PARIS — At the meeting of the French Society of Ophthalmology, Dominique Brémond-Gignac, MD, PhD, discusses a subspecialty meeting held during the meeting where she talked about the off-label use of cyclosporine for children with ocular allergies.
D.C. Week: Federal Judge Rules Against ACA Subsidies
(MedPage Today) — FDA warns that Cipro and similar antibiotics should not be used for uncomplicated infections
VIDEO: Extended range of vision IOL improves visual acuity
NEW ORLEANS — At the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting, Jason Jones, MD, discusses results from a study evaluating the Tecnis Symphony IOL from Abbott Medical Optics, which “delivers nice distance quality vision, improved intermediate range of vision and enhanced near vision.
Vehicle side windows offer low protection from UVA rays, study finds
A researcher finds that the side windows of automobiles offer low protection from UVA radiation, which he says could be a key contributor to skin cancer and cataracts.
Omidria reduces cataract surgery time, complications
NEW ORLEANS — Intracameral phenylephrine combined with ketorolac during cataract surgery was associated with a significantly lower complication rate than epinephrine injection, a speaker told colleagues here.“Intracameral phenylephrine/ketorolac administration, when compared to intracameral epinephrine in routine cataract surgery, was associated with a statistically significant reduction in use of pupillary mydriatic-assist devices, a decrease in intraoperative and postoperative complications, improvement in uncorrected visual acuity postop day 1 and a decrease in overall procedural time,” Eric Rosenberg, DO, MSE, said at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting.
How to Avoid Misdiagnosis
(MedPage Today) — How a patient makes you feel may affect your diagnostic acumen