Continuing Education (CME/CE)

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (266+ words) Review of Optometry Vitreous loss or vitrectomy is a known risk for CME development after cataract surgery According to one theory, the vitreous body behaves as a barrier to inflammatory mediator diffusion, and its removal may allow prostaglandin and cytokine…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (73+ words) WASHINGTON — Capsulotomy size may have a clinically meaningful impact on final IOL positioning after robotic laser cataract surgery, according to research presented at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting.In a prospective paired-eye study, David V. Folden,…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (161+ words) Changes in solar activity are expected on September 9–10, which may affect the Earth’s magnetic field. Magnetic storms can affect how some people feel, including causing headaches, fatigue, and feelings of stress. Geomagnetic activity is measured on a scale from 0 to…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (489+ words) citybuzz - Ocumetics Technology Corp. (TSXV: OTC) (OTCQB: OTCFF) (FRA: 2QBO) has announced the start of patient recruitment for Group Two of its ongoing human clinical study of the Ocumetics Lens, a next-generation accommodating intraocular lens designed to potentially eliminate the need…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (260+ words) In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, during the current Ebola outbreak, children, especially those under five, face a higher risk of death than adults. Since the outbreak began in mid-May, more than 3,000 people have died. According to a commentary…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (214+ words) Home | News and stories Children must be included in Bundibugyo virus treatment and prevention research, says Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The commentary, published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health in August, states specifically that children should have…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (437+ words) Cancer is one of those things that pretty much all of us have a story about. Maybe you’re a survivor. Maybe it’s your spouse, your parent, a friend or someone you work with. For me, it was my mom. She…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (182+ words) Union Minister for Labour U Khin Maung Soe, accompanied by officials, inspected the preparations for installing three hemodialysis machines at the Labour Hospital (Htantabin) in Hlaingthaya Township, Yangon Region, to provide hemodialysis services to insured workers suffering from chronic kidney…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (951+ words) At least 180 children have lost both parents or primary caregivers from the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to ‘Save the Children’ the DRC Ebola outbreak, is reducing nearly two children into orphans every day. It…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (472+ words) Children, who are particularly vulnerable to the disease, account for half of the 46 suspected mpox cases identified in Guinea-Bissau – with 16 of them under the age of four. The seemingly minor outbreak represents a “major public health event” according to UN…...