Vision impairment affects earnings and safety in Bangladesh

Belmont Eye Center News

[ad_1] Reviewed by Jennifer L. Patnaik, PhD Orbis International has focused on vision impairment related to workers in low- and middle-income countries. To no one’s surprise, unaddressed visual problems negatively affect both the level of safety and the earnings of workers in these underdeveloped countries. Simple, readily available solutions can profoundly impact poverty reduction, gender…

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Vision impairment affects earnings and safety in Bangladesh

Eye trauma: Treatment trends and innovations

Belmont Eye Center News

[ad_1] Jeremy Tan, MD, an oculoplastic surgery specialist at the Dean McGee Eye Institute, details some the latest trends in eye trauma surgery at the Dean McGee Eye Institute, and how these treatments are making an impact on the lives of patients. “Traumas can be functionally disabling and also cosmetically disfiguring,” Tan explained, “We establish…

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Eye trauma: Treatment trends and innovations

What Your Eye Color Can Say About Your Health

Belmont Eye Center News

Researchers found people who had vitiligo were less likely to have blue or grey eyes compared with people who did not. A 2012 review of research on vitiligo published in Nature found the autoimmune disorder, which causes a loss of skin color to mottled patches, was less prevalent in blue-eyed people. You are also a…

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Aflibercept shown to work at higher dose, longer intervals

Belmont Eye Center News

[ad_1] Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. this week announced that the primary endpoints were met in two pivotal trials investigating novel aflibercept 8 mg (Eylea) with 12- and 16-week dosing regimens in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME) and wet age-related macular degeneration (wAMD). The PHOTON trial in DME and the PULSAR trial in wAMD both demonstrated…

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Research focuses on retinal issues following COVID-19 infection

Belmont Eye Center News

[ad_1] Retinal involvement following a COVID-19 infection is rare but can happen after severe infections in immunocompetent individuals, according to Yusar Asad, MD, and colleagues from the Vitreoretinal Services, Centre for Sight, Delhi, India. The research team conducted a retrospective review of consecutive patients presenting with retinal manifestations attributable to COVID 19 between May 2020…

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