For 40 million Americans, using contact lenses to improve vision is a way of life. While a good number adhere to the medical guidelines for wearing contacts, some do not. According to the American Optometric Association’s (AOA) annual American Eye-Q&17…
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Pars Plana Vitrectomy Still A Good Strategy For Management Of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
Pars plana vitrectomy for the management of proliferative diabetic retinopathy is effective, but attention to pre- and perioperative techniques may lead to even better results, according to a speaker here.
Cataract Surgery Saves Lives, Dollars By Reducing Auto Crashes
Cataract surgery not only improves vision and quality of life for older people, but is also apparently a way to reduce the number of car crashes. The research will be presented today’s at the Scientific Program of the 2010 American Academy of Ophthalmo…
Statement On The LASIK Quality Of Life Collaboration Project
While multiple studies have documented that LASIK surgery is safe and effective and has an excellent patient satisfaction rate, more research into the post-LASIK patient experience is a welcome addition. The Academy anticipates that the LASIK Quality o…
Pars Plana Vitrectomy Still A Good Strategy For Management Of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
Pars plana vitrectomy for the management of proliferative diabetic retinopathy is effective, but attention to pre- and perioperative techniques may lead to even better results, according to a speaker here.
Eating Disorder Anorexia Nervosa Causes Potentially Serious Eye Damage
Cataract Surgery Saves Lives, Dollars By Reducing Auto Crashes
Cataract surgery not only improves vision and quality of life for older people, but is also apparently a way to reduce the number of car crashes. The research will be presented today’s at the Scientific Program of the 2010 American Academy of Ophthalmo…
New Vision Correction Options For Baby Boomers
CHICAGO – Results of clinical research on new presbyopia treatments now available in Europe-and possibly available soon in the United States-were reported in today’s Scientific Program of the 2010 Joint Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology …
Radiation Therapy A Plausible Strategy In Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma
Because optic sheath meningioma is a slowly progressing, benign ophthalmic tumor, careful monitoring should be the first line of management, but when treatment is called for, fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy can be highly effective, according to …
Statement On The LASIK Quality Of Life Collaboration Project
While multiple studies have documented that LASIK surgery is safe and effective and has an excellent patient satisfaction rate, more research into the post-LASIK patient experience is a welcome addition. The Academy anticipates that the LASIK Quality o…
AAO: Kids’ Eye Injuries from Dog Bites Often Severe (CME/CE)
CHICAGO (MedPage Today) — When children suffer eye injuries from dog bites, treatment often becomes much more complicated with multiple surgeries and long recovery periods, a researcher said here.
AAO: Bevacizumab Tops Anti-VEGF Choice in AMD (CME/CE)
CHICAGO (MedPage Today) — More than half of Medicare patients prescribed a biologic for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are getting bevacizumab (Avastin) off-label rather than ranibizumab (Lucentis), which is approved for the condition, researc…
Cataract surgery saves lives
CHICAGOCataract surgery not only improves vision and quality of life for older people, but is also apparently a way to reduce the number of car crashes. The research will be presented today’s at the Scientific Program of the 2010 American Academy of O…
Drugs for macular degeneration
(Boston) Scientists from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and the VA Boston Healthcare System have conducted a study that failed to show a difference in efficacy between Bevacizumab (Avastin) and Ranibizumab (Lucentis) for the therapy of a…
How the retina works: Like a multi-layered jigsaw puzzle
About 1.25 million neurons in the retina — each of which views the world only through a small jagged window called a receptive field — collectively form the seamless picture we rely on to navigate our environment. Receptive fields fit together like …
AAO: Poor ROP Care Termed ‘Epidemic’ (with video)
CHICAGO (MedPage Today) — Although most preterm babies with retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) can have their sight saved if the condition is detected promptly, that fails to happen in far too many cases, a researcher charges in this exclusive InFocus r…
ISTA Pharmaceuticals Receives FDA Approval For BROMDAY™
ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ISTA), announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Company’s supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for BROMDAY™ (bromfenac ophthalmic solution) 0.09% as a once-daily prescription eye …
Some Retinitis Pigmentosa Patients May Benefit From Beta Carotene
Today’s Scientific Program of the 2010 American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) – Middle East-Africa Council of Ophthalmology (MEACO) Joint Meeting includes a report on beta carotene’s ability to improve vision in people with certain incurable retinal d…
Bromday Eye Drops (Bromfenac Ophthalmic Solution) Approved For Post-operative Inflammation
Patients with post-operative eye inflammation as well as those who have undergone cataract surgery and experience eye pain may be considered for Bromday once-daily eye-drop treatment, as it was approved for both indications by the FDA (Food and Drug Ad…
AAO: Retinoid Drug May Slow Dry AMD Progression (CME/CE)
CHICAGO (MedPage Today) — Fenretinide could still become the first disease-modifying treatment for geographic atrophy — the end stage of “dry” age-related macular degeneration (AMD) — in spite of a bungled phase II trial, researchers said here.