Advances in fetal medicine helped by ultrasonography, amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling, and maternal and fetal cord blood sampling are well-established. This has been coupled with progress in maternal fetal medicine, as pregnant women are incre…
LISBON, Portugal – A novel endoscopic optical coherence tomography system specifically designed for the eye could provide important information during vitreoretinal surgery, improving anatomical and functional outcomes and reducing complication rates, according to one speaker. “It is only a prototype at the moment, but it will probably become the future of OCT-guided surgery,” Francesco Boscia, MD, said at the Controversies in Ophthalmology meeting.
You’ve either seen it or heard about it from your patients: The cost of generics drug at the pharmacy is rising dramatically. In the past 2 years, generic drug makers have raised their prices on many age-old generic medications such as doxycycline and pravastatin, each of which increased tenfold in price in 2013, according to a survey by the National Community Pharmacists Association. About one-third of generic drugs are affected by this change, according to a study by Pembroke Consulting, a Philadelphia research firm, but not every dose of every (Read more...)
Neurologists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have studied the role of the vestibular system, which controls balance, in optimizing how we direct our gaze. The results could lead to more effective rehabilitation of patients with vesti…
Case Western Reserve University researchers have discovered a novel population of neutrophils, which are the body’s infection control workhorses. These cells have an enhanced microbial killing ability and are thereby better able to control infection.
Rates of blindness have fallen sharply in high-income countries, but the main cause has changed from cataract to macular degeneration. Medscape Medical News