People with a genetic predisposition for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) significantly increased their odds of developing the blinding eye disorder if they had a history of heavy smoking and…
Anthem Foundation Impacting Blind and Visually Impaired People Nationwide
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Anthem Foundation provides a $213,120 grant to the United States Association of Blind Athletes to support more than 500 blind and visually impaired adults in the National Fitness Challenge.
Healthy diet and exercise can protect against AMD
People with a genetic predisposition for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) significantly increased their odds of developing the blinding eye disorder if they had a history of heavy smoking and consistently did not exercise or eat enough fruits and…
Spending More Time Outside May Slow Kids’ Myopia Progression
Rates of myopia incidence and progression were reduced in Chinese schoolchildren randomly assigned to 40 minutes of compulsory outdoor play during school hours. Medscape Medical News
Obama Taps Califf as FDA Commissioner
(MedPage Today) — Left academe earlier this year to take No. 2 job at agency
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Endophthalmitis rate after intravitreal injections comparable to rate after cataract surgery
BARCELONA — Data from the Swedish Macula Register showed steady growth of intravitreal injection volume over the last 7 years and a stable low incidence of endophthalmitis with a slight increase in 2014. “Between 2007 and 2014, we had 18,802 patients, 21,811 eyes, 304,401 visits and 145,747 treatments. Numbers have been growing steadily. Treatments were just over 2,000 in 2007 and nearly 36,000 in 2014,” Inger Westborg, MD, said at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting here.