What’s the verdict? Are laser-produced capsulotomies a cut above those created by hand? Medscape Ophthalmology
Month: October 2011
The Year’s Best Medical Practice Management Tips: 2011
Physician readers wrote to us throughout the year and told us which Business of Medicine advice they found most helpful. Here’s a roundup of those tips. Medscape Business of Medicine
Children’s Risk For Nearsightedness May Be Reduced By Spending More Time Outdoors
Children’s risk for myopia or nearsightedness, where objects further away look blurred because light entering the eye focuses incorrectly, may be reduced by spending more time outdoors in natural light, according to a new review of research being pr…
Macular degeneration drug may cause increased IOP
Two major drug trials conclude there was little risk from a drug aimed at age-related macular degeneration. Yet a Mayo Clinic ophthalmologist began to note something concerning in some of her patients: an increase in pressure inside the eye. It led to …
More exposure to natural light may reduce rates of nearsightedness
A new analysis of recent eye health studies shows that more time spent outdoors is related to reduced rates of nearsightedness, also known as myopia, in children and adolescents. Myopia is much more common today in the United States and many other coun…
Collagen crosslinking for keratoconus may receive FDA approval in 2012
Patients in the United States who have the cornea-damaging disease keratoconus may soon be able to benefit from a new treatment that is already proving effective in Europe and other parts of the world.
Video Games Used In New Treatment That May Fix ‘Lazy Eye’ In Older Children
A new study conducted in an eye clinic in India found that correction of amblyopia, also called “lazy eye,” can be achieved in many older children, if they stick to a regimen that includes playing video games along with standard amblyopia treatment. At…
Cataract Surgery Could Be Revolutionized By Laser’s Precision And Simplicity
Two new studies add to the growing body of evidence that a new approach to cataract surgery may be safer and more efficient than today’s standard procedure. The new approach, using a special femtosecond laser, is FDA-approved, but not yet widely availa…
Playing video games may treat amblyopia in children
A new study conducted in an eye clinic in India found that correction of amblyopia, also called “lazy eye,” can be achieved in many older children, if they stick to a regimen that includes playing video games along with standard amblyopia treatment.
Carl Zeiss Meditec to showcase new clinical and productivity tools at AAO annual meeting
Carl Zeiss Meditec will showcase new clinical and productivity tools across the glaucoma, retina, cataract and refractive workplaces during this week’s American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting in Orlando at booth #821.
Femtosecond laser cataract surgery safe and effective than standard procedure
Two new studies add to the growing body of evidence that a new approach to cataract surgery may be safer and more efficient than today’s standard procedure. The new approach, using a special femtosecond laser, is FDA-approved, but not yet widely availa…
Safety, Efficacy, and Acceptability Study of an Eye Drop Formulation in Subjects With Dry Eye Disease
Status: Recruiting,
Condition Summary: Dry Eye Syndromes
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Data Collection Study
Status: Recruiting,
Condition Summary: No Eye Disease
Cataract Surgery Risks Failure of Prior Trabeculectomy
Trabeculectomy to relieve intraocular pressure (IOP) is more likely to fail if patients later have cataract surgery, particularly if the interval between operations is relatively short, a multicenter team reports in Ophthalmology online October 10. R…
Fluocinolone Implant Helpful in Retinal Vein Occlusion
An eye implant that delivers fluocinolone acetonide holds promise for chronic macular edema due to central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO). Reuters Health Information
How Will the New ACO Rules Affect Doctors’ Daily Practice?
CMS Administrator Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, and Richard J. Gilfillan, MD, Acting Director, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, discuss the final ACO rules and how they will affect doctors. Government Perspectives on Healthcare
Adjuvant Treatment of Graves´ Ophthalmopathy With NSAID (aGO Study)
Status: Recruiting,
Condition Summary: Graves´ Disease
How Will the New ACO Rules Affect Doctors’ Daily Practice?
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CMS Administrator Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, and Richard J. Gilfillan, MD, Acting Director, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, discuss the final ACO r…
Whole Blueberry Powder Modulates the Growth and Metastasis of MDA-MB-231 Triple Negative Breast Tumors in Nude Mice
Review: Panretinal photocoagulation for proliferative diabetic retinopathy
Source: N Engl J Med
Area: News
This review of panretinal photocoagulation for proliferative diabetic retinopathy begins with a case vignette, followed by a discussion of the clinical problem, pathophysiology and effect of therapy, clinical evidence, …