Lifestyle Exposures and Eye Diseases in Adults

Lifestyle exposures and eye diseases in adults.

PURPOSE To provide a perspective of observed associations between lifestyle exposures and eye diseases in adults. DESIGN Summary of recent epidemiologic studies. METHODS Nonsystematic review of the literature. RESULTS Data suggest that some lifestyle exposures (e.g., smoking) are significantly associated with risk of several different diseases, suggesting that altering behaviors may decre...

Obesity and Eye Diseases

Background: Obesity is a chronic metabolic disease that has become an epidemic today.  Objective: Although the effects of obesity on the body have been well studied, less is known about obesity and eye health. Methods The present article is a review study. The search was performed using keywords of obesity and eye diseases in PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science databases from 2000 to 2021.  Resul...

Corticotherapy in Eye Diseases and Its Complications

Corticosteroids are being rn;;ed in different ophthalmic disorder as anti-inflamatory agent.  A.C.T.H. stimulated the supra renal glands and causes an increase steroid concentration of the blood. Corticosteroids can be used as anti­inflamatory agent locally ar.d systemically.  The new corticom,teroids like prednison, dex­xametason and prednisolon are more effective ( 5 to 10 times) than the o...

Recognition and Treatment of Eye Diseases in Andalusia

Muslim ophthalmologists have made significant achievements in the field of ophthalmology in all Islamic lands and territories, especially in Andalusia. Andalusian scientists have written several works related to medicine and ophthalmology that introduce us to their activities in this field. The main purpose of this study is to review the activities performed in Andalusia regarding ophthalmology...

Biomedical and Lifestyle Diseases