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Fatty acids from oily fish may reduce sight-threatening DR risk in older patients with diabetes

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Regular intake of long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids obtained from oily fish was associated with a reduced risk of sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy in middle-aged and older patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a study conducted in Spain.The study’s finding that consumption of at least 500 mg/d of dietary long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC3PUFAs) decreased the risk of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in patients with diabetes corroborates experimental models and the current theory of DR pathogenesis, according to the report.

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Visual outcomes poor after therapeutic pars plana vitrectomy in patients with endophthalmitis

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SAN FRANCISCO — In cases of acute endophthalmitis identified in a retrospective study, the most common setting for occurrence was after cataract surgery and the most common infective organism was Streptococcus, according to a scientific poster presented at the American Society of Retina Specialists meeting.The retrospective, multicenter study included 97 patients who underwent pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) within 14 days of diagnosis of acute infectious endophthalmitis.

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Susana Marcos será la oradora principal del Programa “Light the Future” de celebración del centenario de la Sociedad Óptica, que se realizará en el Congreso de Óptica y Fotónica de América Latina

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MEDELLÍN, Colombia–(BUSINESS WIRE)–La Sociedad Óptica (Optical Society, OSA), la asociación profesional líder mundial en óptica y fotónica, organizará hoy la última conferencia del programa “Light the Future”, que estará a cargo de Susana Marcos, Consejo de dirección del Laboratorio de Óptica Visual y Biofotónica del Instituto de Óptica, CSIC, Madrid, España. El programa se desarrollará en el marco del Congreso de Óptica y Fotónica de América Latina (Latin America Optics and Photonics, LAOP),


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