ATLANTA (MedPage Today) — Diabetes-related vision deficits declined significantly over the past 15 years, according to a study by the CDC.
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CooperVision Expanding Global Recall Of Contact Lenses
Some lots of Avaira Sphere contact lenses have been added to CooperVision’s global recall of the Avaira brand product line. The company says the level of silicone oil residue in some Avaira Sphere lens lots did not meet its updated quality requirements…
Retinal Microvascular Changes May Predict Disability
The association between retinal microvascular changes and risk for disability was independent of vascular risk factors and carotid atherosclerosis. Medscape Medical News
How Space Flight Impacts Astronauts’ Eyes And Vision
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (NANOS) member describes novel eye findings in astronauts after long duration space flight A newly published ophthalmologic study recently described the history, clinical findings, and possible etiologies of n…
Retinoblastoma Care Should Include Genetic Evaluation
Results of a study by Baylor College of Medicine physicians underscore the important role that clinical genetic evaluation can have in the management plan of patients with retinoblastoma, a childhood cancer of the eye…
Eyes May Be Window on Future Disability (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) — Microvascular changes in the retina could be an early warning sign for disability in older people, researchers reported.
Malpractice lawsuits linked to surgeon depression and career burnout
According to the results of a new study published in the November 2011 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, malpractice lawsuits against U.S. surgeons occur often and can take a profound personal toll on the surgeon, resulting in emotional exha…
FDA Requests More Data for Iluvien NDA
Approval of the intravitreal insert was delayed by the US Food and Drug Administration until more data are available. Medscape Medical News
Vitamin D May Be Linked to Spine Disease (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) — Vitamin D was significantly lower in people with recurrent transverse myelitis, neuromyelitis optica, and related inflammatory spinal diseases, researchers found.
Psychologists Increase Understanding Of How The Brain Perceives Shades Of Gray
Vision is amazing because it seems so mundane. Peoples’ eyes, nerves and brains translate light into electrochemical signals and then into an experience of the world around them…
First Patient Receives FDA-Approved Telescope Implant For End-Stage Macular Degeneration
VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies, Inc., a developer of advanced visual prosthetic devices, today announced that the first patient has received the FDA-approved Implantable Miniature Telescope (by Dr. Isaac Lipshitz) procedure indicated to improve vis…
pSivida Corp. to Hold Monday November 14 Conference Call to Discuss Complete Response Letter for ILUVIEN® for DME and pSivida’s Product Pipeline
WATERTOWN, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–pSivida to hold conference call Monday to discuss product pipeline and CRL from FDA for ILUVIEN
US FDA Spurns Merck Contraceptive, Glaucoma Drug
The FDA has declined to approve an oral contraceptive and a glaucoma treatment being developed by Merck & Co Inc, but the U.S. drugmaker did not disclose details of the agency’s concerns. Reuters Health Information
Researchers uncover mechanism that governs cell specialization
Researchers at then Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have uncovered a mechanism that governs how cells become specialized during development.
Slow Start for Bundled-Payment Pilot Bodes Ill for Reform
Three years in, participants in a private-sector pilot project still had not left the world of the traditional fee-for-service system. An analysis puts much of the blame on the experiment’s complexity. Medscape Medical News
FDA Turns Down Merck Birth Control Pill, Glaucoma Drug
(MedPage Today) — Two products Merck had submitted to the FDA for marketing approval have been turned away with complete response letters, the company said.
Afterimages: What The Brain Sees After The Eye Stops Looking
When we gaze at a shape and then the shape disappears, a strange thing happens: We see an afterimage in the complementary color. Now a Japanese study has observed for the first time an equally strange illusion: The afterimage appears in a “complementar…
First-ever phase 1 clinical trial of rectal HIV-prevention drug
A topically applied microbicide gel containing a potent anti-HIV drug has been found to significantly reduce infection when applied to rectal tissue that was subsequently exposed to HIV in the laboratory, according to a new study by the UCLA AIDS Insti…
Astronauts’ Eyesight Damaged During Long Space Missions
Ophthalmologists seek explanation for eye abnormalities found among space station crews. Medscape Medical News
Second Appeals Court Affirms Individual Mandate
The appellate decision is a warm-up act for the Supreme Court, expected to announce shortly that it will decide whether requiring individuals to obtain health insurance is constitutional. Medscape Medical News