Neurodegenerative diseases (NDD) are a group of nosological forms, caused by excessive formation protein molecules and their aggregates leading to the death brain cells. Classical pathophysiological mechanisms associated with accumulation extracellular amyloid b -protein (A b) in Alzheimer's disease (AD) -synuclein Parkinson's (PD), which markers neurodegenerative process. Signs functional diso...

Abstract The increasing trend of minimally invasive therapy methods for widespread diseases in the cardiovascular system, field ophthalmology, ear, nose, and throat medicine, or gynecology, leads to an extensive demand innovative microdevice manufacturing technologies. Femtosecond (fs)-laser technology offers a wide range applications cutting, milling, surface structuring on micro- nanometer sc...

Topical administration of a drug in the conjunctival cul-de-sac is the treatment of choice for diseases of the anterior segment of eye. Development of ophthalmic drug delivery systems has always been challenging because of the drawbacks with this route, like non-productive absorption, drainage, induced lacrimation, tear turn over, impermeability of drugs to cornea. New approaches have been inve...

Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS) is a highly sophisticated type of surgery, which has revolutionized the surgical management of chronic sinus diseases. In the ophthalmic field, FESS plays a crucial role in the management of a few conditions, but not without risks. Ophthalmic complications associated with FESS are well documented. They mainly occur due to the shared common anatomic are...

INTRODUCTION For nearly three decades, the two neighboring countries of Iran and Pakistan hosted millions of Afghans. Today, Afghans still represent the largest group of refugees in the world. This feature has greatly influenced provision of health care for this population. Due to a paucity of research on the health status of Afghan refugees in Iran, this study aim to make a vista on the patter...

During the next few years, health systems in developed societies, especially in Japan and Europe, will face increased aging of the population and increased demands on health care systems. This situation, combined with decreasing numbers of health care professionals in our area, could seriously compromise the quality of current health care (Basu, 2008). However, diagnostic and therapeutic tools ...

To elucidate the association between medical procedures and sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD), we analyzed medical procedures (any surgical procedure, neurosurgery, ophthalmic surgery, and blood transfusion) for patients registered by the CJD Surveillance Committee in Japan during 1999-2008. We conducted an age-stratified case-control study with 753 sCJD patients and 210 controls and a ...

The Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) is a national program designed to assess the health and nutritional status of the noninstitutionalized population of South Korea. The KNHANES was initiated in 1998 and has been conducted annually since 2007. Starting in the latter half of 2008, ophthalmologic examinations were included in the survey in order to investigate the...