Preventing and managing visual disability in primary care
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The clinicians in primary care settings can play an important role in the prevention and management of visual disability and have significant impact on the patients' visual health. With the help of their knowledge they can also guide the patients as to whether they should see the ophthalmologists or optometrists depending upon the problem faced by the patient and also provide emotional support to them.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2004
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Preventing visual loss from chronic eye disease in primary care
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The eye diseases and visual disability among U.S. adults are surveyed and it is found that although at least 40% of blindness in the United States is either preventable or treatable with timely diagnosis, many people with vision loss are undiagnosed and untreated. The primary care clinicians should educate the patients about the need for eye care and the methods in which it can be achiev
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2004
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Electroacupuncture for Control of Myeloablative Chemotherapy--Induced Emesis: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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Electroacupuncture may be more effective than drugs in preventing nausea and vomiting from high-dose chemotherapy, according to a study of 104 women with breast cancer. Electroacupuncture was compared to minimal needling and mock electrical stimulation or drugs.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2000
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