Retinal Diseases Articles
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Top 10 Questions and Answers About LED Headlights
Summary When making a purchase, particularly one that can have a positive impact on your health and well-being, it’s only natural to have questions. To assist you in making informed decisions, we’ve compiled a list of 10 questions and our responses. However, we understand that each person’s needs and concerns are unique. If you find yourself with additional questions that ...
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Unveiling the Intricacies of DNM1L: Function, Associated Diseases, and Inheritance Patterns
Introduction The human body is a complex network of genes and proteins, each playing a crucial role in maintaining our health. One such gene, DNM1L, has garnered significant attention in recent years due to its vital functions and its association with various diseases. In this blog post, we will delve into the world of DNM1L, exploring its function, the diseases it is linked to, and the ...
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Applications of the High Polymers in Medical Science
Introduction With the wide application of high polymers, more and more extensive researches on high polymers have been conducted in recent years. Many papers and monographs discussed the important characteristics of high polymers and their important applications in medicine. Macromolecule/high polymers can be used in surgery, suture, orthopedic fixation and tissue repair. They can also be used as ...
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Temporal quantification of oxygen saturation ranges: an effort to reduce hyperoxia in the neonatal intensive care unit - Case study
Objective: To reduce exposure to hyperoxia and its associated morbidities in preterm neonates. Study design: A multidisciplinary group was established to evaluate oxygen exposure in our neonatal intensive care unit. Infants were assigned target saturation ranges and signal extraction technology implemented to temporally quantify achievement of these ranges. The outcomes bronchopulmonary ...
By Masimo Corp
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Diabetic Burnout: What is it & how can we help ourselves?
Diabetes is a chronic health condition that affects how your body turns food into energy. Most of the food you eat is broken down into sugar and released into your bloodstream. When your blood sugar goes up, it signals your pancreas to release insulin. Insulin acts like a key turning on cells with sugar as fuel (energy). Diabetes affects your body’s ability to produce or use that insulin. ...
By EO2 Concepts
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Treatment of a Pressure Ulcer using CDO Therapy - Case study
Christine Salcher, DPM Sherman, Texas and Amyee McAlister, Healthline Patient: 50-year-old Caucasian female with a pressure ulcer that has progressively gotten larger, deeper, more malodorous, fibrotic, and necrotic Comorbidities: Diabetes, diabetic retinopathy & peripheral neuropathy Age of Wound: 90 days Days on Service: 55 days Outcome: Goals met. Wound healed. High patient ...
By EO2 Concepts
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Beyond Insulin: Immunotherapy for Type 1 Diabetes-PI
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a complex T-cell-mediated autoimmune disease that results in the destruction of insulin-producing beta cells and inadequate insulin secretion. Prior to the discovery of insulin in 1921, patients with T1D died within a year or two of diagnosis. Since the discovery and mass production of insulin, T1D is no longer a terminal disease. However, over time, many patients still ...
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Everything we know About AMD and Dark Adaptation
When automated dark adaptometry was first commercialized, many of us had more questions than answers with regard to using this information for detecting AMD and monitoring disease progression. But with more than seven years of practical in-office experience performing dark adaptation testing on thousands of patients, the tables have turned. This technology offers a safety net for ...
By MacuLogix
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UK Imaging Diabetes Study Seeing Diabetes Clearly - Case Study
Prospective observational cohort study with clinical outcomes data collection. Recruiting adult patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and diabetic retinopathy (DR), who lack history of cardiovascular ...
By Perspectum
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Food Sources and Effects of Carotenoids
Carotenoid structure and category The major carotenoids contain α-carotene, β-carotene, γ-carotene, lutein, zeaxanthin, β-cryptoxanthin, lycopene, etc. Among the three isomers of carotenoids, β-carotene has the highest content and γ-carotene the least. α, β, γ-carotene and β-cryptoxanthin can be decomposed to form vitamin A, while lutein, ...
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Introduction to Anthocyanins
Anthocyanin Definition Anthocyanins, flavones, isoflavones, flavonols, and proanthocyanidins are all flavonoids that belong to a large group of important secondary metabolites widely found in plants. Anthocyanins are found in 72 genera of flowering plants (angiosperms) in 27 families. Among them, grapes, hawthorn, pine needles, and purple sweet potatoes have high anthocyanin content. The basic ...
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How Blue Light Affects Your Eyes
Do you sometimes find it hard to sleep at night? Chances are that blue light is affecting your body's biological clock and disrupting your sleep patterns. This is a reality for many people if you consider that an average modern human being spends almost 5,000 hours staring at screens that emit blue light. It’s inevitable that as digital technologies continue to be available to more people, ...
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A single contact lens could give your entire life a head-up display
Mojo Vision's smart contacts put text in my eye and let me see in the dark. The company is aiming for even more than that. There aren't many meetings in Las Vegas during CES that still make my jaw drop. The few I can think of mostly involved Oculus. I had no idea what a company I've never met with before, called Mojo Vision, was going to show me. I knew they made very, very small displays. I ...
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Sifting Nuggets of Truth out of the AI Hooplah
A panel of experts took a crack at the subject of artificial intelligence to help us sort out how much of a near-term impact the technology could realistically have in healthcare. With the topic of artificial intelligence filling up our news feeds and dinner conversations, it’s almost too easy to get swept up in the hype of it all. This week at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in ...
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Andy Slavitt: When it comes to AI, it is the best of times, worst of times story
AI is a topic that fuels the passions of healthcare entrepreneurs but is it also a distraction from where the real pain points in healthcare are? A panel discussion on AI at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference wrestled with the issue. Artificial intelligence is the kind of topic that brings out the inner geek in all of us. There is so much excitement about its potential applications and where ...
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