New therapeutic target may reverse Diabetic retinopathy, finds a study Hina Zahid23 Sept 2019 7:28 PM ISTPhiladelphia – Diabetic retinopathy is the most common microvascular disorder in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients. It not only damages the vision of...
New Drug application filed for Acquired Blepharoptosis after promising results in clinical trial Deepanjana Sarkar20 Sept 2019 7:05 PM ISTAcquired blepharoptosis is a unilateral or bilateral drooping of the upper eyelid in which usually surgery is the answer although the results in most...
Rare case of Disseminated neurocysticercosis presenting with bilateral papilledema: a report Hina Zahid18 Sept 2019 6:00 PM ISTDr Ruchi Shrestha at Department of Ophthalmology, Reiyukai Eiko Masunaga Eye Hospital, Kavrepalanchok District, Nepal and colleagues have reported a...
Not blood sugar- Now eye lens analysis shall predict future risk of diabetes Medha Baranwal Baranwal16 Sept 2019 7:30 PM ISTBlood sugar measurement is the hallmark of the diagnosis of Diabetes. While symptoms of type 1 diabetes often appear suddenly and are often the reason...
Antimalarial drugs above recommended doses increase risk of retinopathy in SLE patients Deepanjana Sarkar13 Sept 2019 7:25 PM ISTIn a recent study published in the Journal of Rheumatology, scientists have shown that exposure to antimalarial drug above the recommended dosage...
Two common uveitis drugs found equally effective in noninfectious uveitis in clinical trial: JAMA Hina Zahid11 Sept 2019 8:10 PM ISTMethotrexate and mycophenolate mofetil performed similarly in a head-to-head clinical trial that compared the two drugs for treating noninfectious...
Rare case of Dengue expanded syndrome with involvement of eye: a report Hina Zahid11 Sept 2019 2:26 PM ISTDr Jevon Yudhishdran National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka and colleagues have reported a rare case of Dengue expanded syndrome with...
Candida Auris linked to panophthalmitis in immunosuppressed patients Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli10 Sept 2019 7:15 PM ISTClinicians warn that Candida Auris could cause panophthalmitis (acute inflammation of the eye) in an immunosuppressed patient. They report the case of...
Navigated retinal laser therapy more effective than conventional slit-lamp lasers Hina Zahid6 Sept 2019 7:15 PM ISTNavigated retinal laser therapy more effective than conventional slit-lamp lasers is the clinical experienc shared at EURETINA Congress in...
Poor diet caused Nutritional Optic Neuropathy in a young “fussy eater”: Case Report Deepanjana Sarkar4 Sept 2019 9:03 AM ISTA poor and nutrient deficit diet cause a young patient to lose his sight at the 14-year, according to a case reported in the in Annals of Internal...
Netarsudil once daily ophthalmic solution significantly reduces IOP in glaucoma Medha Baranwal Baranwal2 Sept 2019 8:10 PM ISTUSA: Netarsudil once daily (QD)ophthalmic solution significantly reduced intraocular pressure (IOP) in open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension...
Ultrasonography as good as OCT in accurately detecting posterior vitreous detachment Medha Baranwal Baranwal30 Aug 2019 7:10 PM ISTSouth Korea: Both ultrasonography (US) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) have more or less the same diagnostic ability in evaluating posterior...
