mixed results in terms of patient satisfaction and health status, according to a new systematic review. Medscape Medical News
The effects of perioperative probiotic treatment on serum zonulin concentration and subsequent postoperative infectious complications after colorectal cancer surgery: a double-center and double-blind randomized clinical trial
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Insulin Plus Growth Factor Inhibitor Limits Vision Damage In Diabetic Mice
A new therapeutic approach to diabetes that combines insulin and an inhibitor of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) betacellulin could limit the progression of diabetic macular edema (DME), Cleveland Clinic researcher Bela Anand-Apte, MD, PhD, said at …
Thickening of arterial walls causes branch retinal vein occlusion
Branch retinal vein occlusion – blockage of the blood vessels that channel blood from the retina – is a common eye disease. A type of blood clot in the eye, the disease causes reduced vision, and people with the disease also typically have an increased…
Two recent experimental treatments improve visual function in mouse models of retinitis pigmentosa
Two recent experimental treatments – one involving skin-derived induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell grafts, the other gene therapy – have been shown to produce long-term improvement in visual function in mouse models of retinitis pigmentosa (RP), accor…
Aspirin use may increase risk of age-related macular degeneration
People who regularly took aspirin 10 years prior to examination had a small but statistically significant increase in the risk of a subtype of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a study by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers.
Macular Degeneration Risk May Be Increased by Aspirin Use
Researchers have found that long-term aspirin use may be associated with an increased risk for the development of age-related macular degeneration. Medscape Medical News
Fungal Keratitis Diagnosis Speeded by Hybridization Assay
A newly developed gene hybridization test may help physicians diagnose fungal keratitis faster and with improved sensitivity. Medscape Medical News
Obama’s Fiscal-Cliff Plan Said to Repeal SGR
Meanwhile, CMS said it is obliged to implement a 26.5% Medicare pay cut for physicians next month in light of Congressional inaction, which the AMA called "inexcusable." Medscape Medical News
Santa’s Deer May Deliver Eyeful of Myiasis
(MedPage Today) — Children hoping to catch Santa landing his present-packed sleigh may want to think twice about getting too close: Kids in Sweden wound up with fly larvae burrowing in their eyes after visiting with some reindeer.
Elderly Aspirin Users More Likely To Develop Macular Degeneration
Regular aspirin use has been linked to a significantly increased risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a recent study published in JAMA. Macular degeneration is a condition which largely affects the elderly and results in a progr…
Monocular Visual Loss — Is It Brain Infarct?
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Fatty acid supplements in infant formula improve vision
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Supplementation of infant formula with long-chain polyunsaturated fatty
acids (LCPUFA) is associated with improved visual acuity up to 12 months of age, researchers say.
U.S. visual impairment prevalence increases
Nonrefractive visual impairment in the United States has been found to have increased significantly in
recent years, possibly related to an increase in prevalence of diabetes.
MIGS + medication provides IOP-lowering benefit
Eyes with open-angle glaucoma uncontrolled with two medications underwent implantation of two
trabecular micro-bypass stents; with a once-daily prostaglandin analogue, mean IOP was maintained at 14 mm
Hg.
Topical voriconazole useful in refractory fungal keratitis
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Topical voriconazole appears to be a useful adjunct to natamycin in
refractory fungal keratitis, according to research conducted at the Cornea Clinic of Dr. Rajendra Prasad Center for
Ophthalmic Sciences in South India.
Sucampo gets sNDA for glaucoma product
Unoprostone isopropyl ophthalmic solution (Rescula, Sucampo) has received a supplemental NDA from the
FDA for lowering IOP in open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension.
Larger graft available for damaged ocular surfaces
The AmnioGraft AG-5050 (Bio-Tissue Inc.) is now available in a larger 5.0 by 5.0 cm size to provide
greater coverage in the treatment of Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis.