For the most common form of childhood eye cancer, unilateral retinoblastoma, shortening the time from the first appearance of symptoms to diagnosis of disease has no bearing on survival or stage of the disease, according to a study by researchers at Co…
NHS sight tests include unevaluated screening examinations that lead to waste
On bmj.com, a leading eye doctor says that opticians are making too many referrals to doctors.Michael Clarke, Consultant Ophthalmologist at Newcastle Eye Centre, says that apart from trauma and orthopaedics, ophthalmology receives more NHS outpatient r…
Early Lens Implants May Be Inadvisable for Babies With Cataracts
For children with a congenital cataract, replacing the intraocular lens in infancy leads to more adverse events and a greater number of surgeries than using a contact initially and implanting a permanent lens later. Reuters Health Information
Eye abnormalities may help reveal features of early-stage Alzheimer’s disease, says study
Investigators at the Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute have discovered eye abnormalities that may help reveal features of early-stage Alzheimer’s disease. Using a novel laboratory rat model of Alzheimer’s disease and high-resolution imaging techniques, researchers correlated variations of the eye structure, to identify initial indicators of the disease.
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RS-3000 Advance OCT system receives 510(k) clearance
The RS-3000 Advance optical coherence tomography system has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Nidek announced in a press release. The system, which incorporates a scanning laser ophthalmoscope, is designed to evaluate the retina and choroid. It has a wide area scan of 9 mm × 9 mm, a tracing high-definition function and an automatic registration function that compensates for cyclotorsion during image acquisition, the release said.
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BLOG: What the latest evolution in the Google search algorithm means for online advertising in 2014
Penguin, Panda and Hummingbird, oh my! Just when you thought you were getting the hang of how Google’s search algorithms of Panda and Penguin worked, Google turned 15 and surprised everyone with Hummingbird, which affected 90% of searches worldwide. A search engine algorithm is a formula used by Google to take a user’s search terms and combine them with information on websites to provide the person performing a Google search with the best possible match. Seventy-seven percent of patients looking for health care information online begin by visiting a search (Read more...)