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Ophthalmology Drugs Development – International Experts Discuss
A two-day workshop for 200 experts in eye diseases from Europe, The United States, Australia, and Japan was assembled for the first time by the European Medicines Agency on 27 and 28 of October 2011. The experts reviewed scientific and regulatory chall…
Study Describes How Space Flight Impacts Astronauts’ Eyes And Vision
A new study sponsored by NASA finds that space flights lasting six months or more can cause a spectrum of changes in astronauts’ visual systems. Some problems, including blurry vision, appear to persist long after astronauts’ return to Earth. The resul…
Skin Senses Light In "Eye-Like" Fashion
New research published this week reveals that our skin is able to “sense” ultraviolet light in the same way as our eyes because skin cells contain rhodopsin, the same photosensitive receptor that the eye uses to detect light…
Physicians Worry About Misinformed Patients in Internet Age
One in five physicians in a new survey say that easier access to health information leads to ‘misinformation and incorrect self-diagnosis.’ Medscape Medical News
Long-duration space voyages can affect astronauts’ visual systems
A new study sponsored by NASA finds that space flights lasting six months or more can cause a spectrum of changes in astronauts’ visual systems.
Pharmaceutical Partnership To Improve Patient Eye Care
Aston University has joined forces with a major UK pharmaceutical company to deliver improved care for patients with eye disease, allergies and other conditions. Aston’s School of Life and Health Sciences is working with Spectrum Théa to offer impro…
Researchers Design A Viral Vector To Treat A Genetic Form Of Blindness
Researchers at Ohio State University Medical Center and Nationwide Children’s Hospital have developed a viral vector designed to deliver a gene into the eyes of people born with an inherited, progressive form of blindness that affects mainly males…
Restore Your Near Vision — Without Reading Glasses
Cornea inlay improves near vision in people with presbyopia. WebMD Health News
Are Glaucoma Treatment Paradigms Changing?
Experts in glaucoma discuss news from AAO that could change clinical practice. Medscape Ophthalmology
New Drug Candidates Discovered For Cystic Fibrosis And Other Diseases
A new discovery by Californian scientists may lead to a pharmaceutical breakthrough for a wide range of illnesses that involve the hydration of cells that line the inner surfaces of our body’s organs and tissues…
Gene Mutation Associated With Rare Eye Disease Also Contributes To Bladder Cancer Growth
Research conducted by Dr. Jayne S. Weiss, Professor and Chair of Ophthalmology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, and colleagues has found that a defect in a gene involved in a rare disease of the cornea also contributes to the progression of i…
Pupil can constrict without any input from brain
You’ve seen it on television: A doctor shines a bright light into an unconscious patient’s eye to check for brain death. If the pupil constricts, the brain is OK, because in mammals, the brain controls the pupil. Or does it? Now, researchers at Johns H…
Clinical-grade viral vector can cure choroideremia
Researchers at Ohio State University Medical Center and Nationwide Children’s Hospital have developed a viral vector designed to deliver a gene into the eyes of people born with an inherited, progressive form of blindness that affects mainly males.
Advances in Vitreoretinal Surgery
Dr. Steve Charles takes you on a whirlwind tour of the latest developments in vitreoretinal surgery presented at AAO this year. Medscape Ophthalmology
Retinopathy of Prematurity: Progress and Debate
ROP was a hot topic at this year’s AAO. Dr. Monte Mills reviews key data on the use of bevacizumab for this significant complication of prematurity. Medscape Ophthalmology
Bringing Refractive Surgery to a Whole New Level
Experts discuss why manual flaps and incisions can’t compete in the era of femtosecond laser-assisted corneal refractive surgery. Medscape Ophthalmology
Medicare to Slightly Reduce Big Physician Pay Cut in 2012
Leaders of organized medicine say the slightly less onerous reduction in reimbursement would still have devastating effects on practice finances and patient access to care. Medscape Medical News
Keeping SCORE: Corticosteroids for Retinal Vein Occlusions
How are the results of the Standard Care vs COrticosteroid for REtinal Vein Occlusion (SCORE) Study affecting the management of macular edema associated with retinal vein occlusions? Medscape Ophthalmology
TERE1 gene mutation also contributes to invasive bladder cancer
Research conducted by Dr. Jayne S. Weiss, Professor and Chair of Ophthalmology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, and colleagues has found that a defect in a gene involved in a rare disease of the cornea also contributes to the progression of i…