The US Supreme Court has overturned a Vermont law that bans the use of physician prescription drug records for marketing purposes. Medscape Medical News
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Women MDs Spend More Time With Patients: Does It Matter?
Women MDs tend to spend longer times with patients than do male doctors. Why? And does it create a better patient relationship? Medscape Business of Medicine
Malpractice Reform Takes a Step Forward
New developments may make the long-awaited liability reform more likely to happen. Medscape Business of Medicine
Reductions in obesity-related medical costs offset cost of gastric banding surgery within 2.25 years
Allergan, Inc. today announced a new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases that found the cost of a gastric banding weight-loss surgery procedure, such as Allergan’s LAP-BAND Adjustable Gastric Banding Sy…
Neurobiologists Have Determined The Number Of Circuits Needed To See Movements
Surely, everybody knows this phenomenon: an animal doesn’t stand out against its background and becomes visible to us only when it moves. The reason behind this is that we depend strongly on our eyesight for navigation, and the perception of motion is …
Discovery Of The Cause Of Hereditary Blindness
RUB Medicine: new protein identified Initially the occurrence of progressive retinal degeneration – progressive retinal atrophy, in man called retinitis pigmentosa – had been identified in Schapendoes dogs. Retinitis pigmentosa is the most common her…
Sight Requires Exact Pattern Of Neural Activity To Be Wired In The Womb
The precise wiring of our visual system depends upon the pattern of spontaneous activity within the brain that occurs well before birth, a new study by Yale researchers shows. “It isn’t just the genes…
Study Demonstrates Potential Of New Gene Vector To Broaden Treatment Of Eye Diseases
Inspired by earlier successes using gene therapy to correct an inherited type of blindness, investigators from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, are poised to extend their approach to other types of blinding disorders…
Video Interview: Recent Discoveries in DSEK Surgery
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Cause Of Hereditary Blindness Discovered
Cause of hereditary blindness discoveredInitially the occurrence of progressive retinal degeneration – progressive retinal atrophy, in man called retinitis pigmentosa – had been identified in Schapendoes dogs. Retinitis pigmentosa is the most common he…
Next Generation Gene Therapy
PHILADELPHIA – Inspired by earlier successes using gene therapy to correct an inherited type of blindness, investigators from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, are poised to extend their approach to other types of blind…
Video: Carl Zeiss’ ATLASĀ® 9000 Corneal Topographer
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Peak IOP A Better Predictor Of Visual Field Progression Than Mean Pressure Or Fluctuation
IOP-dependent and IOP-independent risk factors affect visual field progression in patients treated for glaucoma, with peak IOP showing a stronger correlation than mean IOP or pressure fluctuation, a study found.
EyeMed Vision Care Adds Retinal Imaging Benefit In Support Of Eye Health And Vision Wellness
EyeMed Vision Care, one of the nation’s leading vision benefits companies and part of Luxottica (NYSE: LUX), a leader in vision care and eyewear, has begun offering retinal imaging as an optional benefit within a vision plan. Retinal imaging provides d…
Consumer Medication Information: One Page Fits All
Sandra Fryhofer, MD, talks about the new initiative for putting consumer drug information into a single document. Medscape Internal Medicine
Human Retina Protein Has The Molecular Capability To Function As A Light-Sensitive Magnetic Sensor
For migratory birds and sea turtles, the ability to sense the Earth’s magnetic field is crucial to navigating the long-distance voyages these animals undertake during migration. Humans, however, are widely assumed not to have an innate magnetic sense…
Poor Vision Leads To Falls For 270,000 Over-60s, UK
270,000 people in the UK aged 60+ who have fallen over in the last two years say that poor vision was a factor in their fall[i], according to new research released today to mark Age UK’s Falls Awareness Week 2011 (20-24 June). Many things can lead to …
Oxford BioMedica Announces Ocular Programme Update
Oxford BioMedica plc (“Oxford BioMedica” or “the Company”) (LSE: OXB), a leading gene therapy company, today announces that the first dose level of RetinoStat(R) is safe and well-tolerated at one month following treatment…
Oxford BioMedica reports RetinoStat progress in Phase I study against wet AMD
Oxford BioMedica plc, a leading gene therapy company, today announces that the first dose level of RetinoStat is safe and well-tolerated at one month following treatment.
‘A Sticky Situation’ – Part II
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