Function and Morphology of the Meibomian Glands Using a LipiView Interferometer in Rotating Shift Medical Staff by Jing Zhang, Zhengzheng Wu, Liangnan Sun, Xin-hua Liu

“…All participants completed Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) and Standard Patient Dry Eye Evaluation (SPEED) questionnaires for dry eye severity, as well as Schirmer I and tear break-up time (TBUT) tests. LipiView® II Ocular Surface Interferometer was used for lipid layer thickness (LLT), MG dropout, and partial blink (PB) rate tests. …”
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Screening Evaporative Dry Eyes Severity Using an Infrared Image by Qing Zhang, Yi Wu, Yilin Song, Guanghao Qin, Lanting Yang, Sumeet Singh Talwar, Tiezhu Lin, Gagan Deep Singh Talwar, Hongda Zhang, Ling Xu, Jonathan E Moore, Emmanuel Eric Pazo, Wei He

“…Evaporative DED was assessed using noninvasive tear breakup time, fluorescein staining, and the Chinese version of the ocular surface disease index (C-OSDI) questionnaire and categorized into their respective dry eye symptomology group (none, mild, moderate, or severe). …”
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Trial of alginates in throat symptoms: protocol for a pragmatic, multicentre, placebo controlled, double blind, parallel, randomised controlled trial of liquid alginate (Gaviscon A... by David Hamilton, Ruth Wood, Dawn Teare, Miranda Morton, Rebecca Maier, James O’Hara, Tony Fouweather, Julian McGlashan, Julie Thompson, Richard Joyce, Hesther Smith, Lysbeth Evans

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Anatomical and functional efficacy of radial scleral buckling and combined laser and surgical intervention for local macula-on retinal detachment by M.R. Taevere, L.A. Kryl, A.V. Doga, D.O. Shkvorchenko

“…Meanwhile, recurrent RD in the area of the primary retinal tear was reported in 1 patient in the control group. …”
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Hand size association with ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction in professional baseball players by Michael T. Freehill, MD, Michael Walsh, MD, Nathan Richards, DO, John Morasso, DO, Traci A. Ackron, DO, MPH, Emily Lau, MD, Chaoyang Richard Chen, MD, Corey S. Tremble, ATC, Richard K. Ryu, MD, Stephen E. Lemos, MD, PhD

“…The purpose of this study was to investigate if there is a correlation between hand size and history of UCL tear requiring a reconstruction. We hypothesize that a smaller hand size will be correlated with higher UCL reconstruction (UCLR) rates in professional baseball players. …”
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Possibilities of prevention of recurrent pterigium after surgical treatment by A.N. Bochkareva, V.V. Egorov, G.P. Smolyakova, E.L. Sorokin, P.A. Banshchikov

“…<br> <br> <b>Key words:</b> pterygium, recurrent pterygium, amnioplasty outside the limbus zone, conjunctival flap, amniotic membrane, corneal epithelization, graft vitalization, tear osmolarity.<br> <b>For citation:</b> Bochkareva A.N., Egorov V.V., Smolyakova G.P. et al. …”
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A Prospective, Crossover, Randomized, Double-Blind Clinical Study Comparing the Effectiveness and Ocular Comfort of 0.1% Hyaluronic Acid and 0.3% Hyaluronic Acid in Patients With D... by Kim SJ, Yoo WS, Kwon LH, Kim RB, Yoon HJ, Yoon KC

“…Patients aged > 19 years with DED level 2 or higher, corneal staining score > 1, and tear break-up time (TBUT) < 10s were included. Sixty patients were randomly assigned to two groups. …”
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Is it Time to Recognize Political Anxiety as a Social Determinant of Health? by Brandon Ambrosino

“…Hostile political rhetoric risks tearing apart friends, families, and neighborhoods. …”
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