Ryan Black

Despite featuring a survey that produced interesting insight into how MS patients respond to their condition through dietary behaviors, researchers considered much of the existing research on the subject inefficient and thus had difficulty creating a program to educate patients.

A combination of sofosbuvir, velpatasvir, and voxilaprevir was found highly effective for multiple HCV genotypes after short courses of treatment.

Researchers from the UK say they have developed a blood test that can detect osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis long before painful symptoms become noticeable.

Researchers from the University of Georgia have created a mathematical model in hopes of finding the point at which infectious diseases like Zika explode from an isolated murmur into an outbreak roar.

The so-called “hygiene hypothesis” holds that lack of exposure has made developed populations more allergic and asthmatic. Though using exposure shows promise as a preemptive approach to reducing risk for allergen-induced asthma, the window for its implementation is small.

Hookworms aren't the common affliction that they once were, at least in the developed world, but asthma prevalence is growing. A new study winks at a correlation, suggesting that a protein in the pesky parasites may treat asthma.

Prescription testosterone products have become dramatically more popular over the past decade. The FDA now wants their litany of serious adverse side effects more clearly stated.

Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute mapped a key protein in hepatitis C to determine why so many previous attempts at a vaccine had fallen short.

A study presented at CHEST 2016 in Los Angeles found that home visits made to non-compliant asthmatics or those with uncontrolled symptoms drastically increased their adherence to treatment and regular office visits in the following year.

The researchers found that those whose fathers smoked prior to their conception were at a three times greater risk of developing non-allergic early onset asthma. Welding was also implicated.

Swiss researchers have reported positive early returns from a treatment that involves growing knee cartilage from extracted nasal cartilage. Whether patients will be doing yoga anytime soon remains to be seen.

More like a whispering assistant on their shoulder than a new set of eyes, a device by OrCam seems capable of providing the blind a great deal of assistance.

In a retrospective comparison of post-implantation cases of residual refractive astigmatism, researches found AcrySof's intraocular lenses less likely to misalign.

The mortality rate of AMD patients who received a bevacizumab injection 3 or 6 months after stroke was, in the study’s words, “worrying” compared to the rate of those who did not.

The Defense and Veterans Eye Injury and Vision Registry monitors damage to the eyes of military members, in hopes of synchronizing care across departments and informing eye protection policy in the armed forces.

Presented this week in Chicago at the American Academy of Ophthalmology 2016 Meeting, a novel new mobile application called Uvemaster may make it easier for clinicians to specifically diagnose uveitis.

Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh compared the AmpliVue device to existing detection methods for ocular herpes simplex virus, affirming its accuracy and efficiency.

Speaking at the American Academy of Ophthalmology 2016 Meeting in Chicago, K. V. Chalam, MD, expressed the advantage of using non-invasive OCT angiography (OCT-A) as opposed to the older fluorescein angiography as essentially a difference between imaging in three dimensions or two.

Italian researchers found that supplementing ranibizumab treatment with the daily administration of an NSAID solution improved AMD symptoms better than ranibizumab alone, and believe over time greater statistical significance will emerge.

Difluprednate, a steroid stronger than prednisolone, was recently tested for treatment of macular edema and vitritis in cases of posterior/intermediate uveitis, and its impact was noticeable.

Does adherence to the Mediterranean diet reduce the risk of age-related macular degeneration? Portuguese researchers attempted to determine the AMD-preventative nature of the popular regional diet, which is commonly associated with fish, fruit, grains, and the occasional splash of wine.

Sleep quality and subsequent mood have long, and logically, been correlated. Now, researchers from Japan sought to see how a third consideration, ocular function, fits into that equation.

Eric Simpson, MD, the lead author on the study, spoke to MD Magazine about the results, which showed great improvement with few side effects for those with moderate or severe atopic dermatitis.

Antibiotics and hospital admission are both risk factors. The team’s interest was in correlating two known factors across different patients: does antibiotic use in one patient increase the chance that their hospital bed’s next occupant will wind up with a C. difficile infection?

Using data from the Inner City Asthma Consortium, researchers from the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago were able to distinguish asthmatic children by the degree to which their condition could be controlled, and to make recommendations for more difficult cases.

Considered safe and effective in killing certain types of bacteria, ultraviolet-C light, when used to disinfect hospital rooms, could prevent Clostridium difficile infections and potentially save millions of dollars.

In a study of 170 South African children infected with HIV prenatally, researchers believe they have observed similarities between the immune responses of those who avoid developing full-blown AIDS and those of primate species that carry Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV), the disease from which human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) derives.

In a comparison of three non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs), apixaban, dabigatran, and rivaroxaban provided similar levels of stroke prevention, but apixaban was least associated with instances of major bleeding.

The Collaborative HIV Eradication of viral Reservoirs UK BRC project, or CHERUB, is a collaboration by five of England’s major research institutions. This week, they announced a study that will target dormant HIV in a concerted effort to cure the disease.

A new study from Georgia State University examined the mechanisms by which resveratrol was able to work against Haemophilus influenzae, a major respiratory pathogen. The findings may be of use in developing non-antibiotic treatments for bacterial respiratory infections, and also for COPD and asthma therapies.