Technical Terms Canaliculitis: Inflammation of the lacrimal canaliculi, typically associated with bacterial colonisation and the formation of dacryoliths, leading to tear drainage obstruction.

Researchers in Japan created an AI that can detect fatty liver disease from ordinary chest X-rays—an unexpected and low-cost method that could transform early diagnosis. The model proved highly ...

Genes and Genetics News. Read today's medical research in genetics including what can damage genes, what can protect them, and more.

Welham RAN . Lacrimal surgery. In: Collin JRO, editor. A manual of systematic eyelid surgery. 2nd ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1989:109–20. Tarbet KJ, Custer PL . External ...

Should you consider surgery for dry eye? Learn about the types of surgery for dry eye, including laser surgery, along with cost and side effects.

The lacrimal and third eyelid superficial glands produce the aqueous component of the preocular tear film. In this research, morphologic and morphometric assessments of the parenchyma and stroma of ...

One of the functions of the gigaxonin protein may be to maintain the architecture of other intermediate filaments such as keratins, which could explain one characteristic sign of the disease: the hair ...

Background To investigate conjunctival bacterial flora in eyes with lacrimal passage obstruction before and after dacryoendoscopic recanalisation with lacrimal tube intubation. Methods One-hundred ...

Adoption of middle meningeal artery embolization in the management of chronic subdural hematomas has led to a renewed interest in dural vascular anatomy. The readily identifiable major dural arteries ...