Benchmarking food environment policies for the prevention of diet-related non-communicable diseases in Kenya: National expert panel's assessment and priority recommendations.

Introduction: Unhealthy food environments drive the increase of diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

Objective: We aimed to examine healthy food environment policies in Kenya and identify priorities for future action.

Methods: Using the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food-EPI) we collected evidence on the extent of government action to create healthy food environments across 13 policy and infrastructure support domains and 43 related good practice indicators between 2017 and 2018.

Department of Health and Human Services releases new immersive simulation experience to improve infection control knowledge and practices among health care workers and students.

In this article, we review a newly developed evidence-based immersive simulation experience for use with health care personnel and students. The article provides information necessary for infection control professionals to understand the development process of the training. Evidence supporting the use of such training is provided, and opportunities to integrate this training into the health care setting and classroom are discussed.

Use of cobalt blue light in grading cataract and estimating vision loss.

Purpose: To test an anecdotally reported cataract grading system predictive of a 20/50 visual threshold in cataract-induced vision loss using cobalt blue light.

Setting: Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, and Regions Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.

Erythropsia revisited.

We report a case of unilateral erythropsia lasting 1 week that occurred 18 years after cataract extraction and intraocular lens (IOL) implantation. The unaffected eye was pseudophakic and had an IOL with ultraviolet (UV) light protection; the affected eye had an IOL without UV light protection.

Is corneal refractive therapy a new modality whose time has come or repackaged orthokeratology whose time has passed?: a view from an experienced corneal clinician.

I was asked to evaluate corneal refractive therapy (CRT) as an experienced ophthalmologist, who is a corneal specialist. I reviewed the literature and listened to and talked with ophthalmologists, optometrists, and researchers using and studying CRT. I feel that CRT is safe and effective.