By: xuanzhou
Driving simulator used to help learn how the visually impaired can drive safely
A diagnosis of hemianopia, or blindness in one half of the visual field in both eyes as the result of strokes, tumors or trauma often means the end of driving.In about half of the states in the United States and in many other countries, driving with he…
How safe are ‘eye-safe’ lasers when very low-energy radiation can damage DNA?
Damage to DNA by high energy radiation constitutes the most lethal damage occurring at the cellular level. Surprisingly, very low-energy interactions – with OH radicals, for instance – can also induce DNA damage, including double strand breaks. It is k…
FDA Panel Recommends Intraocular Lens for Astigmatism
An FDA panel has recommended approval for Staar’s Visian toric lens for treatment of astigmatism, with reservations. Medscape Medical News
Another year of SGR? Fix increasingly uncertain as Democrats, Republicans debate payment method
p>Earlier this month, doctors were hopeful that a permanent fix to the flawed sustainable growth rate formula (SGR) underlying the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule was finally on the horizon. After all, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and in both houses agreed on a bill that would increasingly base providers’ reimbursement on certain performance measures or on a provider’s participation in alternative payment models.The momentum created by the bipartisan, bicameral agreement, however, is quickly unraveling as lawmakers debate how to pay for the $138.4 billion measure. On Friday, the (Read more...)
Intraocular Pressure and Hemodialysis
The convergence of glaucoma and chronic kidney disease in the same population means that hemodialysis could be an important factor in control of intraocular pressure. Medscape Ophthalmology