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The Washington Post (3/6, Thigpen) reports that according to studies, a specific freckle found in the back of the eye called CHRPE (congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium) “has a ‘statistically significant’ correlation with hereditary colon polyps known as familial adenomatous polyposis, or FAP.” The article quotes retina expert Neal Adams, who said, “When [...] MedPage Today (6/7, Gever) reported, “A common retinal imaging technology could eventually supplement or even replace MRI for tracking multiple sclerosis (MS) severity and progression.” MedPage Today added, “In analyses presented at the annual meeting of the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers, distinctive changes to the optic nerve were seen in MS patients imaged [...] HealthDay (3/3, Preidt) reported that, according to a study published online ahead of print March 1 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, “early signs of glaucoma can be detected in the brain.” Working with laboratory animals, researchers from the Vanderbilt Eye Institute “found that a very early [...] The UK’s Daily Mail (2/18) reported that “a routine eye test revealed” Kirsty Old, age 22, “had a rare brain blood clot that could kill her at any time.” The young woman “only discovered she had the one-in-a-million blockage when she visited her family opticians.” There, “a £16,000 retinal imaging camera…took [...] Our office offers High Resolution Retinal Photography, which uses a computer-integrated digital imaging system to record a detailed view of the retina. Since nothing touches the eye, photo-documentation is painless. This digital image provides an excellent reference point for future comparisons. Retinal photography assists in the detection and management of problems such as diabetic changes, [...] In the Healthbeat column in Iowa’s Quad City Times (1/8), Deirdre Cox Baker observed that having the eyes dilated as part of an eye examination is a “weird experience,” as well as a necessary one, because “glaucoma — one of the leading causes of blindness in the United States — can be caught if a [...] Optical coherence tomography imaging provides real-time information about eye structure. Iowa’s Spencer Daily Reporter (11/13, Todd) reports that “optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an imaging method which uses light to scan an eye’s retina and optic disc” to provide “detailed, real-time information about the structure of an eye” through “a non-invasive, non-contact optical biopsy of [...] Dilation of your eyes is a temporary inconvenience; however, the benefits far outweigh the inconvenience. DILATION IS THE STANDARD OF CARE TO ALLOW THOROUGH EVALUATION OF EYE TISSUE FOR A NUMBER OF EYE CONDITIONS. The use of dilation drops temporarily increases the size of your pupils, which allows us to accurately investigate the health of [...] |
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