At the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) – Middle East-Africa Council of Ophthalmology (MEACO) Joint Meeting yesterday, Oct. 17, researchers reported progress on two top eye disease challenges: treating advanced “dry” age-related macular degenera…
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Early Detection Technique For Eye Disease In Premature Infants: Oklahoma Clinical Trial
Diagnosis in premature infants vital to preventing blindness; Researchers to study a new way to help more babies, rural areas. A new clinical trial at The Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center will focus on ways to catch a debilitating eye disease b…
Push And Pull Get Eyes To Work Together
Researchers appear to have found a better way to correct sensory eye dominance, a condition in which an imbalance between the eyes compromises fine depth perception. The key is a push-pull training method in which the weak eye is made to work while vis…
Issuing First Report On NTDs, WHO Aims For ‘Complete Control’ By 2015
The WHO “said on Thursday that it was aiming for ‘complete control’ by 2015 of tropical diseases that affect one billion impoverished people” and kill an estimated 534,000 people each year, Agence France-Presse reports (10/14)…
Douglas A. Jabs, M.D., Honored With Jackson Memorial Lecture By The American Academy Of Ophthalmology
Douglas A. Jabs, MD, MBA, Professor and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology, CEO of the Faculty Practice Associates, and Dean for Clinical Affairs at The Mount Sinai Medical Center, has been selected to deliver the prestigious Jackson Memorial Lec…