Medical Fiction: Darko and Toaster Tim – A Dance With the Devil
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Ophthalmology Newsletter
[Refractive surgery for hyperopia].
Hyperopia is a refractive error in which light is focused behind, instead of on, the retina. Clear vision can be obtained by accommodation, but in the long run, this results in eye strain. Hyperopia can be classified as low...
Parameter Estimation for Mixed-Mechanism Tear Film Thinning.
Etiologies of tear breakup include evaporation-driven, divergent flow-driven, and a combination of these two. A mathematical model incorporating evaporation and lipid-driven tangential flow is fit to fluorescence imaging data....
Ocular Manifestations in Patients of HIV(Human Immunodeficiency Virus) Infection on Combined Anti-Retroviral Therapy (CART).
: To determine the prevalence and spectrum of ocular manifestations in PLHIV (people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus) on cART (combined Antiretroviral Therapy) and correlate them with WHO clinical staging, CD4 count,...
The Relationship Between Circulating Growth Differentiation Factor 15 Levels and Diabetic Retinopathy in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes.
Growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15) is a member of the TGF- superfamily that has anti-inflammatory properties. The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between circulating GDF-15 levels and diabetic...
Rimegepant Bests Placebo for Preventing Migraine
MONDAY, Dec. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Taken every other day, rimegepant demonstrates...
Long-Term Care Workers Often Hold Multiple Jobs
MONDAY, Dec. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Long-term care workers in nursing homes commonly...
What Can Be Done about Doctors Who Spread Misinformation?
Especially in a pandemic. By Physician’s Weekly blogger, Skeptical Scalpel The Oregon...
Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness-based healthcare costs of diabetic retinopathy in Hungary and its projection for the year 2045
The purpose of this study was to estimate the total healthcare cost associated with DR in the population aged 18 years and older in Hungary, and its projection for the year 2045. A cost model was developed based on the...
Ultra-wide-field scanning laser ophthalmoscopy and optical coherence tomography in FEVR: findings and its diagnostic ability
The study was done to describe some novel vitreoretinal microstructural findings in patients with mild FEVR on UWF-SLO and UWF optical coherence tomography (UWF-OCT) and to evaluate their clinical significance. 32 patients and...
Outcomes of gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy in pseudoexfoliative glaucoma: 24-month follow-up
The study was done to report on outcomes of gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy (GATT) in eyes with PXG. 103 eyes from 84 patients with PXG were enrolled to undergo a 360-degree ab interno trabeculotomy with...
National approaches to trichiasis surgical follow-up, outcome assessment and surgeon audit in trachoma-endemic countries in Africa
The study was done to assess national approaches to trichiasis surgical follow-up, outcome assessment and audit, and identify national targets for good surgical outcome. A cross-sectional survey was carried out involving all 29...
