For the striptease tradition had a paradoxically anti-erotic function, which its most highbrow commentator, the French critic Roland Barthes, described as a kind of vaccination: inoculating the male public, he argued, with a tiny, highly controlled dose of naughtiness — the vision of languorously disrobing females — might well immunize it against the greater threat of unleashed lust.
The second patient underwent slow prednisone taper with a maintenance dose of methotrexate; however, the vision had minimal improvement despite the quiescent disease activity.
He was maintained on sodium stibogluconate and a tapering dose of oral corticosteroids, and his vision continued to improve to 6/9 in the left eye.
According to the program description, "each session is born of vision, practice, collaboration, and a good dose of improvisation".
One patient with colorectal cancer at a dose level of 6 mg���m−2 experienced subtotal loss of vision (Grade 1) and other neurological symptoms (Grades 1 3).
At 52 weeks, all aflibercept groups, independent of doses and regimen, were non-inferior to the control group with equal maintenance of vision in 95% of eyes.
High doses of certain dietary supplements provide the first effective treatment for the leading cause of vision loss among the elderly, a new nationwide clinical study has concluded.
A further three patients kept their level of vision for the four years rather than losing it, while a sixth patient, who received a lower dose, experienced a slow decline in vision in both eyes.
But success in both fields requires vision, empathy, courage and a dose of reality.
