Scientists have made a major new discovery detailing how areas of the brain responsible for vision could potentially adapt to injury or trauma and ultimately prevent blindness.
Anti-VEGF Drugs Boost Vision in Diabetic Eyes (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) — Relative effects of intravitreous aflibercept, bevacizumab, and ranibizumab depend on baseline visual acuity.
Avastin, Eylea, Lucentis sustain improved visual acuity gains in DME in DRCR.net protocol
Intravitreal Avastin, Eylea and Lucentis similarly sustained visual acuity gains in patients with visually significant center-involved diabetic macular edema, according to a study.However, in eyes with worse baseline visual acuity, Eylea (aflibercept, …
Topol: Doctors Are Getting Squeezed
As a practicing physician, Dr Eric Topol is well aware that doctors are getting squeezed. Here is his solution on how to fix it. Medscape
Actavis to use Allergan corporate name upon completion of acquisition
Actavis announced it will use Allergan as its new corporate name upon completion of the anticipated acquisition of Allergan.Actavis intends to adopt Allergan as its corporate name and for its global branded pharmaceutical portfolio, according to a comp…
Good results seen with air injection, tissue plasminogen activator in eyes with submacular hemorrhages due to AMD
Subretinal air injection with tissue plasminogen activator and postoperative positioning may improve the outcome of massive submacular hemorrhages secondary to age-related macular degeneration, according to a study.The prospective, interventional case …