Retinal structure improvements were sustained over 3 years in patients with diabetic macular edema in whom dexamethasone intravitreal implants were administered at intervals of 6 months or more, according to an analysis.Investigators pooled data from t…
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Valeant Pharmaceuticals International announced in a press release that it has appointed Howard B. Schiller as interim CEO.Schiller was Valeant’s chief financial officer from December 2011 through June 2015 and has served on Valeant’s Board of Directors since 2012, according to the release. J. Michael Pearson, Valeant’s CEO, is on medical leave of absence and remains in the hospital where he is being treated for pneumonia, and the timing of his expected return is uncertain, the release stated.
William L. Rich III, MD, has begun his term as the 119th president of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, according to a press release from the AAO.Rich, the AAO’s Medical Director of Health Policy, has more than 20 years of experience in health policy, health care financing and clinical quality metrics. He currently serves as chair of the AAO’s IRIS Registry committee and will continue to guide the implementation of the largest clinical data registry within any medical specialty during his term as president.
Botond Roska and his group at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) implicate a clearly defined neuron type and its circuit in the retina in the pathophysiology of…
Dry eye is a multifactorial disease of the tear film and ocular surface resulting in symptoms of discomfort, visual disturbance and tear film instability with potential ocular surface damage. It is accompanied by increased tear film osmolarity and ocular surface inflammation. This definition, given by the Dry Eye WorkShop in 2007, forms the basis of our understanding of dry eye. It also gives guidelines regarding grading of dry eye and treatment strategies for each grade of severity.When it comes to ocular surgeries, managing dry eye in the perioperative period plays an important role in having a good outcome and a happy patient. Most of the patients that we operate for cataract are elderly with pre-existing minimal dry eye or a component of conjunctivochalasis, both of which can get worse after surgery. Apart from the routine use of a dry eye questionnaire and clinical evaluation with Schirmer’s test, corneal staining and tear breakup assessment to diagnose dry eye, newer modalities of investigations are now being used.