Archive for September, 2010
Tooth Whitening in Wakefield
Monday, September 27th, 2010Tooth whitening in Wakefield West Yorkshire, Near Leeds
Friday, September 24th, 2010
Sports Vision
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010A few months ago, Roni & I attended a SportsVision diploma, after being asked by many of you about glasses for shooting, playing golf and fishing.We learnt about how to train your eyes for sport and how we can improve your game with certain spectacle lenses and prescriptions. We are now in the process of doing research projects based on SportsVision – if you can help, let us know!
Qausia Hassan
Bsc Mc Optom
Floaters Eye Exam with 3-D OCT
Monday, September 20th, 2010Carol, a lens rep for BBGR spectacle lenses, had OCT 3-D imaging for the first time at Pollards Optical. After noticing floaters, we performed an ultrasound of her eyeball and analysed the type of floaters she had.
£245 Tooth Whitening- Trays Made Same Day
Friday, September 17th, 2010If you would like to brighten you smile for the winter then come see the dental team at Pollards. We can take impressions and have your whitening trays made the same day.
If you would like more information please call us on 01924 373697
Retinal nerve fiber layer atrophy is associated with physical and cognitive disability in multiple sclerosis
Sunday, September 12th, 2010Retinal nerve fiber layer atrophy is associated with physical and cognitive disability in multiple sclerosis
Abstract
Background
Studying axonal loss in the retina is a promising biomarker for multiple sclerosis (MS). Our aim was to compare optical coherence tomography (OCT) and Heidelberg retinal tomography (HRT) techniques to measure the thickness of the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) in patients with MS, and to explore the relationship between changes in the RNFL thickness with physical and cognitive disability. We studied 52 patients with MS and 18 proportionally matched controls by performing neurological examination, neuropsychological evaluation using the Brief Repetitive Battery-Neuropsychology and RNFL thickness measurement using OCT and HRT.
Results
We found that both OCT and HRT could define a reduction in the thickness of the RNFL in patients with MS compared with controls, although both measurements were weakly correlated, suggesting that they might measure different aspects of the tissue changes in MS. The degree of RNFL atrophy was correlated with cognitive disability, mainly with the symbol digit modality test (r = 0.754, P < 0.001). Moreover, temporal quadrant RNFL atrophy measured with OCT was associated with physical disability.
Conclusion
In summary, both OCT and HRT are able to detect thinning of the RNFL, but OCT seems to be the most sensitive technique to identify changes associated with MS evolution.
If you have MS and would like to have OCT to examine your retinal nerve fibres, call us, on 01924 373697 and ask us for more information.
P Villoslada
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Clínica Universitaria de Navarra and Center for Applied Medical Research, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain pvilloslada@unav.es
Why dental implants are so important for missing teeth
Thursday, September 9th, 2010Broken Window :-(
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010Sadly, on the night of Saturday 4th, one of our shop windows was smashed by a brick. Luckily, only one sheet of glass was smashed so they were unable to get into the shop or take anything.
Can you help? Did you see anything?
Our hero, James, from First Window Surgeon has come to the rescue with his fast service, and the window has been replaced today.
