IRIDEX Corporation today announced that it has exclusively licensed the rights to all of the intellectual property of Ocunetics, Inc., a privately held company based in Alamo, California. Ocunetics develops procedure-enabling medical devices that are …
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Canaloplasty an Option in Open-Angle Glaucoma
Canaloplasty works just as well as trabeculectomy in reducing intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients with open-angle glaucoma, according to a comparative case series in Ophthalmology. Reuters Health Information
Social Media Primer for Healthcare Professionals
Popular social media sites can benefit healthcare professionals, if used appropriately. Find out how. Medscape Public Health
ERWW PR forms Health Buzz Group
Euro RSCG Worldwide PR (ERWW PR) announces the formation of its Health Buzz Group, a global division created in response to growing client interest in big, splashy “wows” from small budgets in quick time frames using traditional and social media to…
Innovative Solutions For Restoring Vision
Max Planck Society (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft), Germany’s leading basic research organization, has announced that it has signed with Fovea Pharmaceuticals, the Ophthalmology Division of Sanofi, a research collaboration and license agreement to identify a…
Advanced Bionics Announces FDA Approval For U.S. Market Re-Entry Of The HiRes 90K Cochlear Implant
Advanced Bionics (AB), the only U.S.-based manufacturer of cochlear implants and a subsidiary of Switzerland-based Sonova, announced today the approval of the FDA for immediate market re-entry of the HiRes 90K cochlear implant in the United States…
Venus Williams withdraws from US Open due to Sjogren syndrome
Sjogren syndrome was in the news recently when tennis player, Venus Williams, was forced to withdraw form the US Open tennis tournament due to symptoms from the disease.
Proton Irradiation for Choroidal Melanomas Near Optic Nerve
For patients with melanoma near the optic nerve, proton beam radiotherapy offers benefits in terms of eye conservation and low recurrence, but with a tradeoff in visual acuity, according to a new study. Reuters Health Information
New collaboration reinforces Sanofi’s translational discovery platform for retinal diseases
The Max Planck Society (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft), Germany’s leading basic research organization, announced today that it has signed with Fovea Pharmaceuticals, the Ophthalmology Division of Sanofi, a research collaboration and license agreement to iden…
CHAM experts available to discuss variety of back-to-school issues
Experts from The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) are available for interviews on a variety of back-to-school issues.
Common Treatments Can Lead To Antibiotic Resistance
Overexposure to antibiotics has long been a concern in the medical community most specifically the development of antibiotic resistant infections as a result of repeated use…
Eyelid Lipid Plaques Predict CV Disease (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) — The presence of the lipid-containing yellow plaques known as xanthelasmata on the eyelids is an independent predictor of cardiovascular disease, a large prospective study found.
EHR Voice Recognition: An End to the ‘No Eye Contact’ Problem?
Physicians often complain that when using an EHR, they’re so busy typing that it’s hard to make good eye contact with patients. New voice recognition software holds promise, but is it there yet? Medscape Business of Medicine
Orphan Drug Status for Corneal Cross-Linking in Keratoconus
Corneal cross-linking is the first medical therapy available in the US to slow disease progress. Medscape Medical News
Visual Cortex Brain Cell Maturity Depends On Experience With Light
An investigation team in MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory and the Department of Brian and Cognitive Sciences, have identified tiny molecular signals that administer how the connections between brain cells mature when they eyes first see …
Repeat Antibiotic Injections in Eyes Breed Resistance (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) — Bacterial flora in eyes that were treated routinely with ophthalmic antibiotics to suppress infection after intravitreal drug injections frequently became resistant to multiple antibiotics, researchers said.
A Baby With Droopy Eyelids
What condition do you suspect is present in this 16-month-old girl with droopy eyelids and a chin-up head position? Medscape Ophthalmology
Lucentis receives Health Canada approval to treat vision loss from DME
Health Canada has approved Lucentis (ranibizumab) as a treatment for vision loss resulting from diabetic macular edema, one of the major causes of adult vision loss and an important complication of the growing epidemic of diabetes.
BVES protein may play a role in colon cancer progression
A protein critical in heart development may also play a part in colon cancer progression. Research led by investigators from Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and the Vanderbilt Eye Institute suggests that the protein BVES (blood vessel endocardial subst…
Bausch + Lomb to launch VICTUS Femtosecond Laser Platform for cataract surgery
Bausch + Lomb, the global leader in eye health, and Technolas Perfect Vision GmbH (TPV), a leading ophthalmology laser company, plan to introduce the VICTUS Femtosecond Laser Platform at the upcoming XXIX Congress of the European Society of Cataract an…