(MedPage Today) — Hep C drug accounts for greatest share of Medicare drug spending.
Medidur meets study endpoint of preventing posterior uveitis recurrence at 6 months
Medidur met its primary efficacy endpoint of preventing the recurrence of posterior uveitis for 6 months in a phase 3 clinical trial, pSivida announced in a press release.Medidur, an injectable micro-insert introduced into the back of the eye, provides…
Does CXL Reduce the Need for Transplants for Keratoconus?
It has been proposed that crosslinking reduces the number of corneal transplants performed for keratoconus. However, Dr Rapuano sees holes in the data and stresses the need for better trials. Medscape Ophthalmology
Scientists find genes that set into motion age-related macular degeneration
In one of the latest examples of precision medicine, teams of geneticists from nine countries, involving more than 100 scientists, analyzed the genes of more than 33,000 individuals in the hope of…
Eyes turn into skin: How inflammation can change the fate of cells
EPFL scientists have found that chronic inflammation can cause regenerating cells to grow into new, aberrant types; this is called metaplasia, and is a disorder linked to prolonged inflammation.
Study: Moderate caffeine intake may improve surgical performance
FLORENCE, Italy — A moderate intake of caffeine enhances performance in retina microsurgery, according to a poster presented at the FLOREtina meeting by a group of retina surgeons from Mexico City. Using a microsurgical simulator, the effects of caffeine on the performance of experienced retina surgeons were evaluated. Under usual conditions on a random day, each surgeon underwent a test on a baseline simulator level (anti-tremor test and ILM peeling level 1) to get acquainted with the machine. A week later, the same surgeons underwent the same test at a (Read more...)