Much knowledge of sensory cortical plasticity is gleaned from perceptual learning studies that improve visual performance [1-7]. Although the improvements are likely caused by modifications of excitatory and inhibitory neural networks, most studies were not primarily designed to differentiate their relative contributions. Here we designed a novel push-pull training protocol to reduce sensory ey...

PURPOSE To assess the efficacy of topical 1.5% azithromycin in the treatment of moderate to severe chronic blepharitis and to compare the efficacy of two different treatment modalities. METHODS A randomized clinical trial included 67 patients with chronic anterior and/or posterior blepharitis, followed-up for 3 months. Signs and symptoms were graded according to severity. Patients were random...

PURPOSE To test the validity of the Impact of Visual Impairment (IVI) questionnaire in a cataract population. SETTING Flinders Eye Centre, Flinders Medical Centre, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia. METHODS Cataract patients recruited from a hospital waiting list completed the IVI questionnaire. The scale was assessed for fit to the Rasch model. Unidimensionality, item and pers...

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a standardized, psychoeducational programme developed to empower the public to approach, support and refer individuals in distress by improving course participants' knowledge, attitudes and behaviours related to mental ill-health. The present paper aims to synthesize published evaluations of the MHFA programme in a meta-analysis to estimate its effects and pote...

In this study, factors influencing patients adherence to ophthalmic solutions were investigated. Seventy-one subjects (aged 62.3 +/- 15.5 years) were randomly selected from patients admitted to the Ophthalmology Department at Hiroshima University Hospital. The patients (n = 71) completed questionnaires, which were evaluated by clinical pharmacists. The patient group to which the ophthalmic solu...

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Liposome preparations containing dexamethasone or its ester derivatives were formulated as eye drops. Steroids were efficiently incorporated into the liposomes; the incorporation ratio was not affected by the period of sonication or the addition of stearylamine or dicetylphosphate, but was decreased by the addition of cholesterol. The incorporation ratio appears to be governed by partition equi...

Eyelashes hypotrichosis is a condition indicated by an inadequate amount of eyelashes. Hypertrichosis of eyelashes, characterized by excessive eyelash growth, is a regular phenomenon associated with ophthalmic prostaglandin and prostamide analogs. Recently, the US Food and Drug Administration approved Latisse((R)) (bimatoprost 0.03% solution), identical to the ophthalmic solution for glaucoma t...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The scenario in medical education is changing with objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) being introduced as an assessment tool. Its successful implementation in anaesthesiology postgraduate evaluation process is still limited. We decided to to evaluate the effectiveness of OSCE and compare it to conventional examinations as formative assessment tools in anaesthes...