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Study Estimates Potential For Ranibizumab To Prevent Blindness From Age-Related Macular Degeneration
A computer modeling study suggests that administering the drug ranibizumab is associated with reducing the magnitude of legal blindness and visual impairment caused by age-related macular degeneration in non-Hispanic white individuals, according to a r…
Expenditures For Glaucoma Medications Appear To Have Increased
CHICAGO – In recent years, spending for glaucoma medications has increased, especially for women, persons who have only public health insurance and those with less than a high school education, according to a report published Online First by Archives o…
Majority of New Physician Jobs Feature Hospital Employment
Primary care physicians remain in high demand as private practice opportunities decline, according to a survey by a national physician search firm. Medscape Medical News
Glaucoma Drug Costs Up Strongly over Six Years (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) — Spending on glaucoma medications increased 25% over the six-year period from 2001 through 2006, researchers reported.
People Spending More On Glaucoma Medications
Average expenditure on medications per patient with glaucoma in 2001 was $445, by 2006 it had increased to $557, an increase of 25%, researchers from the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami reported in Archives of Ophthalmology. In the USA about 2.2 m…
Ranibizumab Likely Linked To Better Age-Related Macular Degeneration Outcomes
Ranibizumab has potential to prevent blindness and visual impairment from age-related macular degeneration in non-Hispanic Caucasian patients, according to a computer-modeling study carried out by scientists at the Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopki…
Senator Coburn on Medicaid: Let the Market Decide
Tom Coburn, one of 3 physicians in the US Senate, discusses the realities of Medicaid in today’s healthcare system and the struggles faced by healthcare providers and patients. Medscape Internal Medicine
The Unbearable Lateness of Being (a Doc)
Physicians discuss being late and whether they should apologize to their patients or not. Medscape Family Medicine
LA/hypnosis combination during surgery can aid healing process, reduce drug use and hospital stay time
Using a combination of hypnosis and local anaesthesia (LA) for certain types of surgery can aid the healing process and reduce drug use and time spent in hospital, anaesthesiologists have found. The combination could also help avoid cancer recurrence a…
BCVA Results Better Maintained With Monthly Ranibizumab Treatments
Monthly injections with ranibizumab maintained best corrected visual acuity results better than did quarterly injections in patients with subfoveal choroidal neovascularization secondary to age-related macular degeneration, according to a study.
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Summer Flooding Causes Concern For Contact Lens Wearers
As the rising flood waters of rivers across the country force people to seek higher ground, the American Optometric Association (AOA) reminds consumers to be vigilant with eye protection and eye care, particularly for contact lens wearers. Flooding cau…
Roundworms Carried by Pets Can Cause Blindness (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) — Ocular toxocariasis, though rare, causes blindness in seven out of 10 of those affected by it, typically children, according to a national survey conducted by the CDC.
Premier healthcare alliance awards new agreements for ophthalmology products
The Premier healthcare alliance has announced that new agreements for ophthalmology products have been awarded.
Huge Databases and Meta-Analyses: Can We Trust Them to Treat?
Henry Black and Andrew Vickers discuss studies based on large databases and meta-analyses and whether they have a place on clinical decision-making. Medscape Cardiology
Researchers Uncover The Source Of The Visual System’s ‘False Alarms’
On rare occasion, the light-sensing photoreceptor cells in the eye misfire and signal to the brain as if they have captured photons, when in reality they haven’t. For years this phenomenon remained a mystery…
Aiming To Eradicate Blinding Diseases, Mass. Eye And Ear And Schepens Eye Research Institute Join Forces
The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Schepens Eye Research Institute have announced that they are combining forces to create the world’s largest and most robust basic and clinical ophthalmology research enterprise with full spectrum bench-to-bed…
Scientists Find How Rogue Cells ‘Eat Our Eyes’
Vision scientists have identified a key player in macular degeneration (MD), raising hope for a treatment for the currently incurable blinding disease. The studies reveal how light-damaged eyes invoke an out-of-control immune response, resulting in whi…
Regulatory Mechanism For Gene Expression In The Visual System Uncovered By Biologists
Biologists have uncovered a key regulatory mechanism used for gene expression in the visual system. Their findings, which appear in the latest issue of the journal Cell, offer new insights into the complexity behind the genetic make-up of biological sy…