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A primary-care-based teleretinal diabetic retinopathy screening program can reduce wait times for DR screening and increase overall screening rates

Teleretinal Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Ups Screening Rates

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Implementation of TDRS program reduces median time to screening from 158 to 17 days
Many youths with diabetes do not receive eye examinations to screen for diabetic retinopathy by six years after initial diagnosis

Many Youths With Diabetes Not Receiving Eye Examinations

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Racial minorities less likely to undergo eye exam; increasing net worth increases likelihood of eye exam
Oral

ω-3 Essential Fatty Acids May Protect Corneal Nerves in Dry Eye

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Pilot study shows ω-3 EFA supplementation is neuroprotective in patients with dry eye disease
Behavioral activation plus low vision rehabilitation with an occupational therapist is more effective than conventional low vision optometry services for patients with age-related macular degeneration

Behavioral Activation Plus Low Vision Rehab Beneficial in AMD

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More effective than conventional optometric low vision services for age-related macular degeneration
For patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis refractory to anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy

Tocilizumab Useful for Uveitis in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

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Rapid, maintained improvement in ocular parameters for JIA-linked uveitis refractory to anti-TNF tx
Acute-onset

Chorioretinal Lesions Secondary to Zika Virus Observed

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Acute-onset, self-resolving, placoid, or multifocal non-necrotizing chorioretinal lesions reported
Retinal hemorrhages

Retinal Microvascular Findings Linked to Risk of PAD

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Retinal hemorrhages, exudates, microaneurysms, retinopathy linked to risk of peripheral artery disease

February 2017 Briefing – Ophthalmology

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Ophthalmology for February 2017. This roundup includes the latest...
Young children should be screened at least once for amblyopia before they turn 5 years old

Task Force Recommends Vision Screening in Children 3 to 5

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Children should be screened for amblyopia before the age of 5
Peripapillary retinal optical coherence tomography measures are associated with intracranial pressure in children

Retinal OCT Measures Tied to Intracranial Pressure in Children

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OCT parameters have sensitivity, specificity of 89, 62 percent for detecting elevated intracranial pressure