Background: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is currently a clinical diagnosis characterized by decline in memory and daily cognitive function from baseline. Exploratory studies using optical coherence tomography angiography have reported...
There is increasing recognition of the importance of medical student wellbeing. The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics that are associated with lower wellness in medical students.
An anonymous, IRB-approved survey was...
Background: Plasma and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of p-tau181 have been associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The retina and vitreous have shown measurable quantities of phosphorylated tau 181 (p-tau181). The aqueous humor, which can be...
Background: Ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) is a potentially vision-threatening malignancy and may be difficult to diagnose as it often appears similar to other lesions such as pterygium and pingueculae. Ocular surface images are easy to...
Background: Artificial Intelligence (AI) models, like those used in diabetic retinopathy screening, require large amounts of data to train. Models for diseases with limited public data like microbial keratitis (MK), a top five cause of blindness...
Background: Targeted immunotherapies are needed in inflammatory ocular surface diseases as an alternative to the blanket immunosuppression of steroids, which can cause a host of undesirable side-effects. Mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes...