Mary Stroka

1 week ago | clinicalpainadvisor.com | Mary Stroka

Patients who are older and those who are of Hispanic ethnicity are more likely to demonstrate post-burn subjective visual complaints (VC), according to research presented at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), April 25–28, 2025, in Los Angeles. This is the first study to review the risk factors linked with VC among pediatric patients who have experienced burns.

1 week ago | ophthalmologyadvisor.com | Mary Stroka

Intravitreal aflibercept 2 mg is linked with long-term best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) improvements in macular edema following central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO), research published in Retina suggests. No studies exceeding 3 years have evaluated intravitreal aflibercept’s clinical utility for patients with macular edema secondary to CRVO.

2 weeks ago | newslj.com | Mary Stroka

By Mary Stroka, NLJ Reporter Mary StrokaNLJ ReporterWeston County Health Services will hold off on pursuing — and paying for — a forensic audit until the 2025-26 budget, the board decided at its April 24 meeting. CEO Cathy Harshbarger said at the meeting that the 2024-25 budget is tight. She explained that she doesn’t want to collect engagement letters from interested contractors when the hospital might postpone the audit for several months.

2 weeks ago | rheumatologyadvisor.com | Mary Stroka

Patients with early-onset atopic dermatitis (AD), especially those with severe atopic dermatitis (AD), are more likely to develop pediatric uveitis, research published in JAMA Ophthalmology suggests. The researchers pulled health records from patients with early onset AD (before age 2) and propensity score matched (PSM) control individuals from 2004 through 2024 from the TriNetX Research Network.

2 weeks ago | ophthalmologyadvisor.com | Mary Stroka

Socioeconomic status is not linked with graft survival outcomes after Descemet’s Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSAEK), according to research presented at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), April 25–28, 2025, in Los Angeles.1Noah Collins, a doctoral candidate at Loma Linda University, in California, joined Daniel D. Kim, Sydney Campos, Brian E. Fish, Justin J. Youn, Kenneth Park, Adel A. Battikha, and Frank S. Hwang, MD, ABO, in presenting the research.