The American Academy of Ophthalmology has published guidelines inspired by the growth in direct-to-consumer marketing of genetic tests.
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Glaucoma Screens Urged for Blacks (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Routine screening of older African Americans for glaucoma would significantly reduce the incidence of blindness at relatively low cost, researchers said.
Glaucoma Screening Program Likely Benefit Middle Aged African-Americans
According to a computer-based mathematical model in the March issue of the JAMA journal Archives of Ophthalmology, middle-aged African-American patients may benefit from a routine national glaucoma screening program. However, the test's potential effect on decreasing visual impairment and blindness could be small...
Positive results from Bausch + Lomb, NicOx BOL‑303259‑X phase 2b study on OAG
Bausch + Lomb, the global eye health company, and NicOx S.A. today announced positive top-line results from the phase 2b study conducted with BOL‑303259‑X, a novel nitric oxide-donating prostaglandin F2‑alpha analog, in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension.
Blood and Saliva Sample Collection for AREDS 2
Status: Recruiting,
Condition Summary: Age-Related Macular Degeneration; Eye Diseases
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