Ophthalmology News

• Ill-Fiitted Face Masks Could Lead to Defects on Visual-Field Tests When patients wear unfitted face masks during a visual-field test, disease-progression artifacts may appear, particularly among glaucoma patients, according to a new study.
  Reuters Health Information, March 05, 2021
• PIMS-TS Tied to Ongoing Otolaryngologic Problems Pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with COVID-19 disease (PIMS-TS) is associated with a variety of disorders affecting voice, swallowing and smell and taste.
  Reuters Health Information, March 03, 2021
• US Boosts Virus Sequencing Efforts as More Variants Emerge Nearly $200 million has been added to sequencing efforts in the United States as experts monitor mutations and flag major problems from breakthrough infections and other concerns.
  Medscape Medical News, March 04, 2021
• ACTRIMS 2021 Erythropoietin Falls Short of Neuroprotection in Optic Neuritis A higher rate of conversion to multiple sclerosis in the placebo group offered a glimmer of hope for treatment in TONE, a phase 3 randomized trial, but caveats loom large.
  Medscape Medical News, March 04, 2021
• HDL Mimetic Restores Kidney Function, Vision in Rare Disorder The HDL mimetic CER-001 may arrest the decline in kidney function and improve the vision of patients with familial lecithin–cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency, suggests a French case report.
  Medscape Medical News, March 04, 2021
• No Flu Season Will Affect Next Year's Vaccine Prep Low influenza case numbers are 'strikingly different' this year and will change the trajectory of next year's flu season and vaccine planning.
  Medscape Medical News, March 03, 2021
• Vitamin Sales Skyrocket in the Pandemic, but Buyer Beware The supplement market, valued at $48 billion in 2019, is projected to grow to $58 billion this year, but misleading claims take advantage of people trying new methods to improve health in a crisis.
  Medscape Medical News, March 02, 2021
• ASDS Issues First Filler Safety Recommendations "Truthfully, a lot of people don't know what they're doing," lead author Derek Jones, MD, of Skin Care and Laser Physicians of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, said in an interview.
  Medscape Medical News, March 02, 2021
• New Tool to Aid Accurate Lupus Diagnosis Clinicians in Greece have developed and validated a simple and accurate tool to aid diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) based on standard clinical and serological features.
  Reuters Health Information, February 26, 2021
• Nystagmus From Living in the Dark Cured With Light Exposure A new case report of so-called miner's nystagmus demonstrates the remarkable plasticity of the brain, the authors say, and suggests that historical reports of this condition by miners were genuine.
  Medscape Medical News, February 24, 2021
• Frozen Sections Can Guide Biopsies for Giant Cell Arteritis Second TAB procedures are often performed in patients with a high level of suspicion for GCA, which may result in unnecessary treatments and complications, Devon A. Cohen, MD wrote.
  Medscape Medical News, February 24, 2021
• How to Spot a Fake N95 Counterfeit N95 airborne particle-filtering face masks are on the rise, but recognizing phonies can be easy using a few simple steps.
  Medscape Medical News, February 19, 2021
• As Variants Spread, Top Experts Lay Out Best Protection Plan Six leaders in infection prevention weigh in on the measures that will make the difference at this critical point in the pandemic.
  Medscape Medical News, February 11, 2021
• Retinoblastoma Appears to Be on the Increase in Europe The incidence of retinoblastoma appears to be rising in Europe, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, February 09, 2021
• Four COVID Vaccines Compared Two vaccines have been approved for use in the United States and a third and fourth are coming soon.
  WebMD Health News, February 05, 2021
• Superspreader Sunday: The Super Bowl With COVID Variants Afoot After almost every major holiday in 2020, the United States had an increase in COVID-19 cases and experts are concerned this will happen again as Americans get ready for Super Bowl Sunday.
  Medscape Medical News, February 05, 2021
• Women Increasingly Turn to CBD, With or Without Doc's Blessing Women of reproductive age are increasingly turning to cannabinoids to treat gynecologic and other conditions. A study shows they're not waiting for clinicians to guide their choices.
  Medscape Medical News, February 05, 2021
• Enteral Lipid Supplement Reduces Severe Retinopathy Risk in Preterm Infants Extremely premature infants who receive enteral lipid supplementation starting within 3 days of birth have a lower risk of severe retinopathy of prematurity than without supplementation, a clinical trial suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, February 03, 2021
• Ambient Air Pollution Tied to Age-Related Macular Degeneration People with higher exposure to ambient air pollution are at increased risk for age-related macular degeneration and changes in retinal thickness, a UK study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, January 29, 2021
• Tough Pain Relief Choices in the COVID-19 Pandemic The most used pain relievers in the world have come under new scrutiny as more people with symptoms of fever and body aches turn to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to ease symptoms.
  Medscape Medical News, January 29, 2021