Since COVID-19 began to creep into the fabric of our daily lives, there have been countless stories about the determination and selflessness of healthcare workers across the country and world. Our ophthalmology residents and fellows …
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Clinical Trial Patient Races to Raise Awareness
On January 7, 2020, Jason Folie, a Minnesota native, hopped on a Trek bike in San Diego, California, and headed east. His final destination, St. Augustine, Florida, was 3,200 miles away. This wasn’t a typical …
Genome-wide association meta-analysis of corneal curvature identifies novel loci and shared genetic influences across axial length and refractive error.
PubMed ID: 32193507 Author(s): Fan Q, Pozarickij A, Tan NYQ, Guo X, Verhoeven VJM, Vitart V, Guggenheim JA, Miyake M, Tideman JWL, Khawaja AP, Zhang L, MacGregor S, Höhn R, Chen P, Biino G, Wedenoja …
LRRTM4: A Novel Regulator of Presynaptic Inhibition and Ribbon Synapse Arrangements of Retinal Bipolar Cells.
PubMed ID: 31974009 Author(s): Sinha R, Siddiqui TJ, Padmanabhan N, Wallin J, Zhang C, Karimi B, Rieke F, Craig AM, Wong RO, Hoon M. LRRTM4: A novel regulator of presynaptic inhibition and ribbon synapse arrangements …
Photoreceptor Structure in GNAT2-Associated Achromatopsia.
PubMed ID: 32203983 Author(s): Georgiou M, Singh N, Kane T, Robson AG, Kalitzeos A, Hirji N, Webster AR, Dubra A, Carroll J, Michaelides M. Photoreceptor structure in GNAT2-associated achromatopsia. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2020 Mar …
A Novel Method for Classifying Hearing Impairment in Epidemiological Studies of Aging: The Wisconsin Age-Related Hearing Impairment Classification Scale.
PubMed ID: 32011900 Author(s): Cruickshanks KJ, Nondahl DM, Fischer ME, Schubert CR, Tweed TS. A novel method for classifying hearing impairment in epidemiological studies of aging: the Wisconsin age-related hearing impairment classification scale. Am J …
Protect Your Eyes From Too Much Screen Time
A recent study found that the average office worker spends 1,700 hours per year in front of a computer screen. And that doesn’t include our addiction to phones and other digital devices. All this screen time has …
Relationship Between Diet, Tinnitus, and Hearing Difficulties.
PubMed ID: 31356390 Author(s): Dawes P, Cruickshanks KJ, Marsden A, Moore DR, Munro KJ. Relationship between diet, tinnitus, and hearing difficulties. Ear Hear. 2020 Mar/Apr;41(2):289-299. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000765. PMID 31356390 Journal: Ear And Hearing, Volume 41, …
Incomplete Retinal Pigment Epithelial and Outer Retinal Atrophy in Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Classification of Atrophy Meeting Report 4.
PubMed ID: 31708275 Author(s): Guymer RH, Rosenfeld PJ, Curcio CA, Holz FG, Staurenghi G, Freund KB, Schmitz-Valckenberg S, Sparrow J, Spaide RF, Tufail A, Chakravarthy U, Jaffe GJ, Csaky K, Sarraf D, Monés JM, Tadayoni …