A type of high-power blue laser toy readily available over the Internet and increasingly popular among male teens and young adults can cause serious, sometimes irreversible, eye damage, according to a report by investigators from Saudi Arabia’s King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital and Johns Hopkins Medicine.
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JAMA Delves Deep Into What’s Ailing American Healthcare
In a special issue, titled ‘Critical Issues in U.S. Health Care,’ JAMA explores solutions. Medscape Medical News
American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) 2013 Annual Meeting
Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from AAO 2013. Medscape Ophthalmology
Removing Retained Lens Fragments: Now or Later?
Removing a retained lens fragment right away makes intuitive sense, but is waiting really a bad idea? Medscape Ophthalmology
Hemianopia patients confirm prism benefits
Results from a crossover trial confirm anecdotal reports that patients with homonymous hemianopia benefit from wearing peripheral prism glasses.
Researchers look to armadillos, fruit flies, nematodes, and other species to understand human brain function and vision loss
Research just released reveals a new model for a genetic eye disease, and shows how animal models – from fruit flies to armadillos and monkeys – can yield valuable information about the human brain. The findings were presented at Neuroscience 2013, the…
Neuroptis Biotech reports positive results from ML7 preclinical trials for eye surface diseases
Neuroptis Biotech, the ophthalmology drug research and development specialist, announces positive results in preclinical trials of the eye-drop formulation of its ML7 product. ML7 is intended for use in the treatment of eye surface diseases, particular…
Weight Loss and Diabetes
Weight loss still confers important benefits to patients with diabetes, despite the major findings of Look AHEAD. Medscape Optometry
Peripheral prism glasses provide simple mobility rehabilitation intervention for hemianopia
More than a million Americans suffer from hemianopia, or blindness in one half of the visual field in both eyes as the result of strokes, tumors or trauma. People with hemianopia frequently bump into walls, trip over objects, or walk into people on the…
Drug-Induced Uveitis
What types of drugs, systemic or otherwise, are often associated with uveitis? This new study describes. Current Opinion in Ophthalmology
Generating an alternative to IVIG therapy: an interview with Professor Richard Pleass, LSTM
IVIG is a hugely successful biological with FDA approval for treating idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), Kawasaki disease, Guillain-Barré syndrome, Graves ophthalmopathy and numerous polyneuropathies.
Premature birth increases risk of retinal detachment later in life by up to 19 times
Children born extremely prematurely have up to a 19 times greater risk of retinal detachment later in life than peers born at term, according to a Swedish study published this month in Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology…
Climate may play a role in the distribution and prevalence of trachoma
High temperatures and low rainfall are important factors which influence the occurrence and severity of the active stages of trachoma – the most common cause of infectious blindness – according to a new study published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseas…
BRVO: Natural History Knowledge Can Guide Prognosis
Knowledge of the natural history of branch retinal vein occlusion and its clinical manifestations can help clinicians better understand progression and prognosis. Medscape Medical News
Demand for Specialists Will Outpace Primary Care by 2025
Primary care demand is expected to grow by 14% by 2025, but demand will grow even more markedly for specialized services, including cardiology, radiology, and surgery. Medscape Medical News
Effect of Anti-glaucoma Medications on Tear Osmolarity
Are patients on chronic topical anti-glaucoma medication, as well as post-trabeculectomy patients, more likely to have raised tear film osmolarity and dry eye symptoms suggestive of ocular surface disease? This new study investigates. Eye
Gold Micro Shunt Implantation in Glaucoma
Whether it’s the shunt or the implantation technique, this device does not seem ready for widespread use. Medscape Ophthalmology
Parents can check their kids for retinoblastoma using digital photography
Can parents use digital cameras and smart phones to potentially screen their children for the most common form of pediatric eye cancer? Baylor University and Harvard Medical School researchers believe so…
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles opens new outpatient care center in Santa Monica
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles opened the doors of its new outpatient care center in Santa Monica today. The pediatric medical facility, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles – Santa Monica, will be staffed by 10 physicians who are Board-Certified in seven …
Study investigates association between preterm birth and later retinal detachment
Children born extremely prematurely have up to a 19 times greater risk of retinal detachment later in life than peers born at term, according to a Swedish study published this month in Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.