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Premature Retinopathy: Early Diagnosis is Crucial to Prevent Childhood Blindness
Premature Retinopathy (ROP) is an ocular condition that affects premature infants. According to retina disease and premature retinopathy specialist Samuel Montenegro, ROP is one of the primary causes of preventable childhood blindness. In Brazil, an estimated 13,500...
New Feature: EyerMaps Detects possible retinal abnormalities in Real Time
Artificial Intelligence developed by Phelcom will assist doctors in diagnosing retinal diseases.
6 practical tips to reduce office costs
Managing medical clinics can, indeed, be a real challenge for doctors. Office management involves various simultaneous responsibilities, such as organizing data, financial control, personnel administration, marketing and patient experience, inter alia. So, many...
How BI in healthcare contributes to more assertive management
Business Intelligence (BI) is a concept aimed to assisting business management from collection, management and analysis of data. Even in the healthcare area. More and more offices, clinics, hospitals and other institutions in the sector have joined the system. Its...
Study points out that eye diseases may be a risk factor for developing dementia.
For some time now, researchers have been investigating whether eye diseases can be a risk factor to manifest other health problems. For example, scientists at Sun Yat-sen University in China found that one in four people with eye disorders also develops depression....
Discover the advantages of Clubhouse for doctors
Have you heard about the advantages of Clubhouse for doctors? One of the latest social networks has stood out due to the quality content shared by professionals who are references in the health area. One of the great features in the new platform is the exclusive use...
Unprecedented artificial corneal transplant restores sight to elderly man
Currently, it is estimated that 1.5 million people worldwide lose their vision each year due to corneal injuries and diseases. Thus, problems in this membrane are the third largest global cause of visual impairment, behind only cataracts and glaucoma. Even though...
With Eyer, research detects retina alteration in severe covid-19 patients
A research carried out in two referral centers for covid-19 in Rio de Janeiro (RJ) identified alteration in the retina of patients hospitalized in serious condition. The study occurred in May 2020, in the clinical hospitals Mario Lioni and from Jacarepaguá, and was...
Coronavirus and eyes: Brazilian research finds virus in the retina
Thousands of research and studies around the world are increasingly seeking answers on how the new coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2) affects the body. Since the emergence of the pandemic, the ophthalmology field has already reported changes in the conjunctiva, sclera...
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