Ophthalmology
Common Treatments Can Lead to Antibiotic Resistance
According to a study released this week in the Archives of Ophthalmology, ophthalmologic antibiotics promote antimicrobial resistance too, prompting a call…
Study focuses on relationship between glaucoma and diabetes, hypertension
Joshua D. Stein, M.D., M.S., a glaucoma specialist at Kellogg, led a research team that recently reviewed billing records of more than 2 million people aged 40…
Research provides insight into new drug resistance in hospital microbes
Hospitals struggle to prevent the infections that complicate treatment for cancer, joint replacement, heart surgery and other conditions. Hospital-acquired…
Twin study shows lifestyle, diet can significantly influence course of macular degeneration …
Eating a diet high in vitamin D, as well as the nutrients betaine and methionine, might help reduce the risk of macular degeneration, according to new research…
Single bioptic telescope for low vision driving may not obscure road view of second eye
The study results, which will be published in the May 2011 Archives of Ophthalmology, are the first evidence that–under more realistic viewing conditions than…
Patient’s Own Cells May Hold Therapeutic Promise After Reprogramming, Gene Correction
Scientists from the Morgridge Institute for Research, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of California and the WiCell Research Institute moved…