Established soft contact lens wearers' awareness of and initial experiences with orthokeratology.

Objectives: To understand the initial awareness of and experience with orthokeratology in a group of adult, symptomatic, soft contact lens (CL) wearers.

Methods: This was a prospective, 3-month, open-label study of symptomatic soft CL wearers who were between the ages of 18 and 45 years. Baseline measurements were taken and then all subjects were treated with orthokeratology.

Treating Uncomfortable Contact Lens Wear With Orthokeratology.

Objectives: Many contact lens (CL) users permanently discontinue wear because of ocular dryness and discomfort. This study aimed to determine whether refitting symptomatic soft CL wearers in to orthokeratology could improve ocular symptoms and signs.

Methods: This was a prospective, 3-month, open-label study of symptomatic (Contact Lens Dry Eye Questionnaire [CLDEQ-8] ≥12) soft CL wearers who were between the ages of 18 and 45 years.

Life satisfaction and health related quality of life among low-income medical patients: the mediating influence of self-esteem.

This study investigated the relationship between life satisfaction, self-esteem, and perceived health for an ethnically diverse, low SES sample of primary care patients. Results indicated that several specific domains of health-related quality of life (HRQL), including health perception, social functioning, mental health, and energy/fatigue, significantly predicted life satisfaction in this sample of 60 patients. Self-esteem mediated this relationship, partially with health perception and fully with the remaining three domains.

Urothelial cancers after renal transplantation.

Objective: After solid organ transplantation, risk of cancer varies significantly based on cancer type. In this study, we determine the incidence of urothelial cancers (bladder and kidney) after renal transplantation from a single high-volume transplantation institution. In addition, we analyze the risk factors and review outcomes from the patients.

Referent group proximity, social norms, and context: alcohol use in a low-use environment.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between perceived normative use of alcohol and reported consumption in an environment where relatively little alcohol use occurs.

Participants: A total of 585 undergraduate students completed an online survey on alcohol use in March 2006.

Methods: Participants reported personal alcohol use and perceptions of use by "friends," "the average student," and "the average student who drinks.

Salvage therapy for prostate cancer recurrence after radiation therapy.

Radiotherapy has been successful in treating localized prostate cancer; however, a subset of patients will experience disease recurrence. Determination of the recurrence location must be made using pretreatment and posttreatment clinical variables, imaging, and postradiotherapy biopsy. Patients presumed to have local-only recurrence, optimal clinical risk factors, and an extended life expectancy may be considered for salvage local treatment.

Current decision-making in prostate cancer therapy.

Purpose Of Review: Prostate cancer continues to be the most prevalent cancer among American men. Localized prostate cancer is commonly diagnosed because of improved screening practices nationwide. Several options exist for the treatment of localized prostate cancer, and this review discusses the decision-making process facing patients diagnosed with this disease.