4-year old Jesse Matlock went in to have surgery on his wandering right eye, but doctors operated on his left eye, then realized their mistake and immediately operated on the right eye without consulting with his parents, according to a KATU-TV report….
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AMD Alliance Issues Global Call To Action To Improve Care Of Patients With Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
The AMD Alliance International (AMDAI) today issued a global call to action to the vision care community, to ensure appropriate access to care for patients living with wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a condition where new blood vessels grow…
Operation Eyesight Calls For Canada To Be A Leader In Eye Health Care
Operation Eyesight Universal, a Canada-based international non-governmental organization dedicated to eliminating avoidable blindness, supports Vision2020 Canada’s call for a national vision health strategy…
FDA Grants Priority Review For VEGF Trap-Eye For The Treatment Of Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: REGN) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review the Company’s Biologics License Application (BLA) for VEGF Trap-Eye for the treatment of the neovascular form of age-relat…
Eye Physicians Need To Expand Their Tool Box To Include Molecular Medicine In The Form Of Low-Cost Nutrition-Based Interventions
Dr. Richer, speaking at his 4th annual Nutrition & The Eye conference, April 16-17, hosted by the College of Optometry at the University of Missouri in St. Louis, says molecular medicine is beginning to provide hope for patients with declining sight wh…
Annual Eye Exams Not Cost-Effective For People With Diabetes And At Low Risk Of Diabetic Retinopathy Progression
Eye examinations every other year are more cost-effective than currently recommended annual eye exams for people with diabetes who are at low risk of diabetic retinopathy progression…
InSite Vision Updates Special Protocol Assessment Submission To FDA For Phase 3 Trial Of AzaSite Plus™ And DexaSite™
InSite Vision Incorporated (OTCBB:INSV) today announced that the Company recently received eight minor recommendations regarding its proposed agreement with the U.S…
Neurotech’s NT-501 Implant Demonstrates Statistically Significant Photoreceptor Preservation In Patients With Retinal Degenerative Disease
Neurotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc., today announced that, as reported in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (April, 2011, Vol…
Researchers Make First Bioartificial Organ In Spain
A University of Granada research group composed of professors Antonio Campos and Miguel Alaminos (histologists), Maria del Mar Perez, Ana Ionescu and Juan de la Cruz Cardona (opticians) and the ophthalmologist Miguel Gonzalez Andrades, University Hospi…
RegeneRx Reports New Statistically Significant Data Confirming Repair Of Corneal Damage In Dry Eye Model
RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: RGRX) (“the Company” or “RegeneRx”) today announced positive new data related to RGN-259, its preservative-free ophthalmic drug candidate. In a second “dry eye” study conducted by Ora, Inc…
Ophthalmology Faculty To Be Launched By Faculty Of 1000
Leading researchers and clinicians specializing in the anatomy, physiology and diseases of the eye will select and evaluate key articles and scientific posters in this field for inclusion in the F1000 service. Dr Andrew Lee and Dr Dimitri Azar head up …
Most Eye Injuries From Spray Cans Suffered By Children
A new estimate of emergency room visits for eye injuries related to aerosol spray cans finds that children account for more than half the cases. Infants and toddlers are the most common age segment affected, leading researchers to emphasize prevention…
Allergy Sufferers Contend With Longer Allergy Season
The 2011 allergy season is expected to be 27 days longer in northernmost parts of North America,[1] adding almost a month of suffering to the typical pollen allergy season of February/March-October,[2] according to a study published by the Proceedings …
Pig Stem Cell Transplants: The Key To Future Research Into Retina Treatment
A team of American and Chinese scientists studying the role of stem cells in repairing damaged retina tissue have found that pigs represent an effective proxy species to research treatments for humans. The study, published in Stem Cells, demonstrates h…
Method To Probe Genes Of The Most Common Bacterial STI Discovered By Scientists
WHAT: In a new study from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, scientists describe successfully mutating specific genes of Chlamydia bacteria, which cause the most common sexually…
Association Between Vitamin D Levels And Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Women under the age of 75 with high vitamin D status were less likely to have early age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of irreversible vision loss in adults, a University at Buffalo study has shown. The disease affects approximat…
Glaucoma Patients Report A Wide Range Of Emotional And Psychological Changes
Fear of the unknown is one of the greatest issues facing patients with glaucoma the second leading cause of blindness worldwide after cataracts according to research in the April issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing. People also worry about how th…
High Vitamin D Levels Reduce Risk Of Developing Age-Related Macular Degeneration Among Women Younger Than 75
Females under the age of 75 years whose blood levels of vitamin D are high appear to have a reduced risk of developing AMD (Age-Related Macular Degeneration), researchers from the University of Buffalo, New York, wrote in Archives of Ophthalmology…
High Levels Of Vitamin D Appear To Be Associated With Lower Risk Of Age-Related Macular Degeneration In Young Women
High levels of vitamin D in the bloodstream appear to be associated with a decreased risk of developing early age-related macular degeneration among women younger than 75 years, according to a report in the April issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one…
Hi-Tech Pharmacal Receives Tentative Approval For Levofloxacin Oral Solution
Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co., Inc…