The Lancet publishes studies showing Roche ’s faricimab improved and maintained vision in two leading causes of vision loss, extending time between treatments up to four months
Two papers in The Lancet highlight one-year results from Roche ’s phase III trials evaluatingfaricimab inneovascular or “wet” age-related macular (nAMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME)Across four studies, about half of eligiblefaricimab patients were able to go four months between treatments, and approximately three-quarters could be treated every three months or longerReductions in central subfield thickness (CST) and resolution ofintraretinal fluid consistentlyfavouredfaricimab overaflibercept in DME, and meaningful and comparable CST reductions were seen innAMD in the first yearBasel, 24 January 2022 - Roche (SIX...
Source: Roche Investor Update - January 24, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
The Lancet publishes studies showing Roche ’s faricimab improved and maintained vision in two leading causes of vision loss, extending time between treatments up to four months
Two papers in The Lancet highlight one-year results from Roche ’s phase III trials evaluatingfaricimab inneovascular or “wet” age-related macular (nAMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME)Across four studies, about half of eligiblefaricimab patients were able to go four months between treatments, and approximately three-quarters could be treated every three months or longerReductions in central subfield thickness (CST) and resolution ofintraretinal fluid consistentlyfavouredfaricimab overaflibercept in DME, and meaningful and comparable CST reductions were seen innAMD in the first yearBasel, 24 January 2022 - Roche (SIX...
Source: Roche Media News - January 24, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Gap Between Retinal Age, Chronological Age Tied to Mortality
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 19, 2022 -- The gap between retinal age and chronological age is associated with the risk of all-cause and cause-specific noncardiovascular, noncancer mortality, according to a study published online Jan. 18 in the British Journal of... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 19, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
What Is the Most Common Inherited Retinal Disease?
Title: What Is the Most Common Inherited Retinal Disease?Category: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 1/19/2022 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 1/19/2022 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Eyesight General)
Source: MedicineNet Eyesight General - January 19, 2022 Category: Opthalmology Source Type: news
Endogenous aspergillus endophthalmitis in an immunocompetent patient with a remote history of pulmonary tuberculosis
Discussion: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of Aspergillus endogenous endophthalmitis in an immunocompetent patient secondary to pulmonary changes that occurred from previously treated tuberculosis. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - January 17, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Abusive head trauma. a review of our experience - F élez-Moliner I, García-Íñiguez JP, Lafuente-Hidalgo M, López-Pisón J.
INTRODUCTION: Abusive head trauma (AHT) is defined as an injury to the skull or intracranial contents due to inflicted blunt impact and/or shaking. It is characterized by the triad: encephalopathy, retinal haemorrhages and subdural hematoma. The main objec... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 22, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Structural changes in retina (Retinal nerve fiber layer) following mild traumatic brain injury and its association with development of visual field defects - Kumar Das N, Das M.
BACKGROUND: Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI)is the most common form of traumatic brain injury accounting for 70-80% of all brain injuries annually. There is increasing evidence that long lasting morphological and functional consequence can be present in ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Violent infant surrogate shaking: continuous high-magnitude centripetal force and abrupt shift in tangential acceleration may explain high risk of subdural hemorrhage - Stray-Pedersen A, Strisland F, Rognum TO, Schiks LAH, Loeve AJ.
Violent shaking is believed to be a common mechanism of injury in pediatric abusive head trauma. Typical intracranial injuries include subdural and retinal hemorrhages. Using a laboratory surrogate model we conducted experiments evaluating the head motion ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
NIH study traces molecular link from gene to late-onset retinal degeneration
Clinical trial planning underway to test the widely used diabetes drug metformin as a preventive treatment for the blinding eye disease. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - December 8, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: news
This Baltimore startup wants to bring a retinal scanner headset into your home
JuneBrain is developing a wearable retinal scanner — similar to a VR headset. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - November 24, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Giacomo Bologna Source Type: news
Studying Diabetic Retinopathy?
Check out How Neuromic ' s Tools Are UsedThe authors used four of Neuromics to complete this study-Sulodexide reduces glucose induced senescence in human retinal endothelial cellsA. Gericke, K. Suminska-Jasi ńska& A. Br ęborowicz Scientific Reports volume 11, Article number: 11532 (2021) Cite this article.Material and MethodsExperiments were performed on HREC (#HEC09, Neuromics, Edina, MN, USA) in in vitro culture. Cells were seeded in 75 cm2 culture flasks coated with AlphaBioCoat Solution (#AC00, Neuromics, Edina, MN, USA) and were grown in Endo Growth Medium (EKG001, Neuromics, Edina, MN, USA) supplemented with fe...
Source: Neuromics - November 24, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Tags: Cell Detachment Diabetic retinopathy Human Endothelial Cells Human Retinal Microvascular Endothelial Cells Hyperglycemia Source Type: news
Long-term visual pathway alterations after elemental mercury poisoning: report of a series of 29 cases - Pastor-Idoate S, Coco-Martin RM, Zabalza I, Lantigua Y, Fern ández I, Pérez-Castrillón JL, Cuadrado R, de Lazaro JA, Morejon A, Dueñas-Laita A, Pastor JC.
BACKGROUND: There are few clinical data on retinal involvement after acute exposure to high concentrations mercury and the available reports are based on a small number of patients suffering chronic exposure. The purpose of this paper is to report findings... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 16, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Can Retinol Help With Acne?
Title: Can Retinol Help With Acne?Category: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 11/10/2021 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/10/2021 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Skin General)
Source: MedicineNet Skin General - November 10, 2021 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
‘Massage breaks the pain cycle’: the return of touch – after almost two years without it
For many people, social distancing and lockdowns left them bereft of physical contact. Here, touch experts explain why it is so essential and what we lost in its absenceIn a pandemic that has meant keeping 2 metres away from one another whenever possible, it appears that physical contact is beginning to return. Even handshakes are making a comeback:one poll found younger people were shaking hands again, although older generations are more uneasy about it. “We are wired to respond to emotional touch,” says Francis McGlone, a professor of neuroscience at Liverpool John Moores University. “My analogy is that [touch is] ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 8, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Emine Saner Tags: Life and style Biology Science Relationships Friendship Coronavirus Source Type: news
Many COVID-19 Survivors Still Can ’t Smell or Taste. Treating Them Isn’t Easy
On the morning after Christmas 2020, Carolyn Hinds woke up and realized she couldn’t smell or taste anything. Other signs of COVID-19, like fever, cough and muscle aches, came in the following days. Those symptoms subsided with time, but her lack of smell and taste did not.
To this day, Hinds, 38, can barely smell anything, and her sense of taste remains warped—sweet things leave a strange aftertaste, salty foods upset her stomach and spice makes her lips and tongue burn but tastes like nothing. “These things will mess with you mentally and physically because it changes the way you experience the world,&r...
Source: TIME: Health - November 4, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
