Baltimore’s city health commissioner Leana Wen discusses her focus on public health, transparency, and listening to patients. Medscape
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TearScience announces 50% price reduction in LipiFlow activators
NEW YORK — LipiFlow single-use activators will soon cost much less.At OSN New York, Joseph Boorady, president and CEO of TearScience, announced that the company will be lowering the cost of its LipiFlow single-use activators by 50% on Nov. 2.
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Ophthotech Completes Patient Recruitment of the Second Phase 3 Pivotal Trial of Fovista® Anti-PDGF Therapy in Combination with Lucentis® in Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ophthotech today announced the completion of patient recruitment for its second Phase 3 trial of Fovista® in combination with Lucentis® for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration.
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VIDEO: Three ophthalmology projects under way for Vision for Mars with NASA
NEW YORK — At the OSN New York meeting, John P. Berdahl, MD, gives an update on Vision for Mars studies and projects underway regarding the long-term effects of space travel on vision, particularly from vascular impairment and intracranial pressure syndrome, or VIIP.
Warning against cosmetic contact lenses
People choosing to wear cosmetic contact lenses this Halloween, after they were made popular by TV programmes such as Vampire Diaries and Twilight, are putting their sight at risk, experts warn.
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Surgeon explains flip-and-slice supracapsular cataract disassembly technique
NEW YORK — A flip-and-slice supracapsular technique can be efficient, fast and safe in soft, medium and hard lenses during cataract disassembly, according to a speaker here.“A prepared surgeon, when he or she walks into the operating room, has to have a fully loaded tool kit because you never know what you’re going to expect when you start your cataract. And as a result, the supracapsular cataract surgery technique may end up being one of your tools,” Cynthia Matossian, MD, FACS, said at OSN New York 2015.