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New triggers found for Alzheimer's
Published July 3, 2009, 7:23 am, Canada.com
For decades, scientists have struggled to understand what causes Alzheimer’s disease, once even suspecting that exposure to aluminum pots and pans played a role. Much is still unknown.
Clue To Normal-Tension Glaucoma; Herpes Infection And Corneal Transplants
Published July 3, 2009, 3:10 am, Medical News Today
The July issue of Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, includes two studies that may influence clinical treatment of serious eye conditions.
Test Before Corneal Transplant May Improve Outcome
Published July 2, 2009, 12:23 pm, MedicineNet.com
Title: Test Before Corneal Transplant May Improve Outcome Category: Health News Created: 7/2/2009 7:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 7/2/2009
'Stealth' Herpes Simplex Inflammation Impacts Corneal Transplants
Published July 2, 2009, 7:06 am, Science Daily
The herpes simplex virus (HSV) can infect the eye and sometimes causes so much damage that the person's cornea must be replaced with a transplant. (The cornea is the clear covering of the front of the eye that helps focus light for vision.) Doctors knew transplants were more likely to fail in people with HSV than in patients with other disorders, such as keratoconus, an abnormal steepening of ...
Test before corneal transplant may improve outcome
Published July 1, 2009, 10:53 am, ABC 7 El Paso
Among patients with herpes simplex virus who need a corneal transplant, testing for inflammation biomarkers before the surgery could improve outcomes, U.S. researchers say.
Test Before Corneal Transplant May Improve Outcome
Published July 1, 2009, 9:46 am, Forbes
Even inactive herpes virus can cause inflammation, transplant rejection, study finds
Vision Loss Linked to Blocked Blood Vessels in Some Glaucoma Patients; Inflammation Impacts Corneal Transplants in ...
Published July 1, 2009, 8:33 am, Marketwire
Research Highlights of the July 2009 Issue of "Ophthalmology"
Clue to normal-tension glaucoma; herpes infection and corneal transplants
Published July 1, 2009, 2:18 am, PhysOrg
The July issue of Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, includes two studies that may influence clinical treatment of serious eye conditions. One study reports on silent cerebral infarcts (SCI) incidence and visual field loss in patients with normal-tension glaucoma; the other correlates inflammation biomarkers with corneal transplant rejection in herpes simplex ...
Clue to normal-tension glaucoma; herpes infection and corneal transplants
Published June 30, 2009, 9:23 pm, EurekAlert!
( American Academy of Ophthalmology ) The July issue of Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, includes two studies that may influence clinical treatment of serious eye conditions. One study reports on silent cerebral infarcts incidence and visual field loss in patients with normal-tension glaucoma; the other correlates inflammation biomarkers with corneal ...
Some Eczema Sufferers More Prone to Smallpox and Other Viruses
Published June 30, 2009, 11:18 am, PhysOrg
(PhysOrg.com) -- Since the World Health Organization proclaimed smallpox officially eradicated in late 1979 - thanks to vaccination programs that produced a protective `herd immunity` for most of the globe - fear of the fever-causing, blistering, sometimes fatal infectious disease has faded. In fact, in the more than three decades that the disease has been wiped out, routine smallpox vaccination ...
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