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Advocacy for eye care

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2012
The effectiveness of eye care service delivery is often dependant on how the different stakeholders are aligned. These stakeholders range from the ministries of health who have the capacity to grant government subsidies for eye care, down to the primary healthcare workers who can be enrolled to screen for basic eye diseases. Advocacy is a tool that can
Thulasiraj D Ravilla, Dhivya Ramasamy
openaire   +3 more sources

DELP Treatment on Vision and Retinal Microcirculation in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: Report of Five Cases and Literature Review

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The delipid extracorporeal lipoprotein filter from plasma (DELP) treatment can effectively reduce blood lipid, increase blood flow, and improve neurological deficits in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS). However, its effect on vision and retinal microcirculation in stroke patients has never been reported.
Ning Li, Ronghua Hong, Hua You, Feiping Xu, Qingjun Zhang, Yiwen Lin, Yuting Su, Danmei Lan, Lingjing Jin, Junhui She   +9 more
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Knowledge, attitude, and practice among parents of myopic children regarding multifocal soft contact lenses

BMC Public Health
Background This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) among parents of myopic children regarding multifocal soft contact lenses.
Renze Zhang, Yi Kuang, Jing Rao, Xinglan Liu, Qianqian Fang, Yuanyuan Tang, Juan Li   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Experience of observation skill workshop intervention for ophthalmologists in fellowship training [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

F1000Research
Background To gauge the impact of an interventional workshop conducted to measure the observation skills of 34 postgraduates during induction into an ophthalmology fellowship.
Ruby Kala Prakasam, Shobha Mocherla, Shefali Pandey, Anamika Patel, Avinash Pathengay, Snigdha Snigdha   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

By dawn or dusk—how circadian timing rewrites bacterial infection outcomes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The circadian clock shapes immune function, yet its influence on infection outcomes is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights how circadian timing alters host responses to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae revealing that the effectiveness of immune defense depends not only
Devons Mo, Catherine S. Palmer, Jacqueline M. Kimmey   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pooled Multicenter Safety Analysis of Lupin’s Intravitreal Biosimilar Ranibizumab (Ranieyes) in Chorioretinal Vascular Diseases

Ophthalmology and Therapy
Introduction This study aims to evaluate the ocular and systemic safety profiles of intravitreal biosimilar ranibizumab Ranieyes (Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Mumbai, India) in real-world clinical settings across multiple chorioretinal vascular diseases ...
Debdulal Chakraborty, Tushar Kanti Sinha, Sourav Sinha, Aniruddha Maiti, Angshuman Mukherjee, Krishnendu Nandi, Sudipta Das, Saptorshi Majumdar, Dinesh Rungta, Ranabir Bhattacharya   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pattern of traditional eye medications use as seen in a tertiary hospital-university of Uyo Teaching Hospital experience

Ibom Medical Journal, 2011
BACKGROUND: Traditional eye medications (TEM) are biologically based concoctions instilled into the eye to achieve a desired ocular therapeutic effect but its use, though widely practiced, has no sound scientific evidence in the treatment of eye ...
Abraham EG, Ekanem US
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of Eye Problems among Young Infants of Rohingya Refugee Camps: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Survey

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020
Early detection of pediatric eye problems can prevent future vision loss. This study was to estimate the prevalence of common eye problems among infants born in a resource-constrained emergency setting with a broader aim to prevent future vision loss or ...
AHM Enayet Hussain, Zunayed Al Azdi, Khaleda Islam, ANM Ehtesham Kabir, Rumana Huque   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Near-vision impairment and effective near-vision spectacle coverage in two districts in Telangana, India: a population-based cross-sectional study

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives To investigate the prevalence of near-vision impairment (NVI) and effective spectacle coverage for near vision in those aged ≥40 years in Khammam and Warangal district in Telangana, India.Design A population-based cross-sectional study.Setting
Jill Keeffe, Srinivas Marmamula, Rohit C Khanna, Rajesh Challa, Javed Mohd   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inhibiting stearoyl‐CoA desaturase suppresses bone metastatic prostate cancer by modulating cellular stress, mTOR signaling, and DNA damage response

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Bone metastasis in prostate cancer (PCa) patients is a clinical hurdle due to the poor understanding of the supportive bone microenvironment. Here, we identify stearoyl‐CoA desaturase (SCD) as a tumor‐promoting enzyme and potential therapeutic target in bone metastatic PCa.
Alexis Wilson, Mackenzie K Herroon, Shane Mecca, Laimar C Garmo, Jacob Lindquist, Shrila Rajendran, Steve M. Patrick, Izabela Podgorski   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source