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Game-Changer: How a Simple Quest Led to a Discovery That Promises to Change Lives
Laura Ensign set out to develop a formula to improve the absorption of eye drops, but when she and her team began looking at data on their new formula, they made a stunning discovery.
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Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP): Treatment and Results
Dr. Harper reviews the options for retinopathy of prematurity treatment; recent advancements in diagnostic evaluation and treatment considerations and results.
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Plaque Placement for a Choroidal Melanoma
MUSC Health ophthalmologist George N. Magrath, M.D., narrates video footage showing the placement of a radioactive plaque to treat choroidal melanoma.
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New Hypoparathyroidism Guidelines and Emerging PTH Replacement Therapies for Improved Patient Outcomes
New guidelines from the Second International Workshop on the Evaluation and Management of Hypoparathyroidism provide clinicians with the latest evidence-based recommendations for the prevention, diagnosis and management of this rare disease.
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Building a Better Cornea
Partnering with Industry to Improve Patient Outcomes
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Precision Medicine for Patients with Neurofibromatosis
Neurofibromatosis Precision Medicine Center of Excellence works to mine untapped volumes of clinical data and use it for research that can benefit patients with neurofibromatosis.
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Dried goji berries may provide protection against age-related macular degeneration
Regularly eating a small serving of dried goji berries may help prevent or delay the development of age-related macular degeneration, in healthy middle-aged people, according to a randomized trial conducted at UC Davis.
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Deciphering the Complexities of a Rare Disease
Birdshot, as it is familiarly known, is an autoimmune disease that occurs when the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue.
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Rapid Response to Immune-Related Adverse Events Improves Patient Care
Published results of a Johns Hopkins pilot study showed 73.5% of physicians in the study said recommendations from an immune-related toxicity (IR-tox) team changed their diagnosis or management of immune-related adverse events.
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Yes, babies and children get cataracts, too: Diagnosis and treatment of pediatric cataracts
Erick D. Bothun, M.D., Mayo Clinic pediatric eye surgeon, cares for children of all ages and eye diseases. Dr. Bothun specializes in diagnosing, treating and researching complex cataracts in infants and children.
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Macular hole repair
Raymond Iezzi Jr., M.D., an ophthalmologist at Mayo Clinic, discusses an improved method of macular hole repair surgery that no longer requires patients to be face down and is expected to be a new standard of care.
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Cell Therapy That Repairs Cornea Damage with Patient’s Own Stem Cells Achieves Positive Phase I Trial Results
A team led by researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Mass Eye and Ear, a member of Mass General Brigham, reports the results of a phase I trial of a revolutionary stem cell treatment called cultivated autologous limbal epithelial cell transplantation (CALEC), which was found to be safe and well-tolerated over the short term in four patients with significant chemical burns in one eye.