A low number of anti-VEGF injections in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration produced positive results after 1 year of treatment, but the results fell short of the efficacy associated with more frequent injections, according to a …
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EYLEAT (aflibercept Injection) Submitted In Japan For Marketing Authorization For The Treatment Of Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Bayer HealthCare today announced thatBayer Yakuhin, Ltd., Osaka, Japan, has submitted an application to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) in Japan for marketing authorization for EYLEAT, also known as …
The Revolutionary Training Tool For Cataract Surgery
The Kitaro DryLab and WetLab Kits are revolutionary educational and training tools for cataract surgery. These innovative kits offer realistic surgical simulation through specially designed synthetic materials that give the look and feel of the natural…
Reichert Technologies Launches New Advantage Plus Chair And Stand
Reichert Technologies is pleased to announce the release of their new Advantage Plus Chair and Stand. The Advantage Plus unit features the same robust construction as the original Advantage Chair and Stand, which has successfully served the eye care co…
Study Links Celiac Disease to Cataract Risk
People with celiac disease may have a slightly increased risk of cataracts, a new study suggests. Reuters Health Information
Health Canada approves Tasigna for newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome-positive CML
Over a decade ago, Canadian patients diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), celebrated when PrGleevec (imatinib mesylate) was approved in Canada.
STAAR Surgical completes first procedures to implant Visian ICL V4c design
STAAR Surgical Company, the leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of minimally invasive refractive lenses that go inside the eye, today announced the completion of the first procedures to implant its recently CE Mark-approved Visian Implantable …
ACT Granted EU Orphan Medicinal Product Designation For HESC-Derived RPE Cells For Treatment Of Stargardt’s Disease
Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. , a leader in the field of regenerative medicine, announced today that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP) has officially granted ACT’s human embryonic stem cell (hESC)-der…
STAAR Surgical Announces First VisianĀ® ICL V4c Implants In Europe
STAAR Surgical Company, the leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of minimally invasive refractive lenses that go inside the eye, today announced the completion of the first procedures to implant its recently CE Mark-approved VisianĀ® Implantabl…
NEW! The Revolutionary Training Tool For Cataract Surgery
The Kitaro DryLab and WetLab Kits are revolutionary educational and training tools for cataract surgery. These innovative kits offer realistic surgical simulation through specially designed synthetic materials that give the look and feel of the natural…
Suprachoroidal Tube Drainage May Be Effective As Initial Glaucoma Treatment
Suprachoroidal tube drainage of aqueous humor may be a preferred initial treatment for glaucoma patients without prior trabeculectomy, a study found.
Physicist’s Discovery Alters Conventional Understanding Of Sight
A discovery by a team of researchers led by a Syracuse University physicist sheds new light on how the vision process is initiated. For almost 50 years, scientists have believed that light signals could not be initiated unless special light-receptor mo…
Growth-braking tumor-suppressor gene slows growth of childhood brain tumors
Johns Hopkins researchers have found a likely explanation for the slow growth of the most common childhood brain tumor, pilocytic astrocytoma. Using tests on a new cell-based model of the tumor, they concluded that the initial process of tumor formatio…
Cause Of Hereditary Blindness Discovered
Medics at the RUB have found the cause of hereditary, progressive blindness: they have identified the previously unknown protein CCDC66, the loss of which initially leads to night blindness and in due course usually results in complete blindness. The r…
Dry Eye With Reflex Tearing Causes Significant Proportion Of Tearing Cases
A mechanism other than nasolacrimal duct obstruction was responsible for tearing in a significant proportion of patients, a study found.
Supreme Court Overturns Ban on Prescription Data Mining
The US Supreme Court has overturned a Vermont law that bans the use of physician prescription drug records for marketing purposes. Medscape Medical News
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 …