At 1 center, the residents’ learning curve added more than $8000/year per resident to the cost of cataract surgery. Medscape Medical News
Month: January 2012
Glaucoma Screening: What You Need to Know
Learn why screening for glaucoma is important and what factors should prompt a referral to an ophthalmologist. Medscape Ophthalmology
Daily Aspirin Tied to Eye Disorder (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) — Daily aspirin use may protect the heart but hurt the eyes, boosting the risk of age-related macular degeneration, researchers found.
Vision Screening in Young Children: Best Practices
A number of studies and guidelines were released in 2011 that affect vision screening strategies for kids in the primary care setting. What are the best practices? Medscape Pediatrics
Latitude, Age, Sex Linked to Greater Glaucoma Risk
The risk for exfoliation glaucoma increases at higher latitudes, and not just among those of Scandinavian descent. Medscape Medical News
For Kids With Near-Vision Disorder, Treatment Reduces Problems At School
For children with convergence insufficiency (CI) who have difficulty focusing on objects close up effective treatments can help to reduce problems at school, reports a study in the January issue of Optometry and Vision Science, official journal of the …
Ocular Sirolimus Found Safe in Diabetic Macular Edema
Subconjunctival and intravitreal injections of sirolimus for diabetic macular edema appear safe, and result in negligible systemic exposure to the drug, a new phase I trial shows. Reuters Health Information
Company Claims Optical Blood Pressure Monitor Breakthrough
Tarilian Laser Technologies, a Hertfordshire, UK firm claims it has developed the “greatest technological advance in blood pressure measurement for 130 years” Unlike direct pressure measurement that every other BP meter does, the company&…
Cutera to purchase assets of IRIDEX’ global aesthetic business
Cutera, Inc. and IRIDEX Corporation today announced that the companies have entered into a binding agreement for Cutera to purchase certain assets of IRIDEX’ global aesthetic business for approximately $5.1 million.
Latitude And Gender Influences Glaucoma Risk
When it comes to whether or not you will develop exfoliation syndrome (ES) — an eye condition that is a leading cause of secondary open-angle glaucoma and increased risk of cataract as well as cataract surgery complications — age, gender and where yo…
Study finds risk factors associated with exfoliation syndrome
When it comes to whether or not you will develop exfoliation syndrome (ES) — an eye condition that is a leading cause of secondary open-angle glaucoma and increased risk of cataract as well as cataract surgery complications — age, gender and where yo…
Outside temperatures, sun exposure and gender may trigger glaucoma
When it comes to whether or not you will develop exfoliation syndrome — an eye condition that is a leading cause of secondary open-angle glaucoma and increased risk of cataract as well as cataract surgery complications — age, gender and where you liv…
Interventions to slow progression of myopia in children
Source: Cochrane Library
Area: Evidence > Disease Focused Reviews
Background
Nearsightedness (myopia) causes blurry vision when looking at distant objects. Highly nearsighted people are at greater risk of several vision-threatening problems su…