Researchers from the National Eye Institute (NEI), with support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), are analyzing fibrillin-1 mutations to determine the causes of zonule fiber detachment…
Glaucoma affects more than 70 million people around the world, making it the leading cause of irreversible blindness. Primary care physicians can play an important role in detecting…
Richard Tirendi, CEO & Co-founder, VisionQuest 20/20, assesses the shortcomings of traditional eye exams. He introduces EyeSpy 20/20, a proprietary vision screening software, that gamifies the vision screening process.…
Jay S. Duker, MD, Director of the New England Eye Center, discusses the unmet need for patients with wet and dry macular degeneration. Dr. Duker discusses alternative forms of…
Jay S. Duker, MD, Director of the New England Eye Center, discusses the AREDS studies, which aimed to determine the causes of age-related macular degeneration and the modification of those…
Jay S. Duker, MD, Director of the New England Eye Center, discusses the characteristics and complications of age-related macular degeneration as well as the evolution of treatments for AMD,…
The Doctor’s Channel’s Michael Banks, MD and MedGadget’s Shiv Gaglani, MD-MBA candidate, bring you the future of the exam room, The Smartphone Physical. With the growing importance of mobility, data…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Aggressive CT or PET/CT surveillance protocols confer significant risk of radiation-induced cancer in patients being monitored for metastasis from primary choroidal melanoma, California-based…
Vision loss is increasing in the United States and so is the prevalence of diabetes. Americans are being diagnosed with the disease at a much younger age and…
Cataracts are most commonly found in older adults. They can impair vision, how well you see colors, and cause problems with depth perception and balance. Vision problems have…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A large retrospective population-based study of patients from the United Kingdom with type 2 diabetes detected a higher incidence of diabetic macular edema…
