(MedPage Today) — Findings spur optimism not celebration.
Healthcare Professionals: Get a Flu Vaccine or Risk Being a Fool
Healthcare providers have no excuse to avoid the flu vaccine; they have access to the world’s medical knowledge and should be able to rise above superstition and ignorance. Medscape Infectious Diseases
Careful planning can still lead to great opportunities in ophthalmology
Depending on where one touches the elephant, the perception on the current environment and future opportunity for ophthalmology can be quite different. I tend to be an optimist and that colors my thinking significantly, but I also try to look at the fa…
Allergan continues R&D, expanding indications
With a changing landscape for innovation and research and development strategies for most large companies in ophthalmology and aesthetics, Healio.com interviewed Julian S. Gangolli, corporate vice president and president of North America at Allergan, t…
Cataract surgery with toric IOL corrects astigmatism in post-corneal transplant eyes
Cataract surgery with toric IOL implantation improved visual acuity and corrected astigmatism in eyes that previously underwent corneal transplantation, according to results of a study.The retrospective case series included 26 eyes of 25 patients who u…
Corneal collagen cross-linking yields long-term stability with post-LASIK ectasia
In cases with corneal ectasia after LASIK, corneal collagen cross-linking produced long-term stability with no significant side effects, according to study findings.The retrospective study included 20 eyes with post-LASIK ectasia treated with corneal c…