Allergan, Inc., has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved OZURDEX® as a new treatment option for diabetic macular edema (DME) in adult patients who have an…
Research may help prevent eye injuries among soldiers
Researchers at UTSA are discovering that the current protective eyewear used by our U.S. armed forces might not be adequate to protect soldiers exposed to explosive blasts.
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Vitrectomy helps normalize reduced contrast sensitivity caused by floaters
Symptomatic vitreous floaters reduce contrast sensitivity function; however, vitrectomy appears to be an effective approach to addressing this issue, according to recent study data.Researchers examined 76 eyes with floaters in two separate studies.
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Concierge Cataract
A recent study in emOphthalmology/emsup1/sup has tabulated
what we already know: Cataract surgery is a
great deal for society by both financial and
quality-of-life measures—and the deal has gotten
better (well, cheaper, from society…
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Patient-Reported Outcomes After LASIK
Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are defined by
the FDA as “any report of the status of a patient’s
health condition that comes directly from the
patient, without interpretation of the patient’s
response by a clinician or anyone else.”…
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Tweeting About Health Care in 140 Characters or Fewer
As the presence of social media becomes widespread, the uses of the popular sites continue to grow and evolve. For example, Twitter was initially a platform used by tech companies to broadcast updates on their internal work as well as random snipp…