Preventive treatments in elderly people needs rethinking
...are that will genuinely relieve suffering, such as cataract operations, joint replacement surgery, and personal care of people with dementia. They believe that a more sophisticated model is needed to assess preventive treatment in the elderly that takes a wider perspective when balancing potential harms aga...Eye diseases gave great painters different vision of their work, Stanford ophthalmologist says
... visual acuity." After reluctantly submitting to cataract surgery in 1923, Monet returned to his original painting style, even throwing away much of the artwork he'd done during the 10-year period that he had cataracts. "He just couldn't see the colors," Marmor said. "These simulations show how much his s...Where should I have my outpatient surgery?
...ample, there was no association between outpatient cataract surgery and immediate hospitalization due to the very low-risk of the procedure. On the other hand, postoperative nausea and vomiting constitute one of the most common causes of admission, but are common in patients who undergo general anesthesia, wh...High levels of blindness in southern Sudan following years of war
...ost common causes of blindness and low vision were cataract and trachoma, each accounting for over one-third of cases. Trachoma, which is caused by an infection, was responsible for a greater proportion of the cases of blindness than has been found in studies in other parts of rural Africa. In a second surv...Major visual disorders in people over 40 may be costing the US economy billions
...t lead to reductions in the unit costs of glasses, cataract surgery and medications to treat glaucoma have the potential to lead to substantial direct medical cost savings."...UT Southwestern participating in nationwide study on leading cause of vision loss for seniors
...also consider the effect these supplements have on cataract and moderate vision loss. "Everybody talks about the potential benefit of these supplements, butthere's no solid evidence for that, no clinical evidence so far," saidDr. He, associate professor of ophthalmology and director of the RetinaFellowship ...Vision and hearing loss often occur together in older age
... respectively to age-related macular degeneration, cataract and hearing loss. Another common risk factor for cataract and visual and hearing impairments is diabetes." "Irrespective of the cause of sensory impairment,...Optics tests for early Alzheimer's diagnosis make significant advances
...lens, ultimately forming an unusual "supranuclear" cataract that is very different from more familiar, age-rel...est can detect the particles that form the unusual cataract associated with Alzheimer's disease, but even before they coalesce into something that can be seen w...Doctors warn of the dangers of Internet-bought drugs
...ctors last saw her in July 2006, she was due for a cataract operation. Prompted by the case, the authors found that they were able to find 1000 tablets of prednisolone (5mg) online for 25.23 using the search engine Google. Severn and Fraser warn that some drug therapies sold on the internet may be counterfe...Statin use associated with reduced risk of common type of cataract
...tor for age-related cataract, particularly nuclear cataract (the most common type of age-related cataract, whi...nd were deemed to be at risk of developing nuclear cataract within 5 years. A total of 210 persons developed incident nuclear cataract in the interval from 1998...New long-distance wireless networking developed at UC Berkeley brings eye care to India
...n improvement as a result of treatment, usually by cataract surgery. A recent study conducted by the hospital showed that following treatment, 85 percent of the men and 58 percent of the women who had lost their jobs due to sight impairment were reintegrated into the workforce. "We're addressing a shortage o...Low cholesterol cues cataract development
...ause of blindness worldwide. Using a rat model of cataract formation, Masayuki Mori and researchers at Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan have now found a link between cataracts and cholesterol. The study, appearing online on January 26 in advance of print publication in the February 2...JCI table of contents, January 26, 2006
EDITOR'S PICK Low cholesterol cues cataract development Cataracts are a leading cause of blindness worldwide. Using a rat model of cataract formation, Masayuki Mori and researchers at Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan ...Robust monitoring is crucial to patient choice
...y 2005 to offer patients a choice of providers for cataract surgery including NHS trusts, diagnostic and treat...rn about variations between different providers of cataract surgery, the authors surveyed the leaders of patient choice for each primary care trust in England a...Cataract surgery rates and costs related to physician reimbursement methods
... is associated with a significantly higher rate of cataract surgery and related surgical costs, compared to a ...d colleagues compared the effects of FFS and CC on cataract extraction rates and costs. (Dr. Shrank is now with Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical S...Some foods and beverages could hold clues for future diabetes treatment
...day for a human, both teas significantly inhibited cataract formation relative to a control group which did not get tea, according to Joe Vinson, Ph.D., a chemist at the University of Scranton (Penn.) and lead author of the paper. Another study on tea, done by researchers from the U.S. Department of Agricultu...Support system helps overcome barriers for nursing home residents in need of cataract surgery
...hough nursing home residents with vision-impairing cataract face significant obstacles to obtaining surgical s...ing the patient to and from the hospital increases cataract surgery rates, according to a study in the November issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the J...Government spin on success of NHS cataract privatisation criticised
...eatment centers (IS-TCs) reduced waiting times for cataract operations, states the author of a correspondence ...TCs has already brought down the waiting times for cataract operations to three months, a target achieved four years earlier than promised". However, ophthalmic...Data further examines Seroquel (quetiapine fumarate) treatment for bipolar depression
... the risk of seizures, orthostatic hypotension and cataract development. The most commonly observed adverse events associated with the use of SEROQUEL in clinical trials were somnolence, dry mouth, dizziness, constipation, asthenia, abdominal pain, postural hypotension, pharyngitis, SGPT increase, dyspepsia, ...Cognitive function and compliance with Seroquel examined in separate studies in schizophrenia
... the risk of seizures, orthostatic hypotension and cataract development. The most commonly observed adverse events associated with the use of SEROQUEL in clinical trials were somnolence, dry mouth, dizziness, constipation, asthenia, abdominal pain, postural hypotension, pharyngitis, SGPT increase, dyspepsia, ...