How do we “know” from the movements of speeding car in our field of view if it’s coming straight toward us or more likely to move to the right or left?Scientists have long known that our perceptions of the outside world are processed in our cortex, the…
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Ocriplasmin Injection Linked to Impaired Vision
Two case reports add to previous reports and link ocriplasmin for the treatment of symptomatic vitreomacular adhesion with impaired vision and panretinal changes. Medscape Medical News
Dry Eye Syndrome Linked to Poor Air Quality, Weather
A new report has demonstrated a link between living in an area with poor air quality and the risk of developing dry eye disease. Medscape Medical News
Medicare Advantage Cuts May Shrink Physician Networks
Meanwhile, Connecticut physicians who were bounced from Medicare Advantage networks by United Healthcare in the name of high quality and low cost are pursuing arbitration. Medscape Medical News
High Court to Hear Case on Medical, Dental Board Powers
The case is about whether a state dental board can stop nondentists from whitening teeth. The AMA fears that medical boards could lose the ability to decide who does what in the exam room. Medscape Medical News
Wisely Choosing the Right Care
More than 60 medical societies have named hundreds of routine actions or tests that are unnecessary and shouldn’t be done, speeding the momentum of this effort. Medscape Internal Medicine
Monovision vs Multifocal IOLs in Cataract Surgery
A study provides evidence of the trade-off between monovision and multifocal intraocular lenses, raising the question: Should spectacle independence be the goal? Medscape Ophthalmology
Morning Break: Doc Pay Gap Shrinks, Burnout Cure
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Acanthamoeba keratitis: A rare infectious eye disease is targeted by a new drug treatment under development by a European consortium
ODAK is an industry led FP7 project which aims to develop a safe and effective treatment for a rare eye disease Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK), a devastating and severely debilitating condition which can lead to blindness and in over 85% of cases associat…
Study establishes innovative approaches to improve vision of young children with brain tumor
Robert Avery, DO, MSCE, of Children’s National Health System and colleagues are establishing innovative approaches with technology and medication to improve the vision of young children who have visual pathway glioma, a type of brain tumor.
Light-sensitive switches turn pain off and sight on
Photoreactive compounds developed by LMU scientists directly modulate nerve-cell function, and open new routes to the treatment of neurological diseases, including chronic pain and certain types of visual impairment.All modes of sensory perception are …
Expensive Tube-Shunt Surgery Cost-Effective in Glaucoma
Lower rates of failure and reoperation make the Baerveldt tube shunt cost-effective, despite being more expensive than trabeculectomy, a new study shows. Medscape Medical News
American Glaucoma Society (AGS) 24th Annual Meeting
Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from AGS 2014. Medscape Ophthalmology
Abingworth announces final closing of £225M ($375M) fund
Abingworth, the international investment group dedicated to life sciences and healthcare, today announced the final closing of its £225m ($375m) fund, Abingworth Bioventures VI (ABV VI). ABV VI, Abingworth’s 10th life sciences fund, exceeded its target of £200 million and invests in life sciences and healthcare both in Europe and the US.
New corneal layer important for intraocular pressure maintenance
UK researchers have found that a newly discovered layer of the human eye is an important part of the structural tissue that helps to maintain intraocular pressure and thus may play a role in the development of glaucoma.
New ACA Insurance Causes Headaches in Some Doctors’ Offices
Sheila Lawless is the office manager at a small rheumatology practice in Wichita Falls, Texas, about two hours outside of Dallas. Kaiser Health News
CMS Vows Flexibility on EHR Hardship Exemptions
Doctors who do not meet stiffer meaningful use requirements in 2014 may be able to avoid a penalty if their software vendor is the problem, but the ICD-10 deadline will not be extended, CMS has said. Medscape Medical News
UAB launches pilot program to detect earlier stages of glaucoma
Glaucoma is a silent disease. It does not hurt, symptoms are slow to develop, and most people do not notice any loss of vision until it is too late. A project by ophthalmologists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham will examine whether a partner…
Ranibizumab Treatment for Neovascular AMD
Are there risk factors for being a ‘reduced responder’ to ranibizumab treatment for AMD, and if so, what should clinicians be aware of? BMC Ophthalmology
Jackson Laboratory Assistant Professor wins 2013 Lewis Rudin Glaucoma Prize from NYAM
Jackson Laboratory Assistant Professor Gareth Howell, Ph.D., is one of two winners of the 2013 Lewis Rudin Glaucoma Prize from The New York Academy of Medicine.