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Ophthalmologists at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston can now improve impaired vision of patients with damaged or transplanted corneas who cannot wear conventional contact lenses.
Baylor College of Medicine (Ophthalmology) - Fri, 7 November 2008
http://www.bcm.edu
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Patients with latent asymmetric IOP are at increased risk of VF deterioration. Latent asymmetric IOP may be a predictor of glaucomatous VF defects.
Archives of Ophthalmology (Ophthalmology) - Thu, 16 October 2008
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The change in IOP of one eye due to a medication may be predictive of the subsequent response of the fellow eye to the same medication in glaucoma suspects, but not in patients with POAG. Using the fellow eye as a control may confer a more accurate portrayal of the true therapeutic effects of a medicine.
Archives of Ophthalmology (Ophthalmology) - Thu, 16 October 2008
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A variant of the toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) provides protection against geographic atrophy, or "dry" age-related macular degeneration, and reduces apoptosis of cultured retinal pigment epithelial cells on exposure to TLR3 ligand. Because double-stranded RNA is a ligand of TLR3, this finding gives rise to the hypothesis that viral infection causes this disease and to concerns about therapeutic intraocular injection of short interfering RNA.
New England Journal of Medicine (Ophthalmology) - Thu, 2 October 2008
http://www.nejm.org
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Amblyopia treatment is accepted by consensus as a valuable medical intervention. If amblyopia is not treated in children and adolescents, it results in a lifetime of unilateral or bilateral visual loss. Recent clinical trials have clarified many aspects of proper treatment.
Archives of Ophthalmology (Ophthalmology) - Wed, 23 July 2008
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In this issue of Archives, Parulekar et al document the resolution of ocular torsion and skew deviation when patients are examined in the reclined position. While some of its methodology may strike the general reader as abstruse and academic, this study is original, clever, and innovative in its clinical application.
Archives of Ophthalmology (Ophthalmology) - Wed, 23 July 2008
http://archopht.ama-assn.org/
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Diabetic retinopathy has become the main cause of loss of vision and blindness in working age adults in developed and developing countries.
The Lancet (Ophthalmology) - Tue, 20 November 2007
http://www.thelancet.com
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Draft guidance from NICE on the use of ranibizumab (Lucentis) and pegaptanib (Macugen) has been issued for public consultation today (14 June 2007). The guidance recommends the use of Lucentis for about 20% of patients with wet age-related macular degeneration, a condition which causes sight loss and blindness.
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Ophthalmology) - Tue, 19 June 2007
http://www.nice.org.uk
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A history of migraine and other headaches has been linked to an increased prevalence of retinopathy in middle-aged adults, further suggesting neurovascular dysfunction may underlie vascular headaches.
Medscape (Ophthalmology) - Tue, 15 May 2007
http://www.medscape.com
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Visual perception occurs throughout the part of the brain called the visual cerebral cortex.
Baylor College of Medicine (Ophthalmology) - Tue, 8 May 2007
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