What condition do you suspect is present in this 17-year-old boy with a headache and sudden eye swelling? Medscape Ophthalmology
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Auxilium Pharmaceuticals’ total revenues decrease 17% to $83 million in Q2 2014
Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a fully integrated specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced financial results for the second quarter ending June 30, 2014. The Company highlighted important corporate, commercial, regulatory and clinical deve…
Ranibizumab vs Laser in Diabetic Macular Edema
Are the differences significant enough to subject patients to the high injection burden required for anti-VEGF treatment? Medscape Ophthalmology
Intelligence as we age linked to spotting things quickly
A decline in intelligence later in life has been linked to a decline in how quickly the brain is able to interpret what the eye sees, according to a new study.
Patients Seeking Cheaper Care Getting Online Bids From Doctors
Medibid, a four-year-old Internet service, can help people get non-emergency medical services outside of costly hospitals, but critics note that the service provides no guarantee of quality or safety. Kaiser Health News
More Safety Data Needed for Intravitreal Anti-VEGF Agents
Intravitreal use of bevacizumab and ranibizumab does not appear to cause major cardiovascular events or non-ocular bleeding in patients with eye disease, according to a meta-analysis from France. Reuters Health Information
Study shows new potential mechanism to better understand AD in African Americans
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine report that two rare variants in the AKAP9 gene significantly increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in African-Americans.
Pediatric Vision Screening
What are the best methods for vision screening in children? This article provides some guidance. International Ophthalmology Clinics
Brimonidine for Autoregulation in Normal-Tension Glaucoma
Brimonidine can improve vascular retinal autoregulation, but does this translate into better visual outcomes? Medscape Ophthalmology
Detecting ROP: A Better Way?
Retinopathy of prematurity is a major cause of blindness in children. Is there a better way to identify these children earlier? CHOP Expert Commentary
Timing of neuronal generation is linked to how neurons achieve specific brain wiring
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have evidence suggesting that neurons in the developing brains of mice are guided by a simple but elegant birth order rule…
Researchers create most detailed molecular map to eye region associated with blinding diseases
Understanding eye diseases is tricky enough. Knowing what causes them at the molecular level is even more confounding.
Wireless Eye Implant Continuously Measures Intraocular Pressure (VIDEO)
Measuring a person’s intraocular pressure (IOP) can help diagnose and monitor glaucoma, but just like blood pressure it varies and can be subject to the “white coat effect.” Continuous monitoring of IOP to detect spikes is practically impossible when using a traditional tonometer, but a new eye implant from Germany’s Impland (Read more...)
Reading glasses not necessary with vision-correcting display
What if computer screens had glasses instead of the people staring at the monitors? That concept is not too far afield from technology being developed by UC Berkeley computer and vision scientists.
Vittamed’s Non-Invasive Intracranial Pressure and Cerebrovascular Autoregulation Monitors Cleared in EU (VIDEOS)
Vittamed out of Carlisle, MA received European CE Mark approval for its non-invasive intracranial pressure meter and non-invasive cerebrovascular autoregulation monitor. The Vittamed 205 intracranial pressure monitor works by applying pressure to the tissue surrounding the eye using a special pressure cuff. A Doppler ultrasound transducer plac (Read more...)
FDA Green Lights Eylea for DME
(MedPage Today) — The FDA has approved the vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor aflibercept (Eylea) for diabetic macular edema, drugmaker Regeneron announced.
Digital reading system for the blind, allows them to read graphs
People who are blind can now read more than just words, such as graphs and graphics, following the development of an affordable digital reading system by Curtin University researchers.
Automatic Test Detects Secondary Cataracts with High Precision
After cataract surgery a troubling number of patients develop posterior capsule opacity, also known as a “secondary cataract,” whereby a cloudy membrane develops behind the newly implanted lens. Recognizing this condition normally requires expert analysis, and while automated systems exist that detect lens opacity, they are not looking (Read more...)
FDA OKs Aflibercept (Eylea) for Diabetic Macular Edema
The drug is the first VEGF inhibitor that can be taken for less than once a month for this eye problem, the manufacturer has noted. FDA Approvals
Common diabetes-related condition diabetic autonomic neuropathy may be detected by wearable device
A group of researchers in Taiwan has developed a new optical technology that may be able to detect an early complication of diabetes sooner, when it is more easily treated.