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Nov 30, 2024 | 
duluthnewstribune.com | Frank J. Larkin
The Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs recently marked its sixth-annual Veterans Suicide Prevention & Awareness Day, ahead of Veterans Day on Nov. 11. “Veteran suicide has become a disturbing trend over the last 20 years,” Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Brad Lindsay said in an Oct. 5 statement that carried a Duluth dateline. “In Minnesota alone, we lose about 100 Veterans each year to suicide.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
bjo.bmj.com | Frank J. Larkin
GlaucomaThe role of the lens in early refractive development: evidence from a large cohort of Chinese children (see page 1627)The endpoint of early refractive development was found to be mild hyperopia rather than emmetropia. Achievement and maintenance of the mild hyperopic status were largely determined by a push-back mechanism between the axial elongation and lens power loss.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
miamiherald.com | Frank J. Larkin
Sunday, Nov. 17 will mark National Warrior Call Day, a crucial date designated by lawmakers that enlists all Americans to connect with the men and women who have risked everything for the nation but who may be suffering on the precipice of self-destruction. Championed by a bipartisan group of 40 U.S. senators, the effort draws attention to those service members and veterans perilously disconnected from family, friends and support systems.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
bjo.bmj.com | Frank J. Larkin
CorneaTomographic and topographic predictive factors of big bubble formation during deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty in keratoconus (see page 1486)In patients with keratoconus, the classification of the severity stage assessed by anterior segment optical coherence tomography was a reliable predictor for success in big bubble formation during deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
realcleardefense.com | Frank J. Larkin
U.S. Senate Makes Big Push To Combat Military Suicides The U.S. Senate approved a measure recently that will help save the lives of people who have risked everything for the nation but who are on the precipice of self-destruction. Read Full Article »
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
stripes.com | Frank J. Larkin
In this photo provided by the Heroic Hearts Project, Jesse Gould adds 22 dog tags signifying the number of veterans estimated to die by suicide in one day, at a memorial paying tribute to the estimated 150,000 veterans who have lost their lives to suicide over the past 20 years, displayed near the U.S. Capitol in Washington on July 10, 2024.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
bjo.bmj.com | Frank J. Larkin
CorneaHigh-risk factors for zonular complications during cataract surgery in eyes with pseudoexfoliation syndrome (see page 1193)High-risk factors for intraoperative zonular complications due to pre-existing zonular dehiscence in eyes with pseudoexfoliation syndrome were poor mydriasis, a shallow anterior chamber, and large lens decentration, emphasising the importance of preoperative assessment of these clinical parameters.
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May 10, 2024 | 
bjo.bmj.com | Yanxian Chen |Andreas Mueller |Ian Morgan |Frank J. Larkin
Best practice in myopia control: insights and innovations for myopia prevention and control – a round table discussion Statistics from Altmetric.com Request Permissions If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.
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May 2, 2024 | 
bjo.bmj.com | Frank J. Larkin
Child health (paediatrics) Capabilities of GPT-4 in ophthalmology: an analysis of model entropy and progress towards human-level medical question answering (see page 1371) The large language model Generative Pre-trained Transformer 4 (GPT-4, Open AI) demonstrated strong performance in answering simulated ophthalmology board-style examination questions, surpassing its predecessor GPT-3.5. Performance of ChatGPT and Bard on the Official Part 1 FRCOphth Practice Questions (see page 1379)...
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May 1, 2024 | 
bjo.bmj.com | Frank J. Larkin
AnatomyDescemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty is the predominant keratoplasty procedure in Germany since 2016: a report of the DOG-section cornea and its keratoplasty registry (see page 646)This study summarises absolute numbers, types of and indications for corneal transplants in Germany from 2011 to 2021. It compares these trends with equivalent international data.
