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Clinical Times: Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat

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Myopia progression slowed by bifocals

04 March 2010

Bifocal glasses may be effective in slowing the progression of myopia in children with high rates of progression, according to a new report. The report followed a study in which doctors conducted a randomised, controlled clinical trial among 135 Chinese-Canadian... Read more

Chronic migraineurs sicker and poorer than episodic sufferers

24 February 2010

Chronic migraine sufferers tend to be in poorer general health, less well off, and more depressed than those with episodic migraine, reveals research published ahead of print in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. The findings are based on... Read more

Bifocals may slow progression of nearsightedness

20 January 2010

Bifocal glasses may be effective in slowing the progression of myopia in children with high rates of progression, according to a new report. The report followed a study in which doctors conducted a randomised, controlled clinical trial among 135 Chinese-Canadian... Read more

Myopia has become more common

05 January 2010

Myopia may be more common now than 30 years ago, according to a new report. Researchers in the US compared American population prevalence estimates for myopia from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) in 4,436 black and white... Read more

The diagnosis of migraine and managing the disease

Dr Edward O'Sullivan | 26 November 2009

Dr Edward O'Sullivan — Clinical Director of the Migraine Clinic in Cork University Hospital — outlines the types of migraine headache and how they affect patients' lives... Read more

Steroid injections may help restore vision

23 September 2009

Injecting the eye with the corticosteroid triamcinolone appears effective in improving the vision of some patients with retinal vein occlusion, according to a new study. In the study, which involved 271 patients with macular oedema from central retinal vein occlusion,... Read more

Surgery risk from ACE inhibitors

16 September 2009

Use of beta blockers and ACE inhibitors seem to increase the risk of corrective cataract surgery, a new study has found. In the study, Australian researchers tracked the eye health of over 3,500 people for between five and 10 years.... Read more

Implanted lenses may be an option for patients with near-sightedness

02 September 2009

Implantable lenses made of a collagen-like substance appear to provide stable correction of moderate-to-high myopia over four years of follow-up, according to a new study. According to background information supplied by the study’s authors, laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) ‘has gained... Read more

Antihypertensive drugs may boost cataract surgery risk in older patients

06 August 2009

Certain types of anti-hypertensive drugs seem to increase the risk of corrective cataract surgery, new Australian research has suggested. The Australian researchers tracked the eye health of over 3,500 people for between five and 10 years.... Read more

ED drugs have no visual side effects says study

Archives of Ophthalmology | 08 June 2009

ED drugs have no visual side effects says study The erectile dysfunction medications, tadalafil and sildenafil, do not appear to have visual side effects when taken daily for six months, according to a new report. In the research, doctors led... Read more

Gene therapy hope for RP

Emmanuelle Pinjon | 15 April 2009

Emmanuelle Pinjon looks at pioneering research being done in TCD into finding a gene therapy for retinitis pigmentosa. An injection at the back of the retina every few years may one day be enough to alleviate the symptoms of retinitis... Read more

Many children with hearing loss also have eye disorders

Archives of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery | 07 April 2009

About one-fifth of children with sensorineural hearing loss also have ocular disorders, according to a new report. An estimated one to three per 1,000 children have some degree of sensorineural hearing loss, which occurs because of damage to the nerves... Read more

Reading slowed by glaucoma

Archives of Opthalmology | 20 January 2009

Glaucoma appears to be associated with slower spoken reading and increased reading impairment in older adults, according to a new report. The report followed a study of 1,154 individuals to evaluate the relationship between glaucoma and spoken reading speed. Participants... Read more

Hoarseness of voice — can you ignore it?

Dr Sardar U. Khan | 20 January 2009

Dr Sardar U. Khan on the relatively common complaint of hoarseness of the voice, which may be an indication of a more serious problem. Our voice is the primary means of communication for all of us, both socially and in... Read more

Keeping a watch on eye health

Helix Health | 17 November 2008

A new UK online prevalence model is helping clinicians and health planners to improve patient services for those affected by four major eye conditions. UK health planners and clinicians can now improve patient services and anticipate the changes when new... Read more

Keeping an eye on standards

Greg Baxter | 28 October 2008

Optical Express, the leading provider of laser eye surgery in Europe, may not face the complexity of services doctors face every day in acute hospitals or GP surgeries, yet its priorities as a healthcare business have, according to the chief... Read more

Otitis media with effusion – early recognition by GPs

Dr Sardar U. Khan | 26 September 2008

Dr Sardar U. Khan writes on otitis media with effusion in children and how GPs can offer the best treatment options. General practitioners are required to diagnose a number of common ear pathologies on the regular basis. In particular, otitis... Read more

Bilingual children more likely to stutter

Online First Archives of Disease in Childhood | 19 September 2008

Children who are bilingual before the age of five are significantly more likely to stutter and to find it harder to lose their impediment than children who speak only one language before this age, new research has suggested. The researchers... Read more

The art and science of rhinoplasty

Mr Andrew J Maguire | 17 September 2008

Rhinoplasty (Greek: rhinos: nose and plastikos: to mould) is surgery to correct the shape of the nose in congenital disproportion and acquired deformity (trauma or surgery). The goal of rhinoplasty is a satisfied patient, with a functioning nose that appears... Read more

Surgery a 'last resort' in glaucoma

16 September 2008

Derbhile Dromey reports on a study that shows that glaucoma filtration surgeries have dropped sharply since 1998. The use of surgery to treat glaucoma has declined sharply, despite the strong increase in glaucoma cases in recent years. This is the... Read more

Retinopathy linked to increased heart disease death

Online First Heart | 14 September 2008

Abnormalities of the retina are associated with an increased risk of death from heart disease, new research has found. Interestingly, the study found a higher than normal risk in patients without diabetes. The Australian researchers assessed the presence and severity... Read more

Sinus disease: is this the new frontier in respiratory medicine?

Dr Paul Carson | 09 September 2008

Dr Paul Carson on allergic fungal rhino-sinusitis and the link between upper-airways pathology and lower-airway symptoms. There would appear to be more to the link between upper-airways pathology and lower-airway symptoms than previously acknowledged. Until recently, the main focus was... Read more

Looking forward to the future of retinitis pigmentosa research

Derbhile Dromey | 12 July 2008

Derbhile Dromey writes that research being carried out in Trinity College may lead to a better understanding of retinitis pigmentosa. Some 65,000 people in Ireland are affected by conditions which result in deterioration of the retina. One of the most... Read more

Olfactory bulb size linked to sense of smell

Archives of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery | 10 July 2008

The olfactory bulb in the brain appears to change in size in a way that corresponds to individual alterations in sense of smell, according to a new report. In the study, doctors investigated 20 patients with loss of sense of... Read more

Omega-3 fatty acids lessen risk of age-related macular degeneration

Archives of Ophthalmology 2008;126:826-833 | 03 July 2008

Eating fish and other foods high in omega-3 fatty acids is associated with reduced risk of the eye disease age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a new meta-analysis. The researchers conducted a systematic review of studies published before May 2007... Read more

Biologics and treatment of uveitis

Mr Michael J Gallagher | 22 April 2008

Mr Micheal J Gallagher, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at the Hermitage Medical Clinic, on the treatment of uveitis and how the use of biologic agents has benefited many patients in recent years Intraocular inflammatory disease, or uveitis, is a serious problem... Read more

Cataract breakthrough

14 April 2008

New research being carried out in the University of Ulster could lead to new ways of treating cataracts, one of the leading causes of blindness in the world. It is hoped that research being carried out by an academic... Read more

Donor's health affects infection rates

Archives of Ophthalmology 2008;126:235-239 | 03 April 2008

Corneal grafts obtained from donors dying in a hospital or with cancer may be associated with an increased risk of infection for the recipient, according to a new study. In the study, doctors used data from a surveillance registry to... Read more

Allergic rhinitis: new insights, new therapies

Dr Paul Carson | 02 April 2008

Dr Paul Carson on how his investment in fibre optic technology has provided some new perspectives on allergic rhinitis and the importance of managing the condition At the risk of boring you about a topic many dismiss as trivial, may... Read more

Epiphora treatment options

Dr Rizwana Khan | 26 March 2008

Rizwana Khan, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at the Hermitage Medical Clinic, looks at the causes of epiphora, or watery eye, and outlines the treatments to manage the condition. Epiphora, or watery eye, is due to overflow of tears. It may be... Read more

Genetics to help treatment of hearing loss

Dr Stephen Hone | 13 February 2008

Stephen Hone, Consultant in Paediatric and Adult Otolaryngology says that understanding the genes involved in inner-ear function should lead to new treatment approaches to hearing loss Our understanding of the genetics of hearing loss has advanced rapidly during the last... Read more

Treatments for sinus infections are ineffective in acute cases

JAMA 2007;298:2487-2496 | 04 January 2008

A comparison of common treatments for acute sinusitis that included an antibiotic and a topical steroid found neither more effective than placebo, according to a new UK study. In the study, doctors conducted a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial to determine... Read more

Ophthalmic surgical errors are rare but have serious consequences

Archives of Ophthalmology | 30 November 2007

Surgical confusions– for instance, operations involving the wrong site, the wrong patient, or the wrong procedure– occur infrequently in eye surgery procedures, according to a new report. Although most surgical confusions cause little or no permanent injury, they may involve... Read more

Evaluating the safety of intravitreal triamcinolone

Mr Abid Mahmood Qammar | 30 November 2007

The use of intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide has proliferated. Indications have included macular odema secondary to diabetes mellitus, retinal vein occlusion, uveitis and pseudophakia. Other indications are treatment of choroidal neovascularisation, proliferative diabetic retinopathy, idiopathic juxtafoveal telangiectasia and intraoperative visualisation of... Read more

New strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae resistant to treatment

JAMA 2007;298:1772-1778 | 26 October 2007

A strain of the bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae, which causes ear infections in children, has been detected that is resistant to all FDA-approved antibiotics for treatment of ear infections and is not covered by the pneumococcal 7-valent conjugate vaccine, according to... Read more

Improved sleep and behaviour in children after tonsillectomy

Archives of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery 2007;133:974-979 | 26 October 2007

Children diagnosed with sleep-disordered breathing appear to sleep better and have improved behaviour following removal of their tonsils and adenoids, according to a new study. In the study, doctors enrolled 117 children whose average age was 6.5 years, who were... Read more

Balancing the risks in eye care

Mr Abid Mahmood Qammar | 05 October 2007

The use of intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide has proliferated. Indications have included macular oedema secondary to diabetes mellitus, retinal vein occlusion, uveitis and pseudophakia. Other indications are treatment of choroidal neovascularisation, proliferative diabetic retinopathy, idiopathic juxtafoveal telangiectasia and intraoperative visualisation of... Read more

No need for children with lazy eye to wear patches all day long

BMJ | 05 October 2007

Children with amblyopia need only wear an eyepatch for three to four hours a day for 12 weeks to improve vision, according to a new study. Researchers at City University in London and McGill University in Montreal set out to... Read more

Preservative toxicity is a common problem in ophthalmology

28 September 2007

Almost all ocular medications on the market contain preservatives and most of these preservatives have a detergent effect on the ocular tissues. Many negative effects result, including decreased tear film goblet cell density and reduced access of trophic factors to... Read more

Advances in ophthalmic surgery

Prof Michael O'Keeffe | 28 September 2007

In the last 50 years all medical specialties have experienced advances in knowledge and improvement in treatment. In some specialties the advancements have been dramatic and I believe ophthalmology is a good example of this. In the past 30 years... Read more

Smokers at greater risk of developing macular degeneration

Archives of Ophthalmology | 31 August 2007

Current and past smokers appear to have a higher risk of developing late age-related macular degeneration (AMD) than those who have never smoked, according to a new report. The study examined 2,454 Australians aged over 49 to study the association... Read more

Visual impairment increases mortality risk in the over 50s

Archives of Ophthalmology | 20 July 2007

Individuals aged 49 years or older with cataract and those aged 49 to 74 years with age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) appear to have higher mortality rates than those without such visual impairments, according to a new report. In the Australian... Read more

Drinking coffee can protect against blindness-causing eyelid spasm

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry | 29 June 2007

People who drink coffee are less likely to develop blepharospasm, which can leave patients effectively blind, according to research. The effect was proportional to the amount of coffee drank, with one to two cups per day are required for the... Read more

'Hear no evil, see no evil, smell no evil' is message to Blackrock GPs

04 May 2007

Treatments to alleviate allergies, eye conditions and vertigo were among the topics explored at Blackrock Clinic’s recent Post-Graduate Education for General Practitioners meeting, entitled ‘Hear no Evil, See no Evil, Smell no Evil’. The sublingual immunotherapy allergy treatment, which uses... Read more

Diabetic retinopathy is the commonest cause of blindness

Dr Mary Ryan | 16 March 2007

The classic case of diabetic neuropathy is based on an ophthalmology examination but several other changes not seen microscopically may help to explain some of the findings. One of the first histological changes seen is thickening of the capillary base... Read more

Blindness terrifies teens, but few realise link with smoking

British Journal of Ophthalmology | 16 February 2007

Teenagers fear blindness more than lung cancer or stroke, but nine out of 10 don’t know that smoking can rob them of their sight in later life, according to a new study of 260 UK teenagers. One in five of... Read more

Patients dissatisfied after closed reduction of nasal fractures

Archives of Facial and Plastic Surgery 2007;9:40-43 | 26 January 2007

In a small series of patients who underwent closed reduction to repair a broken nose, nearly one-third reported dissatisfaction with the outcome and about one-third said they would consider further surgery to correct their nasal deformities, according to a new... Read more

Surgically implanted hearing aids suitable for younger children

Archives of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery 2007;133:51-55 | 26 January 2007

Outcomes from surgically implanted hearing aids that are anchored to bone appear comparable for children younger than five years and those older than five years of age, according to a new report from Canada. In the study, doctors reviewed surgical... Read more

The interplay between genetics and lifestyle can multiply risks for macular degeneration

Archives of Ophthalmology 2007;125:55-62 | 19 January 2007

The interplay between genetic predisposition and exposure to modifiable risk factors can multiply the risk for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a new study. Researchers have previously found that a mutation in the gene for complement factor H (CFH)... Read more