Wills Eye Institute and Thomas Jefferson University Establish the Wills Vision Research Center at Jefferson
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Improved Form Of Vitamin A May Help In Preventing Blindness From Age-Related Macular Degeneration And Stargardt’s Disease
Slowing down the aggregation or “clumping” of vitamin A in the eye may help prevent vision loss caused by macular degeneration, research from Columbia University Medical Center has found.
Glaucoma Laser Surgery
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Increased Demand For Visual Healthcare ADE Prevention Platform
Visual Healthcare Corp. (the “Company”) announces its decision to start selling a stand alone version of its powerful adverse drug event prevention technology to medical facilities and hospitals. The company is rolling out this new focused version as a…
Increased Demand For Visual Healthcare ADE Prevention Platform
Visual Healthcare Corp. (the “Company”) announces its decision to start selling a stand alone version of its powerful adverse drug event prevention technology to medical facilities and hospitals. The company is rolling out this new focused version as a…
Increased Demand For Visual Healthcare ADE Prevention Platform
Visual Healthcare Corp. (the “Company”) announces its decision to start selling a stand alone version of its powerful adverse drug event prevention technology to medical facilities and hospitals. The company is rolling out this new focused version as a…
Increased Demand For Visual Healthcare ADE Prevention Platform
Visual Healthcare Corp. (the “Company”) announces its decision to start selling a stand alone version of its powerful adverse drug event prevention technology to medical facilities and hospitals. The company is rolling out this new focused version as a…
Increased Demand For Visual Healthcare ADE Prevention Platform
Visual Healthcare Corp. (the “Company”) announces its decision to start selling a stand alone version of its powerful adverse drug event prevention technology to medical facilities and hospitals. The company is rolling out this new focused version as a…
Seeking A Cure For Premature Baby Blindness
Scientists from the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences at Queen’s University Belfast are teaming up to develop a cure to an illness that can lead to blindness in premature babies, thanks to funding from children’s charity Action Medi…
ASCRS 2011: Program Highlights
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For Innovative Glaucoma Testing, NJIT And UMDNJ License Personal Tonometer Technology
NJIT and UMDNJ have executed a license agreement with The Incubation Factory, St. Louis, MO, covering their personal tonometer technology on which a patent is pending. The tonometer was developed by a research team led by NJIT Professor Gordon Thomas, …
When and Where to YAG Crystalens IOLs
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Challenging Crystalens Cases in 3D Cases
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Crystalens Post-LASIK
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SD-OCT Shows Variations Of Choroidal Thickness
Spectral domain optical coherence tomography shows that choroidal thickness is not uniform around the ocular globe and is significantly reduced in highly myopic eyes, according to a study presented here. Gabriel Coscas, MD, spoke about spectral domain …
Ranibizumab And Bevacizumab Have Equivalent Effect On Neovascular AMD
Two of the most commonly used treatments for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD), ranibizumab (Lucentis, Genentech), approved in 2006 by FDA, and the other commonly used ‘off-label,’ bevacizumab (Avastin, Genentech), resulted in similar …
Generic Medications: Are They The Same?
About two-thirds of all prescriptions filled are generic forms of brand-name drugs. Generic drugs work well for most patients, but there are differences compared to the brand name products.
HEALTHY VISION MONTH, MAY 2011
During Healthy Vision Month, the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, encourages people and organizations around the world to recognize the value of the sense of sight and make vision health a priority.
With Complex Prescription Routines, Fewer Filled
Patients on heart drugs are less likely to fill their prescriptions if they have to make more trips to a pharmacy or have multiple doctors prescribing them drugs, according to a new study.