Is It Safe To Get A Massage? Dr. Mallika Marshall Answers Your Coronavirus Questions
BOSTON (CBS) – Dr. Mallika Marshall is answering your coronavirus-related medical questions. If you have a question for Dr. Mallika, email her or message her on Facebook or Twitter. Dr. Mallika is offering her best advice, but as always, consult your personal doctor before making any decisions about your personal health. “Is it safe to get a massage from a professional masseuse if both the masseuse and I are wearing a mask? Would getting a massage outdoor be safer?” – Harry It would be safer to get a massage outdoors. That would be amazing, but probably not an option for most people. I would hold off if yo...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - July 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Covid-19 Boston, MA Health Healthcare Status Healthwatch Seen On WBZ-TV Syndicated Local Uncategorized Coronavirus Source Type: news

Cataract Surgery: What to Expect Before and After
For almost all my life, the first thing I did each morning was reach for my glasses, no matter what. ... When an earthquake was shaking the house to its core, I reached for my glasses. ... When my ... (Source: AARP.org News)
Source: AARP.org News - June 27, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Cataracts
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Source: eMedicineHealth.com - June 22, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Long-term outcomes of pediatric traumatic cataracts and retinal detachments due to self-inflicted injuries - Felfeli T, Mireskandari K, Ali A.
PURPOSE: To report the characteristics and longitudinal visual outcomes of traumatic cataracts and retinal detachments in children with self-inflicted injury. METHODS: A retrospective case series of pediatric patients at a tertiary care center who sust... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 30, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Medical emergency
A doctor in a pandemic, Dr. Christian Serdahl applied for unemployment insurance benefits for the first time in his 29-year medical career on April 6. His daily drive from Davis to Sacramento, along the Yolo Causeway, had opened up from gridlock just a month prior to a nearly vacant freeway now. When he arrived, his East Sacramento doctor’s office, Eye Site Sacramento, was quiet. Elective surgeries, like the cataract removals his practice specializes in, had been cancelled across the region… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - May 28, 2020 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Felicia Alvarez Source Type: news

June 2020
Safe Driving : Protecting Yourself Behind the Wheel Communication Breakdown : How Aphasia Affects Language Comparing Heart Disease Treatments How Cataracts Cloud Your Vision COPD: Learn More Breathe Better (Source: NIH News in Health)
Source: NIH News in Health - May 27, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Your Doctor Wants to Reschedule That Surgery. But Is It Safe Now?
THURSDAY, May 7, 2020 -- Some elective surgeries that were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic have since been rescheduled. But is it safe to have that knee replacement or cataract removal now? The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - May 7, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

I am an eye surgeon but could soon be your doctor in the ICU. I'm terrified
I am fearful for the future, uncertain for how my skills will hold up when put to testCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageI am an ophthalmologist. I am the doctor you see for your cataract surgery, the doctor your grandmother sees to have her age-related macular degeneration checked, the one who prescribed the bedtime drops to slow down your grandfather ’s glaucoma. In the next few weeks I will be the doctor your father sees for his stroke, the doctor who treats your grandmother’s heart failure, the doctor you see in A&E to treat your asthma. Potentially the doctor you meet in intensive ca...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 20, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Selina Khan Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Doctors Society Health Society Professionals Infectious diseases Science NHS Work & careers Guardian Careers Source Type: news

Eye Diseases: Resources on Conditions and Treatments
The AARP Eye Center provides vital information from top experts on eye health, including the latest on cataracts, macular degeneration, glaucoma and more. (Source: AARP.org News)
Source: AARP.org News - April 17, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery as Good as Standard Surgery Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery as Good as Standard Surgery
Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery provides outcomes similar to those with conventional phacoemulsification cataract surgery, according to results from a noninferiority trial.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ophthalmology News Source Type: news

Lightning injury to eye: brief review of the literature and case series - Pradhan E, Khatri A, Ahmed AA, Lama AJ, Khanal R, Bajracharya L, Adhikari S.
PURPOSE: In ophthalmology, injuries due to lightning strikes have been documented as various entities ranging from keratitis, cataracts, uveitis in the anterior segments to retinal detachments, papillitis, and macular hole formation in the posterior segmen... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 25, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

A case of isolated bilateral cataract following high-voltage electrical injury - Yadav A, Katiyar V, Phadikar P, Gupta SK.
High voltage electric burns can cause various ocular injuries and may manifest in the form of conjunctival hyperemia, corneal opacities, uveitis, miosis, spasm of accommodation, cataract, retinal edema, papilledema, choroidal rupture, chorio-retinal necros... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 19, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

Increase Seen in Melatonin Secretion After Cataract Surgery
FRIDAY, March 6, 2020 -- Cataract surgery seems to increase melatonin secretion in adults aged 60 years or older, according to a study published online March 5 in JAMA Ophthalmology. Tomo Nishi, M.D., Ph.D., from the Nara Medical University School... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 6, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Microstent Reduces Post-Cataract Surgery Intraocular Pressure in Glaucoma Patients Microstent Reduces Post-Cataract Surgery Intraocular Pressure in Glaucoma Patients
Microstent implantation in Schlemm ' s canal reduces early postoperative intraocular pressure (IOP) following cataract surgery in patients with mild or moderate glaucoma, according to findings from the HORIZON study of the Hydrus microstent.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - February 11, 2020 Category: Surgery Tags: Ophthalmology News Source Type: news

Nigeria: Diabetes Increases Risk of Eye Diseases - Ophthalmologist
[Vanguard] An Ophthalmologist, Dr. Adeniyi Irefin, says diabetes increases the risk of eye diseases like cataracts, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy, which can lead to blindness if care is not taken. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 22, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news