New drug prevents arrhythmias that cause sudden cardiac death
...Dr. Marks, prevents arrhythmia and sudden death by patching the leak in the heart's calcium channel and is based on Dr. Marks' 15 years of research. Work in Dr. Marks' lab elucidated how the channel works to make the heart beat, and in the past few years, his lab has revealed the channel's connection to heart...Lesser amount of patching effective for treating lazy eye in children
...st as effectively with a six-hour daily regimen of patching as with a full-time patching regimen for all waking hours. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by the Pediatric Eye Disea...Editors' choices symposium to be held at American Academy of Ophthalmology's annual meeting
...evidence. The topics to be presented are: Use of patching for treatment of lazy eye in children Use of an iodine-based anti-infective to treat pink eye in children Development of multiple sclerosis after optic neuritis Corneal thickness and abnormal visual function in patients with ocular hypertension V...Atropine may be an alternative to patching for treatment of lazy eye in children
...An eyedrop, atropine, may be a good alternative to patching for treatment of lazy eye, or amblyopia, in childr...t difference in outcome between those treated with patching of the strong eye and those treated with one-percent atropine drops in the strong eye. Both treatmen...Eye drops to treat childhood eye disorder work as well as patching the eye
...hildren, work as well as the standard treatment of patching one eye. This research finding may lead to better ...he unaffected eye once a day, works as well as eye patching and may encourage better compliance. Compliance is an important factor in the success of amblyopia t...Study finds drops work as well as patch for 'lazy eye'
...ildren -- work as well as the standardtreatment of patching one eye. This research finding in the AmblyopiaTre...blyopia,the drops are an attractive alternative to patching therapy," says ScottLambert, MD, a pediatric ophthalmologist at Emory Eye Center and aninvestigator ...Clot-Busters As Effective As Surgery To Clear Blockages In Legs
...ave been required without thedrug -- for instance, patching a narrow segment of an arteryrather than placing a..., it's frequently amuch smaller operation, such as patching one small area.Thrombolysis lets surgeons be selective in whom they operate on,and converts an emerg...