Cataracts - news item 1 of 47
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Vital signs: vision: vitamin e benefit for cataracts in dispute
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A large 10-year randomized trial has found no difference in cataract formation between those who took vitamin E and those who did not. (Source: NYT > Health)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Tue, 13 May 2008 3:33:08 am
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Cataracts - news item 2 of 47
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Corticosteroids: cataracts: 2 case reports
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Mon, 12 May 2008 11:38:44 pm
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Cataracts - news item 3 of 47
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Cataracts and diet
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Two new studies examine the relationship between cataracts and diet. Medscape Ophthalmology (Source: Medscape Ophthalmology Headlines)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Mon, 12 May 2008 10:04:22 pm
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Cataracts - news item 4 of 47
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Letters: myopia and axial length contribute to vitreous liquefaction and nuclear cataract--reply
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(Source: Archives of Opthalmology)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Mon, 12 May 2008 4:00:00 am
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Cataracts - news item 5 of 47
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Letters: myopia and axial length contribute to vitreous liquefaction and nuclear cataract
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(Source: Archives of Opthalmology)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Mon, 12 May 2008 4:00:00 am
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Cataracts - news item 6 of 47
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Small case series: repair of descemet membrane detachments with the assistance of anterior segment optical coherence tomography
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(Source: Archives of Opthalmology)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Mon, 12 May 2008 4:00:00 am
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Cataracts - news item 7 of 47
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Ophthalmic molecular genetics: novel sox2 mutation associated with ocular coloboma in a chinese family
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Objectives To report a novel SOX2 (OMIM 184429) mutation in a Chinese family and to describe its ocular and extraocular clinical features. Methods Ocular and systemic examinations were performed, and genomic DNA was prepared from peripheral leukocytes. The coding exons and the adjacent intronic sequence of SOX2 were analyzed by...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Mon, 12 May 2008 4:00:00 am
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Cataracts - news item 8 of 47
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Vitamin e may not reduce risk for age-related cataracts
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In a study of healthy women, treatment with vitamin E was not associated with reduced risk for age-related cataracts. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Tue, 6 May 2008 8:26:36 pm
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Cataracts - news item 9 of 47
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Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis: neuropathological findings
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Abstract Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis is an inherited autosomal recessive lipid storage disease caused by a 27-hydroxylase enzyme deficiency, characterised clinically by tendon xanthomas, premature cataracts, chronic diarrhoea and progressive neurologic dysfunction. The disease is very uncommon and there are very few pathological descriptions.We report a 52-year-old male who presented with a neuropsychiatric...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Tue, 6 May 2008 7:26:20 pm
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Cataracts - news item 10 of 47
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New findings on vitamin e and cataracts in women
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A new analysis of the Women's Health Study (WHS) found that women who took Vitamin E supplements had rates of cataract development comparable to women who did not take such supplements. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Thu, 1 May 2008 11:40:00 pm
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Cataracts - news item 11 of 47
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Vitamin e offers no protection from cataracts
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BOSTON -- Ten years of vitamin E supplements were associated with no effect on cataract development among middle-age and older women, researchers here found. (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Thu, 1 May 2008 7:33:11 pm
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Cataracts - news item 12 of 47
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Acute irreversible corticol cataracts in prolonged topical corticosteriod overuse for chronic eczema
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Acute irreversible corticol cataracts in prolonged topical corticosteriod overuse for chronic eczema Eye advance online publication, April 25, 2008. doi:10.1038/eye.2008.123 Authors: D A Sim, R P Chen, M Hove & S Verma (Source: Eye)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Fri, 25 Apr 2008 4:00:00 am
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Cataracts - news item 13 of 47
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Infantile cataracts.
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Page: 175DOI: 10.1097/IIO.0b013e3181694b31Authors: Krishnamurthy, Rupa MD; VanderVeen, Deborah K. MD (Source: International Ophthalmology Clinics)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Tue, 22 Apr 2008 8:07:37 am
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Cataracts - news item 14 of 47
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Triamcinolone: cataracts and proliferative vitreoretinopathy following cryotherapy: 5 case reports
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Mon, 21 Apr 2008 7:38:40 am
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Cataracts - news item 15 of 47
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Clue to cataract formation discovered
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Cataracts, which can have devastating effects on the eye, affect 42 percent of the population between the ages of 70 and 80, and 68 percent of the population over the age of 80, according to the National Eye Institute. Now, a professor has identified an important step in how cataracts...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Mon, 21 Apr 2008 6:36:21 am
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Cataracts - news item 16 of 47
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Clue to cataract formation found by mu researchers
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It is the No. 1 line-item cost of Medicare reimbursement and affects more than 20 million people in the United States. Cataracts, which can have devastating effects on the eye, affect 42 percent of the population between the ages of 70 and 80, and 68 percent of the population over...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:00:00 am
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Cataracts - news item 17 of 47
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Synergistic effect of high lactase activity genotype and galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase (galt) mutations on idiopathic presenile cataract formation.
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Synergistic effect of high lactase activity genotype and galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase (GALT) mutations on idiopathic presenile cataract formation. Clin Biochem. 2008 Apr 18; Authors: Karas-Kuzelicki N, Pfeifer V, Lukac-Bajalo J OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the possible synergistic role of partial galactose metabolism defects, high lactase (LPH) genotype and lactose and galactose...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Fri, 18 Apr 2008 4:00:00 am
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Cataracts - news item 18 of 47
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Mu researchers find clue to cataract formation
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It is the No. 1 line-item cost of Medicare reimbursement and affects more than 20 million people in the United States. Cataracts, which can have devastating effects on the eye, affect 42 percent of the population between the ages of 70 and 80, and 68 percent of the population over...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Fri, 18 Apr 2008 2:26:44 am
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Cataracts - news item 19 of 47
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New clues to cataract formation
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It is the No. 1 line-item cost of Medicare reimbursement and affects more than 20 million people in the United States. Cataracts, which can have devastating effects on the eye, affect 42 percent of the population between the ages of 70 and 80, and 68 percent of the population over...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:59:00 am
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Cataracts - news item 20 of 47
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Dougherty laser vision: dougherty laser vision seeks patients for free cataract surgery to study next-generation lens
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LOS ANGELES, CA and CAMARILLO, CA (MARKET WIRE) Dougherty Laser Vision -- one of Southern California's leading centers for vision correction research and treatment -- is recruiting patients with cataracts to participate in a clinical study of the latest intra-ocular (IOL) lens technology. (Source: Market Wire - Pharmaceuticals and Biotech)...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Thu, 17 Apr 2008 5:33:00 pm
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Cataracts - news item 21 of 47
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Easy bruising, cataracts, and hearing loss in a 27-year-old female
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Lifelong easy bruising and thrombocytopenia are evaluated in a 27-year-old woman with a childhood diagnosis of immune thrombocytopenic purpura. What is the patient's most likely diagnosis? Laboratory Medicine (Source: Medscape Nephrology Headlines)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Tue, 15 Apr 2008 3:47:46 pm
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Cataracts - news item 22 of 47
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Letters: cataract surgery with primary intraocular lens implantation in children with chronic uveitis
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(Source: Archives of Opthalmology)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Mon, 14 Apr 2008 4:00:00 am
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Cataracts - news item 23 of 47
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Clinical trial retrospective: legacy of the endophthalmitis vitrectomy study
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(Source: Archives of Opthalmology)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Mon, 14 Apr 2008 4:00:00 am
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Cataracts - news item 24 of 47
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Clinical trial retrospective: treatment of postcataract extraction endophthalmitis: a summary of the results from the endophthalmitis vitrectomy study
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(Source: Archives of Opthalmology)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Mon, 14 Apr 2008 4:00:00 am
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Cataracts - news item 25 of 47
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Marinesco-sjögren syndrome with atrophy of the brain stem tegmentum and dysplastic cytoarchitecture in the cerebral cortex
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Neuropathology, Volume 0, Issue 0, Page ???, OnlineEarly Articles. Marinesco-Sjögren syndrome (MSS) is a progressive multisystem disease with autosomal recessive inheritance characterized by cataracts, mental retardation, and cerebellar ataxia. Recently, two causative genes for MSS, SIL1 and SARA2, have been identified. ... (Source: Neuropathology)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Fri, 11 Apr 2008 1:10:01 pm
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Cataracts - news item 26 of 47
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Risk factors for complications after congenital cataract surgery without intraocular lens implantation in the first 18 months of life.
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Related Articles Risk Factors for Complications after Congenital Cataract Surgery without Intraocular Lens Implantation in the First 18 Months of Life. Am J Ophthalmol. 2008 Apr 11; Authors: Kuhli-Hattenbach C, Lüchtenberg M, Kohnen T, Hattenbach LO PURPOSE: To determine individual risk factors for the development of postoperative complications after pediatric...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Fri, 11 Apr 2008 4:00:00 am
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Cataracts - news item 27 of 47
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Cerebral amyloid angiopathy and parenchymal amyloid deposition in transgenic mice expressing the danish mutant form of human bri2
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Brain Pathology, Volume 0, Issue 0, Page ???, OnlineEarly Articles. Abstract Familial Danish dementia (FDD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease clinically characterized by the presence of cataracts, hearing impairment, cerebellar ataxia and dementia. Neuropathologically, FDD is characterized by the ... (Source: Brain Pathology)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Thu, 10 Apr 2008 6:11:29 pm
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Cataracts - news item 28 of 47
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Cataract research: genetic defect responsible for small eyes and clouded lens discovered
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The ocular lens belongs to the optical apparatus and focuses incidental beams of light onto the retina. Now researchers have deciphered a genetic defect responsible for small eyes and an incomplete, clouded lens in the so-called Aey12 mouse mutants. These results lead to conclusions concerning cataracts in humans, because, in...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Thu, 10 Apr 2008 6:36:19 am
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Cataracts - news item 29 of 47
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When poor communication pokes you in the eye
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The ocular lens belongs to the optical apparatus and focuses incidental beams of light onto the retina. Now, a research team led by Professor Dr. Jochen Graw of the Institute of Developmental Genetics, of the Helmholtz Zentrum München, has been able to decipher a genetic defect responsible for small eyes...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Tue, 8 Apr 2008 4:55:13 am
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Cataracts - news item 30 of 47
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A randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled clinical trial of multivitamin supplementation for age-related lens opacities clinical trial of nutritional supplements and age-related cataract report no. 3.
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Related Articles A randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled clinical trial of multivitamin supplementation for age-related lens opacities clinical trial of nutritional supplements and age-related cataract report no. 3. Ophthalmology. 2008 Apr;115(4):599-607.e1 Authors: OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of a multivitamin/mineral supplement on development or progression of age-related lens opacities. DESIGN: Randomized, double-masked,...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Tue, 1 Apr 2008 4:00:00 am
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Cataracts - news item 31 of 47
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N.b. pathologist had shaky hands, cataracts: report
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A former New Brunswick pathologist misdiagnosed cancer tests in half the cases reviewed last year by outside doctors, and continued to work even though he had cataracts in both eyes. (Source: CBC | Health)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Thu, 27 Mar 2008 2:42:58 pm
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Cataracts - news item 32 of 47
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A clearer picture of cloudy eyes
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A new study provides more insight into cataracts, the leading cause of vision loss and blindness in the elderly, finding that small pieces of a perfectly normal protein become toxic during the aging process. A cataract results from deterioration in the highly ordered assembly of crystallin proteins in the eye...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Mon, 24 Mar 2008 5:00:00 pm
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Cataracts - news item 33 of 47
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News from the journal of biological chemistry
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A Clearer Picture of Cloudy EyesA new study provides more insight into cataracts, the leading cause of vision loss and blindness in the elderly, finding that small pieces of a perfectly normal protein become toxic during the aging process.A cataract results from deterioration in the highly ordered assembly of crystallin...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Mon, 24 Mar 2008 6:00:00 am
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Cataracts - news item 34 of 47
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Story ideas from the journal of biological chemistry
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A new study provides more insight into cataracts, the leading cause of vision loss and blindness in the elderly, finding that small pieces of a perfectly normal protein become toxic during the aging process. Researchers have provided a big new clue to help combat ALS, deciphering that the dense protein...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Fri, 21 Mar 2008 3:00:00 am
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Cataracts - news item 35 of 47
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Optimum management of glucocorticoid-treated patients.
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Related Articles Optimum management of glucocorticoid-treated patients. Nat Clin Pract Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Mar 18; Authors: Trikudanathan S, McMahon GT Glucocorticoids are taken by approximately 2% of the US adult population at any given time. The powerful anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive benefits of these drugs must, however, be weighed against their...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Tue, 18 Mar 2008 3:00:00 am
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Cataracts - news item 36 of 47
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Multiple cutaneous neoplasms in a patient with rothmund–thomson syndrome: case report and published work review
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The Journal of Dermatology, Volume 35, Issue 3, Page 154-161, March 2008. ABSTRACT Rothmund–Thomson syndrome (RTS) is a rare genodermatosis characterized by early poikilodermatous skin lesions, often combined with juvenile cataracts, photosensitivity and bone defects. Data in the published work indicate that there is an ... (Source: The Journal of Dermatology)...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Fri, 14 Mar 2008 3:17:10 am
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Cataracts - news item 37 of 47
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Tat-mediated prdx6 protein transduction protects against eye lens epithelial cell death and delays lens opacity
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A diminished level of endogenous antioxidant in cells/tissues is associated with reduced resistance to oxidative stress. Peroxiredoxin 6 (PRDX6), a protective molecule, regulates gene expression/function by controlling reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels. Using PRDX6 protein linked to TAT, the transduction domain from human immunodeficiency virus type 1 TAT protein, we...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Fri, 14 Mar 2008 3:00:00 am
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Cataracts - news item 38 of 47
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Bin3 deletion causes cataracts and increased susceptibility to lymphoma during aging
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Bin3 encodes an evolutionarily conserved and ubiquitously expressed member of the BAR superfamily of curved membrane and GTPase-binding proteins, which includes the BAR, PCH/F-BAR, and I-BAR adapter proteins implicated in signal transduction and vesicular trafficking. In humans, Bin3 maps to chromosome 8p21.3, a region widely implicated in cancer suppression that...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Thu, 13 Mar 2008 3:00:00 am
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Cataracts - news item 39 of 47
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Serological survey for antibodies to encephalitozoon cuniculi in pet rabbits in italy.
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Serological Survey for Antibodies to Encephalitozoon cuniculi in Pet Rabbits in Italy. Zoonoses Public Health. 2008;55(3):173-5 Authors: Dipineto L, Rinaldi L, Santaniello A, Sensale M, Cuomo A, Calabria M, Menna LF, Fioretti A Pet rabbits (n = 125) from Southern Italy were submitted to a serological screening for Encephalitozoon cuniculi, using...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Wed, 12 Mar 2008 7:51:49 pm
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Cataracts - news item 40 of 47
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Epidemiology: associations between age-related nuclear cataract and lutein and zeaxanthin in the diet and serum in the carotenoids in the age-related eye disease study (careds), an ancillary study of the women's health initiative
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Objective To evaluate associations between nuclear cataract (determined from slitlamp photographs between May 2001 and January 2004) and lutein and zeaxanthin in the diet and serum in patients between 1994 and 1998 and macula between 2001 and 2004. Design A total of 1802 women aged 50 to 79 years in...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Mon, 10 Mar 2008 3:00:00 am
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Cataracts - news item 41 of 47
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Original contribution: hereditary spastic paraplegia with mental impairment and thin corpus callosum in tunisia: spg11, spg15, and further genetic heterogeneity
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Objective To perform a clinical and genetic study of Tunisian families with autosomal recessive (AR) hereditary spastic paraplegia with thin corpus callosum (HSP-TCC). Design Linkage studies and mutation screening. Setting Reference Center for Neurogenetics in South and Center Tunisia. Participants Seventy-three subjects from 33 "apparently" unrelated Tunisian families with AR...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Mon, 10 Mar 2008 3:00:00 am
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Cataracts - news item 42 of 47
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[lens] age-dependent control of lens growth by hypoxia
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purpose. The lens grows continuously throughout life, but the factors that influence the size of the adult lens are not known. Lens thickness is a significant risk factor for age-related cataract. It has been postulated that the hypoxic environment in the eye protects the lens from nuclear cataracts. The authors...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Fri, 7 Mar 2008 4:00:00 am
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Cataracts - news item 43 of 47
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[lens] susceptibility of ovine lens crystallins to proteolytic cleavage during formation of hereditary cataract
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purpose. To produce two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) maps for ovine crystallins and examine changes in ovine crystallins during cataract formation. methods. Soluble and insoluble fractions were isolated from normal, whole lenses of 26-week-old sheep, the proteins separated by 2-DE, and the spots digested with trypsin and subjected to tandem mass spectral...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Fri, 7 Mar 2008 4:00:00 am
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Cataracts - news item 44 of 47
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Dsm nutritional products
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DSM Nutritional Products is a global supplier of vitamins, carotenoids and other fine chemicals to the food, feed, health and cosmetics industries. VITAMINS, CITRIC ACID AND CAROTENOIDS FOR BEVERAGES, FOOD AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS Beverages: soft and functional drinks represent one of the largest end-users for the HNH business unit: carotenoids (...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Mon, 3 Mar 2008 11:00:00 pm
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Cataracts - news item 45 of 47
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Modified epinucleus pre-chop for the dense posterior polar cataract.
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Related Articles Modified epinucleus pre-chop for the dense posterior polar cataract. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2008 Mar-Apr;39(2):171-3 Authors: Lim Z, Goh J A novel technique for the surgical management of dense posterior polar cataracts is described. In instances where hydrodelineation may be difficult to achieve due to the density of...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Sat, 1 Mar 2008 5:00:00 am
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Cataracts - news item 46 of 47
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Temporal relationship between successful pancreas transplantation and control of ocular complications in alloxan-induced diabetic rats.
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Related Articles Temporal relationship between successful pancreas transplantation and control of ocular complications in alloxan-induced diabetic rats. Transplant Proc. 2008 Mar;40(2):518-23 Authors: Spadella CT, Machado JL, Lerco MM, Ortolan EV, Schellini SA, Gregório EA PURPOSE: The impact of pancreas transplantation (PT) on the progression of eye disease is still controversial....
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Sat, 1 Mar 2008 5:00:00 am
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Cataracts - news item 47 of 47
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[short report] a novel connexin50 mutation associated with congenital nuclear pulverulent cataracts
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Purpose: To screen for mutations of connexin50 (Cx50)/GJA8 in a panel of patients with inherited cataract and to determine the cellular and functional consequences of the identified mutation. Methods: All patients in the study underwent a full clinical examination and leucocyte DNA was extracted from venous blood. The GJA8 gene...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - Cataracts Fri, 29 Feb 2008 4:00:00 am
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