Tag: <span>prevent blindness</span>

Home / prevent blindness
Post

Neurologist advocates for AI, ultrasound to help prevent blindness from giant cell arteritis

by Hillary Smith, University of Kentucky An article recently published in The Journal of Rheumatology by UK Health care’s Jagannadha (Jay) Avasarala, M.D., Ph.D., professor of neurology, outlines the promise of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) in the diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA). Misdiagnosis or a missed diagnosis of GCA can result in blindness...

New treatment discovered for rare eye disease may prevent blindness
Post

New treatment discovered for rare eye disease may prevent blindness

Cedars-Sinai research published in the New England Journal of Medicine supports FDA approval of drug for thyroid eye disease CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER LOS ANGELES (Feb. 9, 2020) — Patients with thyroid eye disease who used the minimally invasive insulin-like growth factor I blocking antibody, teprotumumab, experienced improvement in their symptoms, appearance and quality of life,...