Mycobacterial ocular inflammation typically arises without concomitant systemic or pulmonary disease and should be suspected in patients who do not respond to anti-inflammatory therapy.
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Two-Eye Training Superior to One for Amblyopia
(MedPage Today) — Amblyopia improved significantly after a 2-week dual-eye training session with the popular video game Tetris, investigators reported.
Western Researchers Confirm Pine Bark Extract Could Reduce Cataract Risk
A winter after discovering Canada for France, Jacques Cartier’s exploration crew started suffering and dying from the dreadful scurvy disease in 1535. But thanks to an Iroquoian healer, they were miraculously cured by a tea made from pine bark…
Outlook For Minority, Uninsured Pediatric Retinoblastoma Patients Worsened By Delays In Diagnosis
When the eye cancer retinoblastoma is diagnosed in racial and ethnic minority children whose families don’t have private health insurance, it often takes a more invasive, potentially life-threatening course than in other children, probably because of d…
Two-Part Treatment Improves Outlook for Keratoconus
Surgeons in Mexico think they might have found a way to stabilize the corneas of patients with keratoconus, enabling them to see normally, without refractive correction. Medscape Medical News
Treatment for Concomitant Cataract and Glaucoma
Do phacotrabeculectomy and phacocanaloplasty both help to lower IOP in patients with concomitant cataract and glaucoma? This new study compares the 2 surgical procedures. BMC Ophthalmology
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) 2013 Symposium
Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from ASCRS 2013. Medscape Ophthalmology
Fixed-dose combination of drugs effectively lowers IOP
A fixed-dose combination of brinzolamide and brimonidine is more effective than either drug given alone for lowering intraocular pressure in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension, results of a phase III trial indicate.
Omeros presents clinical data of OMS302 on reducing pupil constriction during ILR at ASCRS meeting
Omeros Corporation today reported analyses of Phase 2 and Phase 3 clinical data showing the favorable impact of OMS302 on reducing the incidence of miosis (pupil constriction) during intraocular lens replacement.
FDA Approves Simbrinza for Glaucoma, Ocular Hypertension
The FDA has approved a suspension of brimonidine and brinzolamide for the reduction of elevated intraocular pressure in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension. FDA Approvals
Promising New Therapeutic Approach To Lazy Eye Disorder
A research team led by Dr. Robert Hess from McGill University and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) has used the popular puzzle video game Tetris in an innovative approach to treat adult amblyopia, commonly known a…
Playing Tetris Effective Way Of Treating Lazy Eye
The popular video game Tetris has been found to be effective at treating adult amblyopia, also known as ‘lazy eye’, according to new research conducted by scientists at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC). As one of …
Another Compounding Company Recalls All Sterile Product
Balanced Solutions Compounding Pharmacy has voluntarily recalled all lots of its sterile drug products because of sterility concerns, the FDA says. News Alerts
Practice-Changing News in Pediatric Ophthalmology
New syndromes, new paradigms, and new models elevate the treatment of pediatric ophthalmologic disease. Medscape Ophthalmology
Tetris Therapy Against Amblyopia
A new therapeutic approach for lazy eye, also known as amblyopia, uses good old Tetris to train the eyes to work together. This innovative approach to a common eye disorder is a result of research done by Dr. Robert Hess from McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada. And yes, you have read correctly: they use a video game to treat an eye (Read more...)
Researchers explore new technique to determine the activity of different calcium channels in cancer cells
Two Wayne State University researchers are working on a technique that could lead to easier, faster identification of cancer tumors that can be effectively treated by calcium channel-based therapies.
Researchers find innovative approach to treat lazy eye disorder
A research team led by Dr. Robert Hess from McGill University and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre has used the popular puzzle video game Tetris in an innovative approach to treat adult amblyopia, commonly known as “lazy eye”.
New Optical Tools for Imaging The Eyes: Medgadget Exclusive with Ramesh Raskar and Everett Lawson
TEDMED was not only an exciting event full of talks rich in practicality, inspiration, and information, but an opportunity to talk with the speakers and delegates in a comfortable setting about what they’re up to. Following their on-stage presentation, we sat down (in a darkly lit room) with Ramesh Raskar and PhD student Everett Lawson (Read more...)
More Eye Patch Time Speeds Amblyopia Correction
An increasingly intense strategy for patching children accelerates amblyopia correction at no extra cost, according to a randomized study. Medscape Medical News
OCT: Current and Future Applications
How effective is optical coherence tomography in the diagnosis of various ocular diseases, and how will it hold up in the future against other diagnostic methods? Current Opinion in Ophthalmology