Intravitreal injections are a routine and highly effective treatment used to stabilize or restore vision in patients with diabetic eye disease, age-related macular degeneration, and retinal vein occlusions.…
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of vision loss in older Americans, affecting the central part of the retina called the macula. Alla Goldberg, MD, a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An episode of herpes zoster is associated with an increased risk of developing anterior uveitis in the following year, according to the results…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A study conducted at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, UK, finds that the benefits seen at 1 year with bevacizumab treatment of macular…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A Canadian study confirms an increased risk of uveitis and scleritis in first-time users of oral bisphosphonates. “Patients taking bisphosphonates must be familiar…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of two trials indicate that verteporfin photodynamic therapy plus ranibizumab injections is no better than ranibizumab alone for treating subfoveal choroidal neovascularization…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients undergoing cataract surgery, topical anesthesia doesn’t provide the same degree of pain relief as regional anesthesia although it’s associated with fewer…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Postcataract surgery endophthalmitis rates in the United States declined slightly between 2003 and 2004, but there is still room for improvement, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For preterm neonates at risk of retinopathy, high-dose vitamin A supplementation started soon after birth produces a significant increase in retinal function, a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with type 2 diabetes who don’t have retinopathy at baseline have a relatively low risk of developing eye complications during 5 to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A single dose of oral azithromycin reduces the recurrence of trichiasis for up to three years more so than a six-week regimen of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Nail bed hemorrhage may serve as a clinical marker of optic disc hemorrhage in patients with glaucoma, researchers from South Korea report in…
