September 2022
Healthy Social Media Habits : How You Use It Matters
Tracking COVID-19 in Wastewater
Cloudy Vision? : It Could Be Cataracts
Q&A: Dr. Chantal Cousineau-Krieger on Cataract Surgery
Monkeypox: What You Should Know
Science Education: Biomedical Imaging& Bioengineering (Source: NIH News in Health)
Source: NIH News in Health - August 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New cataract surgery options can restore your vision
Advances in cataract surgery have expanded options, including the ability to go “spectacle-free,” for many patients. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - August 22, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Association of blue light-filtering intraocular lenses with all-cause and traffic accident-related injuries among patients undergoing bilateral cataract surgery in finland - Kanclerz P, Hecht I, Cunha M, Knyazer B, Laine I, Tuuminen R.
IMPORTANCE: Blue light-filtering (BLF) intraocular lenses (IOLs) have been widely used in clinical practice for more than 20 years and have been implanted in millions of patients with cataracts worldwide. However, little evidence on the association of BLF ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 19, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news
Ghana: Increase Cataract Surgery Support
[Ghanaian Times] An eye specialist, Dr Thomas Tontie Baah, has appealed to the government to increase the GH ¢350 it pays for cataract surgery under the National Health Insurance Scheme to expand access to surgery. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 12, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Ghana: Increase Tariffs On Cataract Surgery Under NHIs - Dr Baah
[Ghanaian Times] An Eye Specialist, Dr Thomas Tontie Baah, has appeal to the government to increase the tariffs it pays for cataract surgery under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to expand access to the operations. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 11, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Retired New Jersey Doctor Convicted at Trial of Selling Toxic Chemical as Weight-loss Drug
FDA OCI, William Merlino, M.D., Mays Landing, NJ, convicted, trial, sale, misbranded, prescription, drugs, online, scheme, sell, toxic, industrial, chemical, weight-loss, manufactured, lab, home, Dinitriophenol, DNP, dehydration, cataracts, liver damage, death, Twitter, eBay, mail, (Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - August 9, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news
Eyesight: The drink linked to cataracts risk - 'Significantly increases as you drink more'
IT IS common for eyesight to get worse with age. Like other parts of the body, eyes can become strained and more susceptible to issues over time. But there is one type of drink that can "significantly" increase your risk of certain eye conditions. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - July 31, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Electrical injury and the long-term risk of cataract: a prospective matched cohort study - Kaergaard A, Nielsen KJ, Carstensen O, Biering K.
PURPOSE: Over the years, many cases of electric cataract related to severe electrical injuries have been reported. Most have been cases where the entrance or exit point of the current was on the skull or near the eyes. Still, cases of cataract have been re... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 29, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
CHMP recommends EU approval of Roche ’s Vabysmo, the first bispecific antibody for the eye, for two leading causes of vision loss
Vabysmo (faricimab) simultaneously targets and inhibits two disease pathways that driveneovascular or “wet” age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME)The CHMP recommendation is based on results across four phase III studies: TENAYA and LUCERNE innAMD at year one, and YOSEMITE and RHINE in DME up to two yearsThe totality of the data across all studies innAMD and DME available to date showed that over 60% of people treated withVabysmo were able to extend treatment to every four months, while improving and maintaining visionIf approved,Vabysmo would offer the first new mechanism of action in ...
Source: Roche Investor Update - July 22, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
CHMP recommends EU approval of Roche ’s Vabysmo, the first bispecific antibody for the eye, for two leading causes of vision loss
Vabysmo (faricimab) simultaneously targets and inhibits two disease pathways that driveneovascular or “wet” age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME)The CHMP recommendation is based on results across four phase III studies: TENAYA and LUCERNE innAMD at year one, and YOSEMITE and RHINE in DME up to two yearsThe totality of the data across all studies innAMD and DME available to date showed that over 60% of people treated withVabysmo were able to extend treatment to every four months, while improving and maintaining visionIf approved,Vabysmo would offer the first new mechanism of action in ...
Source: Roche Media News - July 22, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Characterizing Astigmatism Characterizing Astigmatism
Dr Garg discusses a paper from Girish Valluru and colleagues on astigmatism and its effect on cataract surgery.Medscape Ophthalmology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - July 19, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ophthalmology Commentary Source Type: news
As pandemic ebbs, hospitals see a rise in elective surgeries
Elective surgeries are planned procedures and don't involve a medical emergency. These include joint replacements, as well as piles, kidney stones, hernia, cataract, vascular, lipoma and cosmetic dental procedures. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - July 13, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cataract Surgery: Humana Prior Authorization Plan Raises Concerns Cataract Surgery: Humana Prior Authorization Plan Raises Concerns
The American Academy of Ophthalmology objects to Humana ' s prior authorization plan for cataract surgery in Georgia, citing recent experience with a similar Aetna policy.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - July 8, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ophthalmology News Source Type: news
ADRIAN MONTI: New implant to treat glaucoma - and get your cataracts done at the same time!
Roger Pledge, 76, from Colchester, Essex, was the first in the UK to have a new type of implant fitted in both eyes to combat it, as he tells Adrian Monti. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 5, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Researchers: Improving Eyesight May Help Prevent Dementia
As experimental drugs prove ineffective against increasing dementia cases in the U.S., researchers argue that improving eyesight can have an effect. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - July 3, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Paula Span Tags: Dementia Content Type: Service Eyes and Eyesight Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Elderly Research Habits and Routines (Behavior) Cataracts JAMA Neurology (Journal) United States Lancet, The (Journal) Source Type: news
