ALLMedicine™ Cataracts Center

Jul 26th, 2021 - A 9-year-old female with a history of Bohring-Opitz syndrome (BOS), Down syndrome, and autism initially presented with bilateral cataracts and a total retinal detachment in her left eye secondary to chronic self-injurious behavior. The authors rep...

Jul 26th, 2021 - 50 Years Ago in TheJournalofPediatrics: Cataracts, Microcephaly, and Arthrogryposis.|2021|Giampietro PF,|

Jul 24th, 2021 - Farmworkers are at risk of excess exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) during their work activities, especially if they work in geographical areas with high ambient solar UVR levels such as in South Africa. Excess exposure to solar UVR ma...

Jul 21st, 2021 - To compare the safety, feasibility, and outcomes of clear corneal cataract surgery with or without sutures in children (2 to 8 years old) with congenital or developmental cataracts. One hundred seventy consecutive eligible eyes with pediatric cata...

Jul 21st, 2021 - To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of a novel presbyopia-correcting intraocular lens (IOL) with a nondiffractive design, DFT015, compared with an aspheric monofocal IOL, SN60WF. Nineteen investigational sites in four countries: Australia, Ca...

Feb 23rd, 2016 - Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Clinical Summary Population Adults 65 years or older who do not present with vision problems Recommendation No recommendation. Grade: I (insufficient evidence) Risk Assessment Older a...

Jul 7th, 2009 - Update of the 1996 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation statement on screening for visual impairment. The USPSTF reviewed evidence published since its last review on screening adults 65 years or older in the primary care set...

Apr 28th, 2020 - Eye's lens radiosensitivity represents an important subject of investigation in radiology. Indeed, eye's lens is recognised as one of the most radiosensitive organs in human body.[1,2] Radiation induced cataracts represent a determining effect of ...

Apr 7th, 2020 - Eligible subjects with bilateral cataracts underwent cataract extraction and IOL implantation using phacoemulsification. The study eye was implanted with the investigational device (All HMIOL Cohort). The fellow eye was treated with a commercially...

Apr 1st, 2020 - The Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) Follow-Up protocol allows us to continue with the follow-up of participants who were enrolled in the clinical trial of antioxidant vitamins and zinc. The AREDS study was designed in the beginning to determ...

Jul 1st, 2019 - Myopia has been increasing in prevalence and severity throughout the world over the last 30 years. Increasing levels of myopia are associated with increased frequencies and severity of various ocular pathologies, including cataracts, glaucoma, ret...

Dec 25th, 2018 - Human studies have shown that regular exercise may have positive effects on common degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. Exercise has also shown to improve conditions the eye such as macular degenerations, glaucoma, and cataracts. Mic...

May 5th, 2021 - People who use e-cigarettes have a high rate of visual impairment, researchers say, and that association is independent of and in addition to traditional cigarette use. The statistical correlation doesn't prove that vaping causes visual impairment...

Jul 7th, 2020 - Extended use of corticosteroids for chronic inflammatory conditions puts patients at risk for serious adverse events (AEs), including cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, cataracts, and diabetes. Now, a growing body of evidence suggests that even...

Jul 7th, 2020 - Extended use of corticosteroids for chronic inflammatory conditions puts patients at risk for serious adverse events (AEs), including cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, cataracts, and diabetes. Now, a growing body of evidence suggests that even...

May 5th, 2020 - This transcript has been edited for clarity. Eric J. Topol, MD: Hello. I'm Eric Topol with my partner Abraham Verghese, here to bring you the next podcast of Medicine and the Machine. Today we're really delighted to have as our guest Pearse Keane,...

Mar 31st, 2020 - SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. hospitals and physician groups are beginning to feel severe financial strain as they shift operations from profitable procedures to focus on the rapidly spreading coronavirus pandemic. The hospital industry ...