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) – Retinal videos are just as effective as standard still retinal images for detecting diabetic retinopathy, according to results of a comparative study of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a head-to-head trial, latanoprost proved to be noninferior to timolol in the treatment of glaucoma in children, according to a report in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Using intra-arterial chemotherapy to treat retinoblastoma can produce a “dramatic response,” but also comes with the risk of both mild and severe side…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Wide variations in intraocular pressure (IOP) in glaucoma patients is associated with more progressive visual field loss, according to a report from the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with type 2 diabetes without retinopathy can be safely screened for sight-threatening vision problems every 3 years instead of every 1 or…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a phase 2 study of patients with diabetic macular edema (DME), intravitreal injections of the vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor, VEGF Trap-Eye,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Eye drops containing lubricants, corticosteroids, cyclosporine, or autologous serum improve dry eye symptoms associated with Sjögren’s syndrome (SS), according to a literature review.…
Marilyn Mann, OD, of Comprehensive Eye Care in Valley Cottage, NY, interviews Terry Peterson, Senior Sales Executive for Carl Zeiss Meditec, regarding the Cirrus HD-OCT, the most advanced…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) –Tetracycline ointment should not be replaced by povidone iodine solution as prophylactic therapy for ophthalmia neonatorum, according to a study from Israel published in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Measurements of intraocular pressure (IOP) may depend on which eye is measured first, according to a new study published in the Archives of…
