(MedPage Today) — Foam parties are all fun and games until participants get the stuff in their eyes and have to go to the emergency room, health officials warned.
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Stress Markers Predict Diabetic Eye Damage (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) — Markers of systemic oxidative stress correlated with the development and worsening of diabetic retinopathy among patients with longstanding, inadequately controlled type 2 diabetes, researchers reported.
Morning Break: When Doctors Are Patients and More
(MedPage Today) — Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff.
Lab Notes: Sugar-Fed Mice Lose the Rat Race
(MedPage Today) — When mice ate proportionately as much sugar as many Americans, they died earlier, mated less frequently, and were bullied more by other mice. Also this week: new insight into atherosclerosis.
Pink Eye Tied to Poor Infection Control in Clinics (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) — Six unrelated outbreaks of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis linked to human adenovirus underscore the importance of infection control measures in ophthalmology, according to the CDC.
Retina May Be Window Into Stroke Risk (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) — Damage to the retina from hypertension independently pointed to elevated stroke risk, even when blood pressure was controlled by medication, an observational study showed.
Drug Improves Diabetic Eye Condition
(MedPage Today) — Patients with diabetic macular edema who received aflibercept (Eylea) showed greater improvement in vision than those treated with a laser procedure, the drug’s manufacturers said.
Dry Eyes Tied to Lower Pain Threshold (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) — Women with dry eye disease had a greater overall sensitivity to pain and lower pain tolerance compared with women without the condition, researchers found.
Nerve Disease of Eye Halted with Rituxan (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) — Treatment of neuromyelitis optica with a personalized regimen of rituximab (Rituxan) was effective in long-term disease suppression, a retrospective Korean study found.
Lab Notes: ‘Dead’ Gene Shows New Life
(MedPage Today) — A nominally noncoding “pseudogene” appears to be transcribed as part of the inflammatory cascade, serving an important regulatory function. Also this week: another step toward retinal regeneration.
Avastin as Good as Lucentis for AMD (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) — Bevacizumab (Avastin) appears to have efficacy similar to that of ranibizumab (Lucentis) for the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration, and monthly administration may offer some advantages over as-needed treatment…
Sun Damage: Darker Not Better for Sunglasses
(MedPage Today) — Seeking some new shades? There is whole lot more than style at stake, experts say.
ADA: Bariatric Surgery Risky for Diabetic Eyes? (CME/CE)
CHICAGO (MedPage Today) — Weight-loss surgery might accelerate progression of diabetic retinopathy in some cases, a small pilot study warned.
Eyelid Disorder Controlled with Botulinum Toxin (CME/CE)
SYDNEY (MedPage Today) — Patients with blepharospasm related to Parkinson’s disease, an involuntary closure of the eyelid caused by spasms of the ocular muscles, can get relief with injections of botulinum toxin, researchers found.
Poor Vision Tied to Poor Balance (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) — Visual impairment — correctable or not — is associated with poor balance and a risk of falling, researchers reported.
Retinal Vessels Leak at High Elevations (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) — Leakage of the retinal vessels is common at high altitudes, although it doesn’t appear to be a major contributing cause of acute mountain sickness, researchers found.
ASCO: Rare Eye Cancer Yields to Targeted Drug
CHICAGO (MedPage Today) — The novel kinase inhibitor selumetinib may be the first treatment to shrink advanced uveal melanoma, based on phase II trial results.
Clinical Notes: Cause of Death Often False
(MedPage Today) — Causes of death listed on official records have long been suspect, and a survey of medical residents in New York City found good reason for that. Also this week: a promising lymphoma drug fails.
PodMed: A Medical News Roundup from Johns Hopkins (with audio)
(MedPage Today) — This week’s topics include preventing inappropriate shocks with implanted defibrillators, cleaning baby’s pacifier, supplements and macular degeneration, and recommendations for lung cancer screening in smokers.
Diabetic Teens Show Early Eye Changes (CME/CE)
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — Retinopathy had already developed within 5 years of the onset of type 2 diabetes in a substantial number of teens with the disease, a researcher reported here.