Low-Dose Eyedrops No Better Than Placebo for Nearsightedness Among Kids
THURSDAY, July 13, 2023 -- Low doses of the eyedrops ophthalmologists use to dilate your pupils during an eye exam are not able to slow the progression of nearsightedness (myopia) in children, a new clinical trial has found.
Atropine eyedrops at a... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - July 13, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Low-Dose Atropine Eye Drops Flop for Slowing Kids' Myopia
(MedPage Today) -- Treating U.S. children with an investigational low-dose (0.01%) formulation of atropine eye drops didn't delay worsening of nearsightedness, a randomized clinical trial found.
Over 24 months, kids using the once-nightly drops... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - July 13, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Low-dose atropine eyedrops no better than placebo for slowing myopia progression
NIH-funded trial underscores need for more research to head off high myopia. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - July 13, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Heller's myopia: rereading the Second Amendment in context - Granston E.
One of the most contentious issues in recent Supreme Court jurisprudence is the scope of an individual's right to bear arms. The Courtruled in District of Columbia v. Heller that individual gun ownership for self-defense is a fundamental right protected by... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news
Apple is facing an existential threat: It has no AI vision
Apple’s AI myopia can’t be fixed with the Vision Pro. Is the company missing its opportunity to define the next computing revolution? In the year of the artificial intelligence Big Bang, Apple CEO, Tim Cook, could have planted a big flag on the ground and shown us a reinvented Apple designed to…#apple #visionpro #bigbang #timcook #macintosh #iphone #readfullstory (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pediatric Myopia Progression Slowed by Low-Dose Atropine
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 -- Low-dose atropine treatment reduces pediatric myopia progression compared with placebo over three years of treatment, according to a study published online June 1 in JAMA Ophthalmology.
Karla Zadnik, O.D., Ph.D., from The... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - June 6, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Vyluma Announces FDA Acceptance of New Drug Application For NVK002, Its Novel Investigational Treatment For Pediatric Myopia
Bridgewater, NJ– June 6, 2023– Vyluma, Inc. (“Vyluma”), a biopharmaceutical company developing multiple assets for the treatment of refractive errors, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has... (Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Applications)
Source: Drugs.com - New Drug Applications - June 6, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Apple unveils watchOS 10 with new features for mental health, vision health
The Apple watchOS 10 will allow users to track their emotions and moods, connect with mental health resources and measure time spent outdoors to reduce the risk of myopia. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - June 5, 2023 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Low-Dose Atropine Improves Myopia in Children Low-Dose Atropine Improves Myopia in Children
A low-dose, preservative-free formulation of atropine led to less nearsightedness in children over a 3-year period, a new randomized controlled trial found.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pharmacist Headlines - June 1, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Ophthalmology News Source Type: news
American Health Care Is Broken. Major Hospitals Need to Be Part of the Solution
American health care is broken. And American health care systems must transform radically to lead the repair.
Let’s first look at the data: The U.S. now spends more than $4 trillion a year on health care. That’s nearly 20% of gross domestic product. Yet U.S. life expectancy lags literally dozens of other nations—including Portugal, Slovenia, and Turkey—by as much as seven years. If trends continue, we will drop to 64th in the world in life expectancy by 2040, though we will continue to spend significantly more per capita than nearly any other nation.
Diagnosing this failure is not difficult. Nearly ...
Source: TIME: Health - May 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald M. Berwick and Michelle A. Williams Tags: Uncategorized freelance health Source Type: news
Janssen to Highlight Scientific Advances and Commitment to Transform Cancer Care at ASCO and EHA with More than 90 Presentations Showcasing Robust, Differentiated Portfolio and Pipeline in Hematologic Malignancies and Solid Tumors
This study evaluates an investigational combination regimen of IMBRUVICA® (ibrutinib) plus venetoclax (I+V) for newly diagnosed chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL), (Abstracts #7535 and #P617, respectively).Advancing the Science of Solid Tumors Through Precision MedicineJanssen’s continued innovation in solid tumors focuses on advancing precision medicine options for patients with biomarker-driven disease who have limited targeted treatment options and moving patients into earlier lines of therapy when treatments may be more effective. Lung CancerAn oral presentation will report ...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - May 18, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Innovation Source Type: news
Secondhand Smoke Exposure Linked to Myopia in Children
THURSDAY, May 18, 2023 -- Secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure is associated with greater myopic refraction, longer axial length, and increased odds of developing moderate and high myopia, according to a study published online May 11 in JAMA Network... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - May 18, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
The Vision Crisis No One Wants To Talk About
Has your vision deteriorated sharply over the past couple of years?
If the answer is “yes,” you are probably another victim of a global health crisis that eye doctors refuse to acknowledge…
I’m talking about a condition called quarantine myopia – a health crisis caused by Covid restrictions and the hours we were forced to spend inside during the lockdown.
Recent studies of school-age children from the Netherlands and China reveal that myopia – or “near-sightedness” – has increased dramatically since the lockdown.1
Using data from more than 120,000 schoolchildren, studies reveal that kids are up to thr...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - May 16, 2023 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Jacob Tags: Anti-Aging Source Type: news
Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Linked to Myopia in Kids
(MedPage Today) -- Secondhand smoke exposure was associated with myopia in kids, according to a cross-sectional study from Hong Kong.
After adjusting for several factors including age, sex, and parental myopia, exposure to secondhand smoke was... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - May 11, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
There ’s a global'epidemic' of myopia. Can we slow it down?
Why are experts warning of a myopia "epidemic" - and what can we do about it? Last December, I experienced a little revolution in my life: I finally got a laser operation that ended my 26 years of myopia. My parents attributed my short-sightedness to my habit of reading for long hours in the dark…#singapore #taiwan #thierrybour #euronewsnext #optics #langismichaud #optometric #scientificreports #miyosmart #hoya (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
