Corneal opacity and scarring secondary to a wide spectrum of infectious and inflammatory corneal diseases are a major cause of global blindness. Worldwide, about 45 million people are blind, and corneal blindness is the second leading cause, with about…
NHS doctors should be allowed to prescribe a cheap, safe and effective drug for the degenerative eye disease, wet age related macular degeneration (AMD) – a leading cause of blindness among older…
People who apply eyeliner on the inner eyelid run the risk of contaminating the eye and causing vision trouble, according to research by a scientist at the University of Waterloo.
IOP was successfully controlled in only 25% of patients with previous glaucoma surgery complicated by infectious endophthalmitis, according to a study.In addition, half of the study patients needed to undergo additional glaucoma surgery.
Omidria is now commercially available in the United States, Omeros announced in a press release. Omidria (1% phenylephrine and 0.3% ketorolac injection) is approved by the FDA for intraocular administration during cataract or IOL replacement surgery to…
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