Amanda Warren

New data from a 6-month, multicenter, observational study supplied evidence that DEX implants are safe and effective in real-life practice.

Reducing delays can help stop the spread of the infection and initiate treatment to patients quickly.

Complementary and alternative medicine can decrease the rate of antimicrobial resistance and reduce treatment costs.

The use of SD OCT could help determine the presence of submacular fluid, the absence of hyper-reflective foci, and a continuous inner segment-outer segment.

Data showed that 30-day mortality rates were significantly lower in CIU patients (18.8%) in comparison to original bed patients (34%).

Reinforcing the need for special considerations for those patients at heightened risk for CDI development is key.

Testing their system against expert manual analysis of OTC scans, the researchers determined that the automatic diagnostic method was both reliable and accurate.

Overall, the data showed that patients in the treat-and-extend group also received fewer injections in comparison to the monthly group.

Optical coherence tomography accrued savings of $9.0 billion for the US government through Medicare and an estimated $2.2 billion in savings for AMD patients since 2013.

Human factors determine the quality of environmental cleaning and remain the best defense against invisible threats.

Infection burden can be more accurately determined through a high-resolution method assigning species-level context to 16S rRNA gene sequence data.

In all cases of participants experiencing housing problems for even 1 year, indicated poorer mental health.

Work-related sick leave dropped 18% for employees working for managers that received mental health training.

Socioeconomic factors may play the largest role in increased suicide rates as they vary by urbanization level.

Results determined that 168 out of the 300 patients, or 56.0%, had felt "some type of anxiety" related to the anti-VEGF treatments.

The odds of late AMD were 41% lower among active individuals in comparison to sedentary individuals, according to the analysis.

The study authors theorized that there are further connections between age and HA, with older adults having significantly more HA than younger adults.

The clinical challenges presented by AMD during cataract surgery imply the need for special considerations and monitoring.

A study from the University of Warwick revealed a link between levels of gut hormone FGF-19 and diabetic remission in bariatric surgical patients.

These tools can reduce selection bias and misdiagnosis, and improve communication between primary and secondary care physicians.

Their doubts may negatively affect their interest in creating teams of specialized physicians to help those patients.

Study shows that GRT is useful for identifying effective alternative treatments.

RV/TCL ratios have a stronger association with longer duration asthma.

Patients with severe allergic asthma should try omalizumab therapy.

Killing cockroaches from infested homes reduced asthma morbidity.

Surprising links exist between kids with asthma, parental influence, & anxiety.

Diagnosing pediatric MS: more accurate with test refinements.

Maryland researchers found that even mild hypoglycemia can pose a cardiovascular risk in obese people with diabetes.