(MedPage Today) — Cataract surgery not only restored vision, it can also lessened the likelihood of hip fracture, a large retrospective study found.
Month: July 2012
A Woman With Transient Visual Loss
A 43-year-old woman has had multiple episodes of transient visual loss on the right side. What is your differential diagnosis? Medscape Ophthalmology
Turning Eye Movement To Handwriting With New Device
A CNRS researcher at the Centre de Recherche de l’Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epinière (CNRS/UPMC/Inserm) has developed a novel device, which enables people to draw and write by using just their eye movements…
Sleep Apnea in Keratoconus Patients: Who’s Most at Risk?
Keratoconus patients should be asked about sleep apnea symptoms and considered for screening. Medscape Ophthalmology
Novel Therapy May Prevent Damage To The Retina In Diabetic Eye Diseases
Researchers at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center have identified a compound that could interrupt the chain of events that cause damage to the retina in diabetic retinopathy. The finding is significant because it could lead to a novel therap…
Post-Surgical Scarring For Glaucoma Patients Reduced By Breakthrough Treatment
Scientists at the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have developed an innovative way to combat post-surgical scarring for glaucoma patients. A clinical trial has shown that the use of a new drug delivery…
Fewer hip fractures after cataract surgery
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a new study, older adults who had cataract surgery were less likely to
fracture a hip in the next year compared to those with cataracts who didn’t get surgery.
Overcoming delays to accessing NICE approved treatment: NICE chairman discusses the case of dexamethasone intravitreal implants (Ozurdex)
Source: HSJ
Area: News
In this article in the Health Service Journal, Michael Rawlins discusses the delay in accessing treatments approved by NICE, using the case of dexamethasone intravitreal implants (Ozurdex) for the treatment of retinal vein occlu…
Scientists identify new gene responsible for genetic form of blindness in newborns
One of the mysteries of blindness has been solved. A team of international scientists in collaboration with the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI MUHC) identified a new gene responsible for Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA), …
New compound effective at blocking damage to the retina in diabetic retinopathy
Researchers at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center have identified a compound that could interrupt the chain of events that cause damage to the retina in diabetic retinopathy. The finding is significant because it could lead to a novel therap…
Researchers Discover Elusive Gene That Causes A Form Of Blindness From Birth
Researchers from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Division and their collaborators have isolated an elusive human gene that causes a common form of Leber congeni…
Scientists discover new way to combat post-surgical scarring for glaucoma patients
Scientists at the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have developed an innovative way to combat post-surgical scarring for glaucoma patients.
Researchers isolate elusive human gene that causes NMNAT1-related Leber congenital amaurosis
Researchers from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Division and their collaborators have isolated an elusive human gene that causes a common form of Leber congeni…
No benefit to bevacizumab in advanced AMD
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intravitreal bevacizumab does not benefit patients with advanced
neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and very poor vision, according to a new 21-patient
study.
Eye Injuries In Young Athletes Can Be Avoided With Protective Eyewear
With the new school year fast approaching, pediatric eye specialists from the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and The Wilmer Eye Institute are offering advice on sports-related eye injuries that can easily be prevented, yet still occur all too frequen…
With Your Eyes Only… Eye Writer Communication Technology
A new technology described in the paper published online in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, might allow people who have almost completely lost the ability to move their arms or legs to communicate freely, by using their eyes to write in curs…
Outlook for Ophthalmologists Cloudy After Medicare Changes
Although a recent federal proposal to slash Medicare reimbursement rates for other specialists left ophthalmologists unscathed, future cuts in payment remain a very real possibility. Medscape Medical News
Long-term use of reverse geometry lenses may induce inflammatory response
Continuous long-term overnight use of reverse geometry lenses results in a significantly increased presence of inflammatory mediators compared with wearing 30-night silicone-hydrogel contact lenses or wearing no lenses, show study results.
Horizon scanning: FDA panel supports ocriplasmin for vitreomacular adhesion
Source: Reuters
Area: News
Reuter’s reports that a United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel has supported ocriplasmin (Jetrea®) as a treatment for vitreomacular adhesion, an age-related vision problem that can lead to blindnes…
Ocriplasmin Recommended for Vitreomacular Adhesions
An advisory committee to the US Food and Drug Administration has voted to recommend ocriplasmin intravitreal injection for the treatment of symptomatic vitreomacular adhesions. Medscape Medical News