A new study suggests aerobic exercise may slow the progression of diseases that destroy the retina and eventually cause blindness. In mice exposed to harmful bright lights, the ones that had regularly run on treadmills had much better function in their…
Teaching our brains to see better in life and baseball
With a little practice on a computer or iPad – 25 minutes a day, 4 days a week, for 2 months – our brains can learn to see better, according to a study of University of California, Riverside baseball players reported in the Cell Press journal Current B…
Intracorneal Inlays for Presbyopia
A hydrogel inlay is liked by patients and their corneas for the correction of presbyopia. Medscape Ophthalmology
Berwick on CMS, Death Panels, and His Run for Governor
Donald Berwick talks with Eric Topol about his decades-long career with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, his tenure as Director of CMS, and why he’s running for governor of Massachusetts. Medscape
Better Solutions for Astigmatism
Dr. Roger Steinert reports how astigmatism correction during cataract surgery is improving, a fraction of a diopter at a time. Medscape Ophthalmology
Preliminary European study results show good performance for microincision IOL
Ljubljana, SLOVENIA — Microincision cataract surgery with implantation of the Incise IOL from Bausch + Lomb showed good visual and anatomic outcomes in a preliminary 4- to 6-month report from a multicenter European study. The Incise is a one-piece hydrophilic acrylic IOL that can be implanted with a dedicated 1.5-mm diameter injector through incisions of less than 2 mm.“We implanted this lens in 25 eyes of 25 patients. The Stellaris system was used to perform microcoaxial MICS through a 1.8-mm incision. After implantation, incision measurements showed a mean stretching of (Read more...)