Three years ago, a team from the University of Pennsylvania announced that they had cured X-linked retinitis pigmentosa, a blinding retinal disease, in dogs. Now they’ve shown that they can cure the canine disease over the long term, even when the trea…
Cataract surgery may achieve greater IOP reduction in particular patient groups
Phacoemulsification may have an increased IOP-lowering effect in older patients, women, and patients with short eyes, higher preoperative IOP, or glaucoma or pseudoexfoliation, according to a study.The prospective database study analyzed 20,437 catarac…
Emperor’s Mukherjee on the Three Laws of Medicine
Eric Topol speaks with author Siddhartha Mukherjee about his latest book, The Laws of Medicine, and how uncertainty, imperfections, priors, outliers, and biases affect these laws. Medscape
OSN Europe: Young ophthalmologist fulfills American dream with fellowship abroad
In our globalized world, the only way we can deliver the best care to our patients is by sharing ideas and practices across different centers of excellence. Formalizing part of our training at a center abroad helps to achieve this, and as Giulia Corrad…
Publication Exclusive: IOL innovations optimize outcomes, expand treatment options
New-generation premium IOL technologies offer increasingly accurate refraction customized to individual patients with minimal visual side effects.Advances in optics, materials and mechanics are driving the development of multifocal, accommodating, tori…
Tobii AB: Invitation to Tobii’s Conference Call Following the Q3 2015 Interim Report
STOCKHOLM–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Regulatory News: Tobii AB (STO:TOBII) plans to publish the interim report for the period January 1—September 30 on November 3 at 08.00 CET. Following this report Tobii will arrange a conference call with web cast presentation for investors, analysts and media. Tobii’s President and CEO Henrik Eskilsson and CFO Esben Olesen will present and comment on the report. After the presentation there will be time for questions. The presentation will be held in English. Time Tu