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Contact lenses have improved in function, comfort and design in recent years. However, between 15% and 20% of patients abandon their use by the end of the first year (Pucker et al). As practitioners, we tend to look at fit, replacement frequency, cleaning solutions or lens material as possible culprits, often switching to a new lens hoping that will increase patient comfort. However, looking beyond the contact lens to the ocular surface may be the answer. To be successful at fitting contact lenses, you must first evaluate and, if needed, manage the ocular surface. During the initial evaluation, ...

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Use of the Right to Try pathway did not improve community oncologists ability to obtain investigational drugs compared with the FDAs Expanded Access pathway, according to study results in JCO Oncology Practice. In our sample, taking the FDA out of the equation did not improve the odds of the patient receiving the drug, study author Marjorie E. Zettler, PhD, MPH, director of clinical science at Regor Pharmaceuticals, told Healio. I think this study shows that it doesnt really give the edge that some of its proponents suggested it would. Right to ...

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The fibrosis-4 index may be a useful screening method for hepatocellular carcinoma among patients with non-hepatitis B and non-hepatitis C virus, according to research published in BMC Gastroenterology. According to our previous study, 67% and 17% of HCCs were related to HCV-HCC and HBV-HCC, respectively. Fifteen percent of those cases were negative for antibody to HCV and hepatitis B surface antigen (non-HBV, non-HCV HCC [NBNC-HCC]), Yuko Nagaoki, Hiroshuma University, and colleagues wrote. The incidence of HCV-related HCC has gradually decreased in recent ...

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Novel bacterial markers predicted autism spectrum disorder in children and showed persistent underdevelopment of the gut microbiota among these children, according to data published in Gut. The gut microbiota has been suggested to play a role in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We postulate that children with ASD harbor an altered developmental profile of the gut microbiota distinct from that of typically developing (TD) children, Yating Wan, PhD, from the Center for Gut Microbiota Research, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China, and colleagues wrote. Here, ...

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An analysis of NIH records indicates substantial demographic changes have occurred in the physician-scientist workforce conducting kidney research in the United States during the past 30 years. Certain demographic shifts have increased diversity in the research workforce, including a workforce that has a greater representation of women and international medical graduates. Some of the observed trends however, such as an aging workforce that is declining in relative number, raise serious concerns regarding future progress in this area, Delaney C. Abood, BS, research specialist at ...

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Published results show that compared with patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty for osteoarthritis, patients who undergo the procedure for native knee septic arthritis have a 6.1-fold increased risk for periprosthetic joint infection. Jacob W. Bettencourt, BS, and colleagues at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester retrospectively analyzed data from 215 primary TKAs indicated for the treatment of septic arthritis of the same native knee from 1971 to 2016. Researchers compared outcomes of this septic arthritis cohort with a matched, control cohort of 215 primary TKAs indicated for the treatment of ...

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