Bariatric Surgery Linked to Reduced Risk for Cataracts
MONDAY, May 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Bariatric surgery is associated with a reduced risk...
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Estimated 1 Million Individuals Living With Blindness in the U.S.
MONDAY, May 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Roughly 7.1 million people are living with visual...
A Telemedicine Screening Program for Diabetic Retinopathy
Data indicate that only about one-half of people with diabetes are properly screened for diabetic...
Biden Administration Lifts Restrictions on Medical Research Using Fetal Tissues
MONDAY, April 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Trump-era restrictions on the use of fetal tissue...
Having Visual, Hearing Impairments Linked to Dementia in Elderly
THURSDAY, April 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Coexisting visual and hearing impairments are...
Branded Rx Requests Up Medicare Costs by $1.6 Billion
TUESDAY, April 6, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Prescribers and patients motivated 30.4 percent of...
Prophylactic Aflibercept Significantly Reduced DME, Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
No improvement in visual acuity and follow-up needed to confirm benefit of prophylactic aflibercept In patients with moderate-to-severe non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR), aflibercept injections reduced...
Frequency of Urgent Vitreoretinal Surgery Down During Pandemic
FRIDAY, March 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The frequency of urgent or emergent vitreoretinal...
Eye Abnormalities Identified in Severe COVID-19 Patients
TUESDAY, Feb. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Seven percent of patients with severe COVID-19...
Retinal Thinning Portends Sickle Cell Retinopathy
Monitoring anatomic worsening of sickle cell maculopathy may aid in evaluating disease progression Determining the rate at which retinal thinning occurs could help identify those patients at risk of progression of sickle cell...
Can Metformin Lower Risk of AMD?
Case-control study suggests benefit Metformin may reduce risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a retrospective case-control study by University of Chicago researchers.The finding emerged from a...
Drive-Through IOP Screening Clinic Feasible During COVID-19
FRIDAY, Jan. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A drive-through intraocular pressure (IOP) screening...
