During the examination of patients who complain of vertigo or who have equilibrium disorders, it is often difficult to determine the etiology of the disorders, that is, to determine whether it is dependent on a peripheral or central vestibular disorder. To attempt to guess the etiology in these cases, we devised a new method: the caloric eye-tracking pattern test. In normal subjects and in pat...

BACKGROUND Welders have been identified as a high risk group for eye disorders due to their exposure to ultraviolet radiation. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and types of eye diseases amongst welders in Ile-Ife, Osun state. METHODS This is a cross sectional descriptive study of 405 consenting welders. Information on socio-demographic characteristics was obtained using a pre-tested pr...

1. Menopausal ERT appears to help preserve certain cognitive skills immediately after induced menopause [B] and during normal aging [C]. 2. Estrogen therapy begun after menopause may reduce risk of Alzheimer’s disease [C]. In contrast, limited data from RCTs indicate that estrogen alone begun after the onset of dementia does not seem to improve Alzheimer symptoms [B]. 3. In observational studie...