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No specific eye exercise can speed up recovery after cataract surgery. But some tips can ensure a successful recovery from cataract surgery. Learn more here.

Recovering from Cataract Surgery

Although there are different types and subtypes of cataracts, they all progress through the same four stages. Learn about them here.

What Are the Stages of Cataracts?

Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a minimally invasive procedure that uses high energy radio to shrink precancerous cells. It’s also used for chronic pain, irregular heartbeat, and venous insufficiency. Doctors sometimes also use RFA to treat osteoarthritis, joint pain, and degenerative disc disease. Radiofrequency ablation may be a viable alternative...

What to Know About Radiofrequency Ablation

Thyroid lymphoma is an extremely rare but highly treatable cancer that affects the thyroid gland. It can cause a mass in the neck, difficulty swallowing, and shortness of breath.

What to Know About Thyroid Lymphoma

Follicular thyroid cancer develops in follicles inside the thyroid gland. Signs and symptoms include a goiter (lump) in the neck, pain and swelling, or breathing difficulty. Follicular thyroid cancer is one of the more common forms of thyroid cancer, and it’s thought to be linked to iodine deficiency. This...

What to Know About Follicular Thyroid Cancer

Visual hallucinations are a significant issue for many patients with Parkinson’s disease. A recent study published in the journal Brain reveals that these hallucinations are associated with a marked deficiency of cholinergic activity in specific regions of the brain, particularly the left ventral visual stream and the left superior temporal lobe. This research highlights the importance of cholinergic denervation in visual hallucinations, offering new insights into the underlying mechanisms and potential treatment options.

Visual hallucinations in Parkinson’s disease linked to cholinergic deficiency

Mounjaro can help manage blood sugar levels in certain adults. After it is injected, the drug may stay in your system for around 30 days. Mounjaro (tirzepatide) is a prescription medication that helps manage blood sugar levels in adults with type 2 diabetes. It may take around 30 days for...

How Long Does Mounjaro Stay in Your System?

Castor oil is not an effective treatment for cataracts and may harm your eyes. Surgery, is often one of the only effective and evidence-based ways to treat cataracts.

Can Castor Oil Help with Cataracts?

Following laser surgery (photocoagulation) to repair a retinal tear, a person can expect a fairly brief recovery period with minimal discomfort. Temporary symptoms may include mild irritation and blurred vision. During laser surgery, an ophthalmologist directs a high intensity laser beam at the torn retina, creating minor burns that seal...

What happens after laser surgery for a retinal tear?

Different medical procedures, like coronary artery bypass or percutaneous coronary intervention, can treat the underlying causes of heart failure. Some people may get an implantable device to aid the heart, while others may need a transplant. Heart failure means your heart no longer supplies the tissues in your body with...

Heart Failure Surgery and Procedures: Options, Risks, and Outlook

Natural blood thinners may help prevent blood clots and offer heart health benefits for some people. Foods, drinks, herbs, and supplements that act as natural blood thinners are thought to prevent new blood clots from forming. However, they can't break apart existing blood clots. Blood clots can be especially problematic...

Natural Blood Thinners

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Devra Lee

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Horoscope for Friday, August 9th

With an increase in axial length, researchers observed a significant increase in the incidence and severity of dry eye among patients with myopia. They recommend measuring ocular biometric parameters in myopic patients during clinical evaluations to help identify dry eye symptoms early and assess the condition’s severity. Photo: Alexandra Wiechmann, OD. Click image to enlarge.

Longer Axial Length Increases Dry Eye Risk, Severity in Myopia

Here's all about the link between mitral valve prolapse and anxiety, and what to do about it.

Mitral Valve Prolapse and Anxiety: What Is the Link?

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A drug used to treat patients at high risk of bone fractures could benefit women who have been through menopause.The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) have given the green light for abaloparatide, which is used to manage and treat osteoporosis.It will be sold as Eladynos and made by Theramex, and could help more than 14,000 women in England.Why are postmenopausal women more susceptible to bone issues?“Bone density peaks at around 35 years old then naturally decreases with age,” explains Dr Thom Phillips, NHS GP and clinical lead at Forth. “But women can be particularly susceptible to a...

What happens to bone density in menopause?

Namenda (memantine) is a prescription drug used to treat dementia related to Alzheimer’s disease. Namenda comes as an oral tablet and an extended-release oral capsule. It’s a brand-name drug that’s also available as the generic drug memantine. Dementia is a condition that causes a decline in cognitive...

All About Namenda

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

This study noted elevated tear osmolarity levels in patients suffering from both periodontitis and DED vs. patients with only one or none of those conditions. Photo: Scott G. Hauswirth, OD. Click image to enlarge. While an association between dry eye disease (DED) and periodontitis has never been established in the...

DED Signs, Symptoms Associated with Periodontitis

Singer Lance Bass revealed that he has type 1.5 diabetes, also known as latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA). This is a form of diabetes that develops in adulthood, generally over age 30, and slowly worsens over time, similar to type 2 diabetes. Unlike type 2 diabetes, LADA is an...

NSYNC’s Lance Bass Says He Was Misdiagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, Instead Has Type 1.5

Splenic vein thrombosis is a blockage in the splenic vein due to a blood clot. The splenic vein carries blood away from the spleen and parts of the stomach and pancreas. The spleen is an organ that filters and stores blood and produces white blood cells. A blood clot — also called a thrombus — in the splenic vein can cause blood to back up into the spleen, leading to various serious complications.

What to know about splenic vein thrombosis

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What to Know About Posterior Subcapsular Cataracts

A posterior subcapsular cataract develops on the back of the lens of your eye. It causes cloudy vision but is treatable with surgery. Cataracts are cloudy...

What to Know About Posterior Subcapsular Cataracts

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