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Apple Valley Medical Clinic Sleep Center moves to 14843 Energy Way in Apple Valley
The Apple Valley Medical Clinic’s Sleep Center has moved to 14843 Energy Way in Apple Valley. The center, which opened in 2010 under the medical direction of Scott Benson, M.D., a family medicine physician with the Apple Valley Medical Clinic, offers p…
New tool may help predict retinal detachment after open globe injuries
Ocular trauma causing open globe injury, or a breach in the wall of the eye, remains an important cause of vision loss, with more than 200,000 open globe injuries occurring worldwide each year. In many cases, retinal detachment follows the traumatic in…
Study finds way to boost corneal transplant acceptance rate
For the estimated 10 percent of patients whose bodies reject a corneal transplant, the odds of a second transplant succeeding are poor. All that could change, however, based on a UT Southwestern Medical Center study that has found a way to boost the co…
Researchers identify potential therapy for meibomian gland dysfunction
Meibomian gland dysfunction is the leading cause of dry eye disease, which affects tens of millions of Americans. However, there is no FDA-approved treatment for MGD. Researchers from the Schepens Eye Research Institute/Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Ha…
Scientists develop new potential cure for rare eye disease
University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health scientists have developed a potential cure for a rare eye disease, showing for the first time that a drug can repair a birth defect.
New optical device puts the power to detect retinal disease in the palm of a hand
A new optical device puts the power to detect eye disease in the palm of a hand. The tool-about the size of a hand-held video camera-scans a patient’s entire retina in seconds and could aid primary care physicians in the early detection of a host of re…
People with diabetes at risk of developing diabetic macular edema during their lifetime
Despite recent advances in prevention and treatment of most vision loss attributed to diabetes, a new study shows that fewer than half of Americans with damage to their eyes from diabetes are aware of the link between the disease and visual impairment,…
New treatment options for diabetic wound healing in cornea and skin
Diabetes Mellitus (DM), a metabolic disorder that affects nearly 170 million people worldwide, is characterized by chronic hyperglycemia that disrupts carbohydrate fat and protein metabolism resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action o…
EyeTechCare’s new EyeOP1 device now available in six more French health care facilities
EyeTechCare SA, which develops non-invasive therapeutic medical devices for the ophthalmology market based on the use of ultrasound, today announces that six more health care facilities in France now have the new EyeOP1 device.
Researchers develop new drug-eluting contact lens for prolonged delivery of glaucoma medication
For nearly half a century, contact lenses have been proposed as a means of ocular drug delivery that may someday replace eye drops, but achieving controlled drug release has been a significant challenge.
Researchers one step closer to development of drug-eluting contact lens for glaucoma treatment
For nearly half a century, contact lenses have been proposed as a means of ocular drug delivery that may someday replace eye drops, but achieving controlled drug release has been a significant challenge. Researchers at Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard…
Exposure to high-powered blue handheld laser devices can cause serious eye injuries
Exposure for even fractions of a second to high-powered blue handheld laser devices can cause serious eye injuries, according to a study recently released online in Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. The researchers ha…
Roche signs research collaboration and licensing agreement with Molecular Partners
Roche and Molecular Partners AG today announced that they have entered into a research collaboration and licensing agreement to discover, develop and commercialize several proprietary therapeutics incorporating Molecular Partners’ DARPin biologics conj…
Diversity essential for brain’s ability to localize sounds
The ability to localize the source of sound is important for navigating the world and for listening in noisy environments like restaurants, an action that is particularly difficult for elderly or hearing impaired people.
Patients treated for traumatic eye socket injuries at academic medical centers fare well at far less cost
Adding to evidence that “high-volume” specialty care in busy teaching hospitals leads to efficiencies unavailable in community hospitals, a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers finds that patients undergoing repair of traumatic eye socket injuries at its busy academic medical center fared just as well at far less cost than those treated at all other Maryland hospitals.
Patients undergoing eye trauma care fare equally well in teaching and community hospitals
Adding to evidence that “high-volume” specialty care in busy teaching hospitals leads to efficiencies unavailable in community hospitals, a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers finds that patients undergoing repair of traumatic eye socket injuries at…
KKR to acquire minority stake in Gland Pharma for about $200 million
Gland Pharma Limited, a leading Indian pure-play generic injectable pharmaceutical products company, today announced an agreement under which KKR, a leading global investment firm, will acquire a minority stake in the Company for approximately US$200 m…
Cedars-Sinai researchers design new procedure to treat stem cell-related corneal blindness
Researchers in the Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute have designed and tested a novel, minute-long procedure to prepare human amniotic membrane for use as a scaffold for specialized stem cells that may be used to treat some corneal diseases.
Study shows most corneal transplants have remarkable longevity regardless of donor age
Ten years after a transplant, a cornea from a 71-year-old donor is likely to remain as healthy as a cornea from a donor half that age, and corneas from donors over 71 perform slightly less well but still remain healthy for most transplant recipients, a…