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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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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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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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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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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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Optimizing Treatment for CTD-ILD
When autoimmune or connective tissue diseases cause inflammation or scarring of the lungs, both diagnosis and effective management can be challenging.
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Baptist Health is the Most Awarded Healthcare System in South Florida based on U.S. News & World Report 2024-2025 Rankings
Baptist Health has once again been recognized as one of the best healthcare providers in America and the most award-winning healthcare system in South Florida based on the 2024-2025 U.S. News & World Report rankings. The organization secured a total of 45 High Performing honors.
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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.
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Home Monitoring of Eye Pressure Comes of Age
A home-based test may ease the burden for the estimated 3 million people in the U.S. with glaucoma, who require regular monitoring of eye pressure.
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Center for Skull Base Surgery earns national distinction
The North American Skull Base Society (NASBS) recognized the UC Davis Center for Skull Base Surgery as a NASBS Multidisciplinary Team of Distinction. The center provides life-changing care for patients with a variety of skull base, brain, head and neck tumors.
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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.