We all have them. New study reveals that people from different regions host different mite lineages, supports “Out of Africa” theory’.
ALPHAEON agrees to bring Zelegent’s office-based Elevoplasty technology to sleep specialists
ALPHAEON Corporation, a subsidiary of Strathspey Crown Holdings LLC, and Zelegent, Inc. jointly announced today that the two companies have entered into an exclusive worldwide agreement to bring Zelegent’s office-based Elevoplasty technology to board c…
Quiz: Top Clinical News Stories of 2015
The year has been filled with interesting, unexpected, and practice-changing news all around medicine. Test your knowledge on some of our most popular news stories of 2015 with this short quiz. Medscape Medical News
Genetics and Markers of Degenerative and Inflammatory Eye Diseases
Status: Recruiting,
Condition Summary: Diabetic Retinopathy; Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD); Uveitis
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Prospective trial compares treatments in matched DME eyes of poor anti-VEGF responders
FLORENCE, Italy — A small prospective trial comparing the effect of two drugs showed better results with a dexamethasone implant than monthly ranibizumab when the same patient with diabetic macular edema previously did not respond well to ranibizumab.Eleven patients were included. They were stable, chronic patients with well-controlled diabetes, equal diabetic retinopathy and macular edema in both eyes, and a symmetric history of consistent anti-VEGF treatment every 4 to 6 weeks with suboptimal success and persistent DME, Tarek Hassan, MD, said at the FLOREtina meeting.
Eye Implant for Producing Tears to Fight Dry Eye Syndrome
Dry eye syndrome may soon be treated with a new implant developed by a team led by researchers at Stanford University. The team identified the afferent neural pathway as being an excellent target for stimulation in order to activate tear production. They built a device that has platinum foil electrodes implanted under the inferior lacrimal […]
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