Non-lethal weapons focus of research study
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Injuries produced by law enforcement use of so-called non-lethal weapons will be the focus of a study at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center funded by a $104,071 grant from the National Institute of Justice. ......The largest study of its kind, the multicenter trial will record the number and severity of injuries produced by law enforcement officers using non-lethal...January 2005 Ophthalmology Journal
SAN FRANCISCO--Studies from the January 2005 issue of Ophthalmology, the clinical journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, are now available. These include:... ... Sensitivity and Specificity of the STRATUS OCT for Perimetric Glaucoma... PERG Abnormality and Glaucoma... Restoration of Retinal Ganglion Cell Function in Early Glaucoma after Intraocular Pressure Reduction: A Pilot Study...December 2004 Ophthalmology journal
SAN FRANCISCO--Studies from the December 2004 issue of Ophthalmology, the clinical journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, are now available. These include:... ... Sebaceous Carcinoma of the Eyelids. Personal Experience with 60 Cases: The 2003 J. Howard Stokes Lecture, Part 2... Efficacy and Efficiency of a Small-Incision Minimal Dissection Procedure versus a Traditional Approach...'Hedgehog' signal distinguishes lethal from localized prostate cancers
Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered a possible way to distinguish lethal metastatic prostate cancers from those restricted to the walnut-size organ. ...... If future studies show their test -- measuring the level of activity of a signaling pathway called Hedgehog -- can predict which prostate cancers will spread, the results could revolutionize decision making processes for prostate cancer...June 2004 Ophthalmology Journal
SAN FRANCISCO--Studies from the June 2004 issue of Ophthalmology, the clinical journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, are now available. These include: ...... Is Pseudophakic Retinal Detachment a Thing of the Past in the Phacoemulsification Era?... Efficacy and Safety of Adjunctive Mitomycin C during Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Implantation: A Prospective, Randomized Clinical Trial... The...May 2004 Ophthalmology journal
SAN FRANCISCO--Studies from the May 2004 issue of Ophthalmology, the clinical journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, are now available. These include:... ... ... Refractive Surgery and Protective Eyewear in the Military... Higher Risk of Multiple Falls among Elderly Women Who Lose Visual Acuity... Redundant Publications in Scientific Ophthalmologic Journals: The Tip of the Iceberg?...April 2004 Ophthalmology journal
SAN FRANCISCO--Studies from the April 2004 issue of , the clinical journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, are now available. These include:...... Mohs Surgery: Proclamation, Proof, Principles, and Promise... The Australian Mohs Database: Periocular Squamous Cell Carcinoma... The Australian Mohs Database, Part I: Periocular Basal Cell Carcinoma Experience over 7 Years... The Austr...March 2004 Ophthalmology Journal
SAN FRANCISCO--Studies from the March 2004 issue of Ophthalmology, the clinical journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, are now available. These include:...... ... ... ... ... ... Longitudinal Study of the Normal Eyes i...UCSD's Dr. Leon Thal to receive Potamkin Prize, one of neurosciences' highest honors
The Potamkin Prize, one of the nation's highest honors in neurosciences, will be awarded this year to Leon Thal, M.D., University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine and Roger Nitsch, M.D., Neuro Science Center, Zurich, Switzerland. The two will share the $100,000 prize awarded at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology April 27, 2004 in San Francisco.... ..."The P...February 2004 Ophthalmology Journal
SAN FRANCISCO--Studies from the February 2004 issue of Ophthalmology, the clinical journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, are now available. These include: ...... Biostatistical Education in Ophthalmology... Temporal Variation in Diabetic Macular Edema Measured by Optical Coherence Tomography... Intravitreal Triamcinolone Acetonide for Diabetic Diffuse Macular Edema: Preliminary Re...January 2004 Ophthalmology journal
SAN FRANCISCO--Studies from the January 2004 issue of Ophthalmology, the clinical journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, are now available. These include:... ... Night Vision after LASIK: The Pupil Proclaims Innocence... Risk Factors for Night Vision Complaints after LASIK for Myopia... Corneal Epithelial Adhesion Abnormalities Associated with LASIK... Plastic Particles at the LASI...December 2003 Ophthalmology journal
SAN FRANCISCO--Studies from the December issue of Ophthalmology, the clinical journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, are now available. These include:... ... Editorial: Laureate Awards 2003... Development of the National Eye Institute Refractive Error Correction Quality of Life Questionnaire: Focus Groups... Psychometric Properties of the National Eye Institute--Refractive Error...November's Ophthalmology journal
SAN FRANCISCO-Studies from the November issue of Ophthalmology, the clinical journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, are now available. These include:... ... Editorial: Safe and Effective... A Randomized Trial of Prescribed Patching Regimens for Treatment of Sever Amblyopia in Children... The Relationship Between Stereopsis and Visual Acuity after Occlusion Therapy for Amblyopia......Infectious disease expert to speak at American Academy of Ophthalmology's annual meeting
SAN FRANCISCO Gary N. Holland, MD, the David May II Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Director of the Ocular Inflammatory Disease Center and the Clinical Research Center at the Jules Stein Eye Institute, will deliver the Jackson Memorial Lecture on the topic "Ocular Toxoplasmosis: A Global Reassessment" at the opening ceremonies of the Academy's Annual...American Academy of Ophthalmology announces outstanding humanitarian service award recipients
SAN FRANCISCO The American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Eye M.D. Association, has announced its Outstanding Humanitarian Service Award recipients for 2003. They are: Robert C. Della Rocca, MD, of New York, New York; Marc F. Lieberman, MD, of San Francisco, Calif.; and Eugene Helveston, MD, of Indianapolis, IN....... Dr. Della Rocca, nominated by the New York State Ophthalmological Society, has...Editors' choices symposium to be held at American Academy of Ophthalmology's annual meeting
SAN FRANCISCO For the second year in a row, editors from three major ophthalmic journals Ophthalmology, American Journal of Ophthalmology and Archives of Ophthalmology will present their choices of papers published in their journals during the past year that have not previously been presented at the Academy's Annual Meeting. This popular symposium will be held Sunday, November 16, 2003, from 1...Two to receive American Academy of Ophthalmologys Distinguished Service Award
SAN FRANCISCO The American Academy of Ophthalmology announced its two Distinguished Service Award recipients for 2003. They are Gavin S. Herbert and J. Donald M. Gass, MD. Both will receive their awards at the opening ceremonies of the Academy's Annual Meeting, November 16, 2003, in Anaheim, Calif....... Mr. Herbert, of San Clemente, Calif., is chairman emeritus and director of Allergan, Inc. He...American Academy of Ophthalmology announces its guests of honor for Annual Meeting
SAN FRANCISCO The American Academy of Ophthalmology announced its Guests of Honor for its Annual Meeting in November in Anaheim, Calif. The Guests of Honor are: Byron Demorest, MD, William E. Scott, MD and Reginald J. Stambaugh, MD....... Dr. Demorest, Sacramento, Calif., is being honored for his dedication to patient care, public education, teaching, administration and the study and treatment o...American Academy of Ophthalmology announces Special Recognition Award recipients
SAN FRANCISCO The American Academy of Ophthalmology announced its Special Recognition Award recipients today. The recipients are Edward H. McManus, Dan B. Jones, MD, and Harry S. Brown, MD. They will receive their awards at the opening ceremonies of the Academy's Annual Meeting, November 16, 2003 in Anaheim, Calif....... Mr. McManus, executive director of National Alliance for Eye and Vision Res...American Academy of Ophthalmology announces new award, its highest honor
SAN FRANCISCO Beginning this year, the American Academy of Ophthalmology's Board of Trustees will bestow its highest award, the Laureate Award, on those individuals who have made the most significant contributions to the science of ophthalmology. This year's inaugural recipients are Charles D. Kelman, MD, Robert Machemer, MD and Charles L. Schepens, MD. The awards presentations will be at the Op...Smoking may change type of lymphoma into more lethal form of cancer
A Northwestern University investigator has hypothesized that smoking may play a dual role in the development of a cancer of the lymph glands called follicular lymphoma -- first causing it to develop and then transforming it into diffuse large cell lymphoma, an aggressive cancer generally associated with a poor prognosis. ... Cancer researcher Ronald Gartenhaus, M.D., has been studying possible li...Drug shows promise in treating severe, often-lethal complication of stem cell transplants
BOSTON A study led by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has shown that a drug extracted from porcine intestinal tissue reduced the risk of death in patients who experienced a severe and often-fatal complication of stem cell transplants.... ...The experimental drug defibrotide reversed severe veno-occlusive disease (VOD) of the liver in more than one third of the stem cell transplant re...USC ophthalmologists announce launch of permanent retinal implant study
LOS ANGELES, April 30, 2002-- Ophthalmologists at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California have implanted a permanent retinal prosthesis-also known as a microelectronic retinal implant-into their first patient, as part of an FDA-approved feasibility trial. Researchers hope the retinal prosthesis, intended to stand in for the damaged retinal cells in people suffering...Lethal heart condition traced to cocaine use
DALLAS, March 12 Cocaine can cause a lethal tearing in the hearts main artery, a condition that should be suspected in people treated for chest pain at urban hospitals, say researchers in todays rapid access issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. A preliminary report of the study was presented at the American Heart Associations annual Scientific Sessions last November...First report on sublethal effects of smoke available from NIST
Additionally, it may cause someone to choose a dangerous escape route, reduce his or her escape speed, or even render a person unable to escape (incapacitation). Under industrial support through the National Fire Protection Associations Fire Protection Research Foundation, a...33-year study emphasizes lethal consequences of heroin addiction
. After following a cohort of heroin addicts for more than 33 years, researchers from the UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center found that nearly half of the original group of 581 men first interviewed in 1964 had died by 1997, when they would have been between 50 and 60 years of age. The study also found that about 40 percent of the 242 survivors reported past year heroin use and many reported other...DDW Studies Present Evidence That Thalomid (Thalidomide) Is Active In Treating Crohn's Disease
.ORLANDO, FL, May 19, 1999 -- Researchers investigating the use of THALOMIDR .(thalidomide) to treat Crohn's disease today announced preliminary findings from.a pilot study at the annual Digestive Disease WeekR meeting in Orlando, FL.. .Lead investigator, Eric A. Vasiliauskas, M.D., associate clinical director of.the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Cedar's Sinai, Los Angeles reported.findin...