Physicians at the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center have become the first in Virginia to successfully implant a telescope in a patient’s eye to treat macular degeneration.
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Newly characterized adenoviruses can cause severe human infections
The ongoing dance between a virus and its host distinctly shapes how the virus evolves. While human adenoviruses typically cause mild infections, recent reports have described newly characterized adenoviruses that can cause severe, sometime fatal, huma…
Sony Electronics installs medical-grade 3D imaging solution for ophthalmic surgery
Sony Electronics, a leader in providing innovative imaging solutions for microsurgery, announces the first east and west coast installations of its end-to-end 3D imaging solution for ophthalmic surgery.
Improving early childhood development of children of AIDS patients
A simple in-home training program for caregivers can give children of AIDS patients a better shot at prosperity by improving their early-childhood development, according to a study led by a Michigan State University researcher.
Medicare estimates of potential work savings greatly exaggerated
According to a new study published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, any efficiencies in physician interpretation and diagnosis gained when different providers interpret different medical imaging scans performed on the same pa…
New study suggests that Ranibizumab can be potential prophylaxis for PVR
Proliferative vitreoretinopathy, or the formation of scar tissue in the eye, is a serious, sight-threatening complication in people recovering from surgical repair of retinal detachment. PVR is difficult to predict, lacks effective treatment options, a…
Amakem backs new Chair of Ophthalmology Translational Research at KU Leuven
Amakem NV, a kinase platform company focusing on ophthalmology, today announces it has sponsored a new Chair of Ophthalmology Translational Research at the Catholic University Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium.
GenSight Biologics announces closing of €32 million Series A financing
GenSight Biologics, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of ophthalmic therapeutics using gene therapy, announced today the closing of a €32 million Series A financing.
DSEK surgical procedure for perfect vision
Since she was a child Sarah Mittler knew exactly what she wanted to do−be a wife and mother. She and her husband, Tom, were living their dream of a life complete with five kids, two dogs and a packed schedule of activities, until Sarah’s vision started to deteriorate.
Despite discovery of sight-saving drugs, AMD still causes severe vision loss in older Americans
Age-related macular degeneration continues to be the leading cause of visual impairment in the United States for people over age 65, according to a study recently published online in Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Study suggests drugs prescribed to lower cholesterol may be effective against macular degeneration
A new study raises the intriguing possibility that drugs prescribed to lower cholesterol may be effective against macular degeneration, a blinding eye disease. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that age-rel…
Targeting cholesterol metabolism in eye may prevent age-related macular degeneration, says study
Targeting cholesterol metabolism in the eye might help prevent a severe form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), one of the most common causes of blindness in older Americans, according to indications in a study in mice, which was supported by t…
Living cells and cell fragments move in response to electric fields, scientists find
Like tiny crawling compass needles, whole living cells and cell fragments orient and move in response to electric fields – but in opposite directions, scientists at the University of California, Davis, have found. Their results, published April 8 in th…
Radiology trainees face earning challenges
For years, medical students who chose a residency in radiology were said to be on the ROAD to happiness. The acronym highlighted the specialties -; radiology, ophthalmology, anesthesiology and dermatology -; said to promise the best lifestyle for docto…
Virtual games help blind individuals improve navigation skills and develop cognitive spatial map
JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) will publish a new video article by Dr. Lotfi Merabet showing how researchers in the Department of Ophthalmology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical School have developed a virtual gaming …
First Edition: March 28, 2013
Today’s headlines include various stories about the health law’s implementation at both the federal and state level.
First Edition: March 28, 2013
Today’s headlines include various stories about the health law’s implementation at both the federal and state level.
New research sheds light on natural mechanism that protects ears from hearing loss
New research from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology may have discovered a key piece in the puzzle of how hearing works by identifying the role of the olivocochlear …
Study examines specific form of autism caused by duplication on chromosome 15
Identifying and understanding the combination of factors that leads to autism is an ongoing scientific challenge. This developmental disorder appears in the first three years of life, and affects the brain’s normal development of social and communicati…
Konzo’s harm goes beyond devastating physical effects
The harm done by konzo – a disease overshadowed by the war and drought it tends to accompany – goes beyond its devastating physical effects to impair children’s memory, problem solving and other cognitive functions.