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Editor’s Wildcard Article: The Genesis of Alternative Medicine http://boards.medscape.com/forums?128@151.q7Jyam84eX3@.29f43985!comment=1
Something you always wanted to know? Survival of Donor-Derived Cells in Human Corneal Transplants http://intl.iovs.org/cgi/content/abstract/50/6/2673
_______________________________________________________________ Medscape & Medscape Ophthalmology, MedPulse, Week in Review - Medscape Today =============================================== Note: registration [no charge] may be required for your initial access to this very useful website. A regular electronic ophthalmological newsletter (e-zine) is also available from Medscape. To subscribe, visit: https://profreg.medscape.com/px/newsletter.do and indicate your own area(s) of interest. ARVO 2009: Hydroxypropyl Cellulose Ophthalmic Inserts Improve Symptoms, QoL in Dry Eye Syndrome http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/702623?src=mp&spon=36&uac=29096PN Human Stem Cells Correct Corneal Opacity in Mice http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/702779?src=mp&spon=36&uac=29096PN Moisture Preservation: Punctal Occlusion, Omega Acids, Moisture Shields, and Medications http://boards.medscape.com/forums?128@267.wJBkaSdhebC@.29f310b2!comment=1 Wrap-Up of Artificial Tears http://boards.medscape.com/forums?128@267.wJBkaSdhebC@.29f31097!comment=1 Weight Bias in Healthcare: An Important Clinical Concern http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/701809?src=mp&spon=36&uac=29096PN Macular Degeneration Linked to Cognitive Decline http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/702851?src=mp&spon=36&uac=29096PN Physician Distribution: An Old Problem Receives New Attention http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/702854?src=mp&spon=36&uac=29096PN Trachoma: Global Magnitude of a Preventable Cause of Blindness http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/703256?src=mp&spon=36&uac=29096PN Your Liability When a Colleague or Partner Acts Strangely http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/702995?src=mp&spon=36&uac=29096PN LASIK Ads Must Warn Consumers of Risks: US FDA http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/703229?src=mp&spon=36&uac=29096PN Can Sjögren's Syndrome Be Managed Without Steroids? http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/703163?src=mp&spon=17&uac=29096PN New AHA/ASA Guidelines on TIA Management and Telemedicine in Acute Stroke Released http://cme.medscape.com/viewarticle/702876?src=cmemp Omega-3 Fatty Acids May Lower Risk for Age-Related Macular Degeneration http://cme.medscape.com/viewarticle/703825?src=cmemp More Eyeglasses Could Help Global Economy - WHO http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/703786?src=mp&spon=36&uac=29096PN Best Ways to Deal With Noncompliant Patients http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/703674?src=mp&spon=17&uac=29096PN Obesity Paradox Probed in New Review http://cme.medscape.com/viewarticle/703966?src=cmemp Best Ways to Deal With Noncompliant Patients http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/703674?src=mp&spon=36&uac=29096PN Recipient-Related Risk Factors for Corneal Transplant Failure Identified http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/703943?src=mp&spon=36&uac=29096PN Long-Term Study Shows Laser Surface Ablation for Myopia Is Safe in Thin Corneas http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/703932?src=mp&spon=36&uac=29096PN Children With Intermittent Exotropia Face Higher Risk of Mental Illness http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/704213?src=mp&spon=36&uac=29096PN Diagnosing Sjogren's Syndrome http://boards.medscape.com/forums?128@621.yVnOafg7eaJ@.29f40848!comment=1 Influence of Watchful Waiting on Satisfaction and Anxiety Among Patients Seeking Care for Unexplained Complaints http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/589855?src=mp&spon=36&uac=29096PN Lifestyle Factors and Risk for Diabetes in Older Adults http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/704238?src=mp&spon=17&uac=29096PN Inattentional blindness: What captures your attention? http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/703889?src=mp&spon=17&uac=29096PN The Genesis of Alternative Medicine http://boards.medscape.com/forums?128@151.q7Jyam84eX3@.29f43985!comment=1 Mole or Melanoma? Tell-Tale Signs in Benign Nevi and Malignant Melanoma: Slideshowhttp://www.medscape.com/features/slideshow/mole-melanoma?src=mp&spon=17&uac=29096PN Alzheimer's Disease: Slideshow http://www.medscape.com/features/slideshow/alzheimers?src=mp&spon=17&uac=29096PN OTC Analgesics in Headache Treatment: Open-Label Phase vs Randomized Double-Blind Phase of a Large Clinical Trial http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/703588?src=mp&spon=17&uac=29096PN Channeling Florence Nightingale to Promote Patient Safety (Ed.: there’s a message in here about accepting and addressing the fact that patients will do stupid things despite the best laid plans of mice & men) http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/704561?src=mp&spon=17&uac=29096PN Exercise, Weight Gain, and Menopause http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/704909?src=mp&spon=17&uac=29096PN Asian Eyelid Surgery is not about "Westernizing" the Eye http://boards.medscape.com/forums?128@234.MjI0azfGfVS@.29f4499c!comment=1 Moderate Wine, Little Meat, Many Vegetables May Be Key Mediterranean Diet Items Linked to Longer Life http://cme.medscape.com/viewarticle/705211?src=cmemp
=============================================== Contact Lens Spectrum – May & June 2009
Online Photo Diagnosis (M) http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=102912 Biofilms and Contact Lenses http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=102915 Thinking Inside the Blister http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=102918 Diabetes and Dry Eye — Is There a Connection? http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=102919 Presbyopic Lenses: Case by Case http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=102921 The New Dry Eye — A Global Perspective http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=102922 Using Large-Diameter GPs to Improve Comfort http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=102923 Little Things Make a Lasting Impression on Your Patients http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=102925 Refitting Keratoconus Patients: Explaining The Missing Diopter http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=102928 Online Photo Diagnosis (J) http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=103003 TOPIC: Hydrogen Peroxide Versus MPS http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=103004 Contact Lens Deposits — Patient or Material Driven? http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=103007 he Limbus: A Stem Cell Microenvironment http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=103008 A Roundup of the Latest Contact Lens Care News http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=103009 FAQs About Refractive Surgery Procedures http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=103011 Managing Contact Lens Intolerance http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=103012 Soft Multifocals: Practice Growth Opportunity http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=103013 Corneal Staining: Dry Eye or Something More? http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=103018 Orthokeratology for Astigmats http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=103019
=============================================== Optometric Management – May & June 2009
Rid The Lid of Blepharitis http://www.optometric.com/article.aspx?article=102974 Four Tough Lessons on Theft And Fraud http://www.optometric.com/article.aspx?article=102976 How Would Your Staff Be Graded? http://www.optometric.com/article.aspx?article=102979 When Life Looks Like Easy Street, There is Danger … http://www.optometric.com/article.aspx?article=103074 BUILD A Culturally Aware Practice http://www.optometric.com/article.aspx?article=103082 Please Presbyopes in Contact Lenses (note the art decorating this article) http://www.optometric.com/article.aspx?article=103084 20 Pearls for Managing Post-PK Patients With GP Lenses, Part 2 http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=103020
=============================================== Review of Optometry Online – May & June 2009
ARVO Report: Cornea http://www.revoptom.com/index.asp?page=2_14322.htm What’s Race Got to Do With It? http://www.revoptom.com/index.asp?page=2_14363.htm Lid Margin Disease and Dry Eye: The Intrinsic Link http://www.revoptom.com/index.asp?page=2_14367.htm Use Specular Microscopy to Diagnose Corneal Disease http://www.revoptom.com/index.asp?page=2_14368.htm
=============================================== Review of Ophthalmology Online – May & June 2009
Changes in Epithelial and Stromal Thickness after PRK and LASIK for High Myopia http://www.revophth.com/archive/newsletter/rp_050409.htm#Article4 Myopia Progression with Corneal Reshaping Lenses http://www.revophth.com/archive/newsletter/rp_051809.htm#Article3 HOAs After DLEK and PK http://www.revophth.com/archive/newsletter/rp_061509.htm Inflammatory Tear Molecules in Keratoconus Patients http://www.revophth.com/archive/newsletter/rp_062209.htm#Article2 Corneal Epithelial Opacity of Patients with Dysfunctional Tear Syndrome http://www.revophth.com/archive/newsletter/rp_062909.htm#Article2
=============================================== GP Lens Institute Website and Symposia– May & June 2009
Summaries of previous symposia can be found at: http://www.gpli.info/symposia/previous-cases.htm
On June 9: Corneal Reshaping for Children and Adults with Dr. John Rinehart and Dr. Jeff Walline was delivered August 11: GP Multifocal Correction with Dr. Rob Davis and Dr. Doug Benoit will be delivered
===============================================Silicone Hydrogels Website – May & June 2009
Market Utilization of Silicone Hydrogel Lenses http://www.siliconehydrogels.org/editorials/index.asp The Use of SiH Lenses in the Management of High Refractive Error & Anisometropia http://www.siliconehydrogels.org/in_the_practice/index.asp AAO 2008 Synopsis (Part 1) http://www.siliconehydrogels.org/meeting_synopsis/index.asp
=============================================== Global Contact Website
Global Contact is both a print journal distributed worldwide and a website. The Interesting Web sites section is a comprehensive listing of the URLs of most relevant contact lens-related entities arranged logically.
=============================================== Clinical & Experimental Optometry May & June 2009 http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118487520/home From Jan/Feb 2006 edition, abstracts are available at no charge but full texts are only available to OAA members, CEOptometry subscribers, and staff of subscribing institutions, or by purchase of the particular article(s).
Describing ocular aberrations with wavefront vergence maps http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122268283/abstract Comparison of two artificial tear formulations using aberrometry http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122295392/abstract Measuring ocular aberrations and image quality in peripheral vision with a clinical wavefront aberrometer http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122295393/abstract An evaluation of the Bausch & Lomb Zywave aberrometer http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122265582/abstract Role of ocular aberrations in dynamic accommodation control http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122265583/abstract Detecting significant change in wavefront error: How long does it take? http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122294247/abstract Repeatability of corneal and ocular aberration measurements and changes in aberrations over one week http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122268284/abstract Dynamic wavefront aberrations and visual acuity in normal and dry eyes http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122207910/abstract The effect of soft contact lens wear and time from blink on wavefront aberration measurement variation http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122297862/abstract Monochromatic aberrations of the human eye and myopia http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122352226/abstract
=============================================== Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology – May & June 2009 http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/ceo
In vivo confocal microscopy of the bulbar conjunctiva http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122381538/abstract Prevalence and risk factors of ocular trauma in an urban south-east Asian population: the Singapore Malay Eye Study http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122265746/abstract Comparison of the corneal endothelial protective effects of Healon-D and Viscoat http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122265745/abstract
=============================================== Optometry & Vision Science – May & June 2009
Soft Contact Lens Disinfection Solution Efficacy: Clinical Fusarium Isolates vs. ATCC 36031 http://journals.lww.com/optvissci/toc/2009/05000 Do Multipurpose Solutions Damage Porcine Corneal Epithelial Cells? http://journals.lww.com/optvissci/toc/2009/05000 Modeling Corneal Metabolism and Oxygen Transport During Contact Lens Wear http://journals.lww.com/optvissci/toc/2009/05000 Performance in Specular Reflection and Slit-Imaging Corneal Topography http://journals.lww.com/optvissci/toc/2009/05000 Effect of Orthokeratology on Peripheral Aberrations of the Eye http://journals.lww.com/optvissci/toc/2009/05000 Visual Performance with Sport-Tinted Contact Lenses in Natural Sunlight http://journals.lww.com/optvissci/toc/2009/05000
=============================================== Contact Lens & Anterior Eye (formerly: J of the Brit CL Assoc) – May & June 2009 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13670484 Navigate to: 2009 June Edition
Enhancing the approach to selecting eyewear (EASE): A multi-centre, practice-based study into the effect of applying contact lenses prior to spectacle dispensing Assessment of computer generated vision charts Corneal conjunctivalization management with high Dk RGP contact lenses
=============================================== Eye & Contact Lens – May & June 2009 (formerly the CLAO Journal)
http://journals.lww.com/claojournal/toc/2009/05000 for the following: Comparison of Anterior Chamber Depth of Normal and Keratoconus Eyes Using Scheimpflug Photography Contact Lens Related Quality of Life in Patients With Keratoconus Effect of Presbyopic Vision Corrections on Perceptions of Driving Difficulty Utility of Short-Term Evaluation of Presbyopic Contact Lens Performance An Atypical Case of Microcysts Associated With Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lens: Findings on In Vivo Confocal Laser Microscopy Keratoconus With High Hyperopia
=============================================== Investigative Ophthalmology - May & June 2009www.iovs.org For faster access outside North America use: http://intl.iovs.org
Genomewide Linkage Scans for Ocular Refraction and Meta-analysis of Four Populations in the Myopia Family Study http://intl.iovs.org/cgi/content/abstract/50/5/2024 Elevation of Human a-Defensins and S100 Calcium-Binding Proteins A8 and A9 in Tear Fluid of Patients with Pterygium http://intl.iovs.org/cgi/content/abstract/50/5/2077 Potential Role of Macrophages in Experimental Keratomycosis http://intl.iovs.org/cgi/content/abstract/50/5/2087 Safety Profile of Topical VEGF Neutralization at the Cornea http://intl.iovs.org/cgi/content/abstract/50/5/2095 Relationship among Oxidative Stress, DNA Damage, and Proliferative Capacity in Human Corneal Endothelium http://intl.iovs.org/cgi/content/abstract/50/5/2116 The Role of Twitching Motility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Exit from and Translocation of Corneal Epithelial Cells http://intl.iovs.org/cgi/content/abstract/50/5/2237 Higher-Order Aberrations Due to the Posterior Corneal Surface in Patients with Keratoconus http://intl.iovs.org/cgi/content/abstract/50/6/2660 Survival of Donor-Derived Cells in Human Corneal Transplants http://intl.iovs.org/cgi/content/abstract/50/6/2673 Novel Sutureless Keratoplasty with a Chemically Defined Bioadhesive http://intl.iovs.org/cgi/content/abstract/50/6/2679 Abnormal Epithelial Differentiation and Tear Film Alteration in Pinguecula http://intl.iovs.org/cgi/content/abstract/50/6/2710 Liposome Assay for Evaluating Ocular Toxicity of Surfactants http://intl.iovs.org/cgi/content/abstract/50/6/2727 Corneal Endothelial Cell Proliferation: A Function of Cell Density http://intl.iovs.org/cgi/content/abstract/50/6/2742 The Contribution of Lipid Layer Movement to Tear Film Thinning and Breakup http://intl.iovs.org/cgi/content/abstract/50/6/2747 Nourish and Nurture: Development of a Nutrient Ocular Lubricant http://intl.iovs.org/cgi/content/abstract/50/6/2932
=============================================== Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica - May & June 2009 http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=1755-375X
Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty and penetrating keratoplasty for Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122267728/abstract
=============================================== NZ Optics May & June 2009
http://www.nzoptics.co.nz/incontact/2009/Jun09.htm
=============================================== The Ocular Surface May & June 2009 http://www.theocularsurface.com/
Index to April issue:
=============================================== Ophthalmic Teaching Resourceswww.ophthalmic.hyperguides.com Free registration is required. A wide range of teaching materials is available. Topics offered lean towards the ophthalmological.
=============================================== General Interest NewScientist (several editions appear each month) http://www.newscientist.com/home.ns
=============================================== Technology: General =============================================== www.dpreview.com (an excellent digital camera website) www.thedoctorweighsin.com (an interesting blog-like website that asks questions like: Why don't Sumo wrestlers die of heart disease?)=============================================== IACLE is indebted to its sponsors for their generous support of IACLE’s initiatives in furthering global contact lens education =============================================== CIBA Vision The Vision Care Institute (Johnson & Johnson) CooperVision Bausch & Lomb AMO (now Abbott Medical Optics) Alcon =============================================== IACLE also invites you to visit its website: www.iacle.org =============================================== Articles and information selected by Lewis WILLIAMS, MOptom, PhD IACLE Secretariat, Sydney, AUSTRALIA =============================================== To subscribe (no charge) or unsubscribe please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Questions or comments can also be sent to the same address.
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