NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The onset of type 2 diabetes before middle age is independently associated with a higher prevalence and greater severity of diabetic retinopathy, investigators…
Dr. Erin Anderson discusses the treatment options available in the Yale Eye Center’s Low Vision Department and how the center diagnoses different types of vision problems. References and…
Dr. Daniel Salchow, MD, pediatric ophthalmologist at the Yale Eye Center talks about amblyopia, a common cause of decreased vision in children. References and Resources The National Eye…
Dr. Kathleen Stoessel, Director of the Medical Retina Sub-Section and the Yale Eye Center, discusses sickle cell retinopathy. References and Resources Reynolds SA, Besada E, Winter-Corella C. Retinopathy…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Asthma patients who are black tend to have more severe disease than asthma patients who are white, leading to more asthma control problems,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Frequent severe episodes of hypoglycemia associated with intensive diabetes treatment do not adversely affect cognitive function in adolescents with type 1 diabetes, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Detection of JC virus, an important cause of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in immunosuppressed patients, is not a good predictor of PML risk…
Dr. Susan Love discusses her partnership with the Avon Foundation and the origins of the “Army of Women” fighting to prevent and cure breast cancer. References and Resources…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – More than half of a cohort of over 180 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) required orthopedic surgery, and one quarter underwent at least…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – High-dose therapy (HDT) combined with autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) may prolong remissions and improve survival in patients with chemoresistant Hodgkin lymphoma, researchers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients aged 75 years and older with brain metastases respond about as well as younger patients to stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In evaluating screening mammograms for breast cancer, a single reader with computer assistance can perform just as well as two readers, the results…
