Oakland, New Jersey – October 12, 2010 – Topcon announced today that it recently signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Optical Imaging Ltd. (Rehovot Israel, Israel) for its Retinal Function Imager (RFI) system. The agreement enables Topcon to…
Treatment Of Retinal Conditions Appears To Have Changed Significantly In Previous Decade
The number of Medicare recipients undergoing treatment for retinal conditions nearly doubled between 1997 and 2007, with significant shifts in the types of procedures most commonly performed, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of Op…
See True 360° Views With Volk Optical’s New G6 Gonio At Academy 2010 San Francisco
Volk Optical, the industry leader in aspheric optics, will be exhibiting at the American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting, November 17 through 19 at Moscone Convention Center (San Francisco, Calif.).
Certain New Therapies For Age-Related Eye Disease Do Not Appear To Increase Heart Risks
Newer treatments for age-related macular degeneration (AMD)-including an intravitreous (into the eye) injection of a chemotherapy drug and use of a related compound approved for use against the eye disease-do not appear to be associated with an increas…
VEGF Blockers Seem Safe for Macular Degeneration (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) — Using vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) blockers to treat neovascular age-related macular degeneration does not appear to increase the risk of serious cardiovascular events, a retrospective study showed.
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How the deaf have super vision: Cat study points to brain reorganization
Deaf or blind people often report enhanced abilities in their remaining senses, but up until now, no one has explained how that could be. Researchers have now discovered there is a causal link between enhanced visual abilities and reorganization of the…