At OSN New York, John P. Berdahl, MD, presents a case of where he performed therapeutic laser-assisted cataract surgery.
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Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Celebrates the First Year Anniversary of Healthy Indiana Plan 2.0
INDIANAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–One year ago, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield supported the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the efforts of Governor Pence to bring affordable health care to more Hoosiers through the Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP) 2.0. As a result of HIP, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, which serves more than 40 percent of the HIP 2.0 population, has facilitated more than 75,000 total eye care and dentist visits through the first seven months. Additionally,
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Second Sight to Announce Five-Year Data from Argus II Clinical Trial Program
SYLMAR, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. (NASDAQ:EYES) (“Second Sight” or “the Company”), a developer, manufacturer and marketer of implantable visual prosthetics to provide some useful vision to blind patients, announced it will unveil five-year outcomes associated with the Argus® II Retinal Prosthesis System (“Argus II”) during the 39th Annual Macula Society Meeting, being held February 24-27, 2016, at Eden Roc Miami Beach. James Handa, MD, the Robert Bond Welch Pr
Waterloo vision scientists discover potential treatment for adults with lazy eye
A new treatment for adults with lazy eye, a condition previously thought to be treatable only in childhood, is one step closer as a result of research from the University of Waterloo in Canada and…
InFo Instant Focus© – 白内障の天然レンズ手術における革命
スイス・ヌーシャテル–(BUSINESS WIRE)–（ビジネスワイヤ） — Swiss Advanced Vision (SAV-IOL SA – www.sav-iol.com)は、医療分野で競合相手が存在しない製品の発売を発表しました。水晶体摘出後の白内障治療が適応の眼内レンズ（IOL）であるInFo Instant Focus©は、患者がまるで20歳の時のように完全な視覚を回復させます。 InFoが開発される以前は、白内障手術の2つの転帰が眼科にとって常に問題となっていました。すなわち老眼の矯正（近見視力の改善）と解像能力（鮮明な像知覚）です。また現在利用可能なソリューションはすべて、脳が天然レンズの代替物に適応するまで数週間を必要としています。それに加えて、多焦点レンズは通常、ゴースト像やハローが発生します。 InFoは解像能力を妨げることなく即座に視力を矯正できる初のインプラントです。InFoは光物理学に基づいて、一定強度を持つ単一のライトフィールドを独自に利用しています。どのような状況であれ、完全に鮮明な像が網膜に映し出されます。脳は焦点の増加によって混乱すること
Two Johns Hopkins scientists named among 105 winners of Presidential Early Career Awards
Namandje Bumpus, Ph.D., and Jordan Green, Ph.D., of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine are among 105 winners of Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, which were announced by the White House on Feb. 18.