With the arrival of a leading expert in glaucoma, Douglas Rhee, MD, as its chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University Hospitals Case Medical Center is introducing a surgical procedure for the management of glaucoma that…
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‘Smart glasses’ for the near-blind start trials in public spaces
Scientists in the UK are testing smart glasses that can help people with limited vision navigate their environment in public spaces, such as shopping malls.
Night vision adversely affected by alcohol
Ethanol in the tear-film is one of the causes: it covers the surface of the eye, disturbs the outer layer and favours evaporation of the aqueous content of the tear, deteriorating the optical quality…
Some neurons turn to neighbors to get rid of old mitochondria
It’s broadly assumed that cells degrade and recycle their own old or damaged organelles, but researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School…
Illinois Eye Bank honors Loyola University Medical Center ophthalmologist
Loyola University Medical Center ophthalmologist Charles Bouchard, MD, is being honored by the Illinois Eye Bank for his commitment to the eye bank’s efforts and mission.
Glaucoma can affect infants and adults
When Christian Earl was six weeks old, his mother did not think his eyes looked right, so she took him to Loyola University Medical Center for an evaluation.
Aberrometry-Based Refraction: Enough for Surgical Planning?
Intraoperative wavefront aberrometry may not provide consistent results and should not be relied on as the sole guidance for intraoperative surgical planning during cataract surgery. Medscape Medical News
10 Cool, Amazing Gadgets and Trends to Help Your Practice
Many unique technological advances and new requirements of medical practices are quickly changing the way practices operate. Will you recognize your practice in a few years’ time? Medscape Business of Medicine
In a model of age-related macular degeneration in vivo, omega (ω)-3 found to inhibit blood vessel growth
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which is characterized by choroidal neovascularization (CNV), or blood vessel growth, is the primary cause of blindness in elderly individuals of…
Switch From Lucentis to Avastin Could Save Medicare $18B
Medicare could slash $18 billion in spending over the course of 10 years if physicians treated patients with vision-robbing ailments with bevacizumab instead of ranibizumab. Medscape Medical News
Selumetinib Yields Modest Benefits in Rare Eye Cancer
The first randomized controlled trial of the MEK inhibitor selumetinib finds modest improvement in clinical outcomes of advanced uveal melanoma but high rates of adverse effects. Medscape Medical News
Compared to chemotherapy, treatment with selumetinib not associated with improved long term survival for patients with an uncommon eye cancer
In patients with advanced uveal melanoma, treatment with the agent selumetinib, compared with chemotherapy, resulted in an improved cancer progression-free survival time and tumor response rate…
Glaucoma Risk After Infantile Cataract Surgery
Several factors may be tied to a lower risk of glaucoma after infantile cataract surgery, according to a meta-analysis: later surgery, primary implantation, and fewer additional procedures. Reuters Health Information
Low-power sensor to track changes in eye pressure for management of glaucoma
Your eye could someday house its own high-tech information center, tracking important changes and letting you know when it’s time to see an eye doctor.
Glaucoma, eye pressure monitoring via implanted sensor
Scientists are designing a low-power sensor for implanting in the eye during cataract surgery to monitor and transmit changes in pressure wirelessly via radio waves.
‘Optical Engineering’ features ‘exquisitely engineered’ human vision
A new special section on Human Vision in the current issue of Optical Engineering showcases optics and optical engineering research into new techniques and approaches for the study of human vision…
Symbion and Surgery Partners sign definitive merger agreement
Surgery Center Holdings Inc. (“Surgery Partners” or “The Company”), a portfolio company of H.I.G. Capital, LLC (“H.I.G.”), and Symbion Holdings Corporation (“Symbion”), a portfolio company of Crestview Partners, have announced that they have entered in…
Simulator for evaluating effects of visual impairment on person’s driving performance
The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine is the first ophthalmology department in the nation to feature a fully dedicated high-fidelity, highly realistic driving simulator for evaluating the effects of visual impairment on a person’s …
In diagnosis of giant cell arteritis, cranial ultrasound may replace temporal artery biopsy
A new study presented for the first time at the European League Against Rheumatism Annual Congress (EULAR 2014), shows that cranial ultrasound has a greater sensitivity than temporal artery biopsy,*…
New Journal of Medical Imaging highlights improvements in imaging of retina, brain, breast, more
The Journal of Medical Imaging (JMI) has launched, with freely accessible articles on new research on earlier and more accurate diagnosis and monitoring of cancer and other diseases, image quality…