Ophthalmology News

The American Medical Association today awarded its 2009 Benjamin Rush Award for Citizenship and Community Service to Manus C. Kraff, M.D., an ophthalmologist from Chicago, IL.

A small group of patients with severe Graves' eye disease experienced rapid improvement of their symptoms - and improved vision - following treatment with the drug rituximab.

LASIK ophthalmologist Connie S. McCaa, M.D., Ph.D, is named a Best Doctor in America for a 12th consecutive year.

There is no reason why we, as eye doctors, could not transition efficiently to a model wherein eye-care services were removed financially from the rank and file of Medicare and insurance domains.

This month's Ophthalmology , the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology reports on a national study that finds cataract surgery is likely to benefit patients with age-related macular degeneration at all stages of the disease, on a clinical trial indication that the steroid triamcinolone may be effective in advanced diabetic macular edema ...

Luther Fry lives and works 400 miles from the University of Kansas Medical Center.

'A spectacles-free life till the age of 50 possible after treatment' This treatment is first developed in Germany, says ophthalmologist Treatment takes only 20 seconds and there will be no side effects, he says VIJAYAWADA: Six months from now, the hitherto unavailable laser treatment for age-related Presbyopia will be brought within the reach of ...

Diabetes causes more new cases of legal blindness among working-age Americans than any other disease.

Main Category: Eye Health / Blindness Also Included In: Seniors / Aging ; Clinical Trials / Drug Trials ; Stem Cell Research Article Date: 31 Oct 2009 - 0:00 PDT Physician-researchers at the University of Southern California received a nearly $16 million grant from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine to fund the development of a stem ...

Oct. 30, 2009 - Dr. H. Dwight Cavanagh , vice chairman of ophthalmology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, has been named the 2009 recipient of the prestigious Castroviejo Medal, one of the top ophthalmology prizes in the world.

Main Category: Eye Health / Blindness Also Included In: Veterans / Ex-Servicemen Article Date: 28 Oct 2009 Today's Scientific Program, 2009 American Academy of Ophthalmology - Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology Joint Meeting, includes a Veterans Administration study that indicates that Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with vision loss from ...

Turnout was strong for the largest and most comprehensive ophthalmic educational meeting in the world, the 2009 American Academy of Ophthalmology -Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology Joint Meeting, held in San Francisco Oct.

As the aging population continues to rise in numbers, many ophthalmologist offices are preparing for a rise in the number of patients treated for glaucoma.

Physician-researchers at the University of Southern California received a nearly $16 million grant from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine to fund the development of a stem cell-based treatment for age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss and blindness among the elderly.

Dr. Jim Huffman took two weeks to decide and finally paid a little at a time to buy to 30-by-40 inch painting on layaway.

Main Category: Eye Health / Blindness Also Included In: Diabetes ; IT / Internet / E-mail ; Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Article Date: 29 Oct 2009 - 0:00 PDT This month's Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology reports on a national study that finds cataract surgery is likely to benefit patients with age-related macular ...

A first-time finding of intraocular pressure increases in patients with no personal or family history of glaucoma following anti-VEGF treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration , and a report on a simple, low-cost method that could revolutionize vision screening and treatment in developing countries, are highlights of today's Scientific ...

Today's Scientific Program, 2009 American Academy of Ophthalmology - Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology Joint Meeting, includes a Veterans Administration study that indicates that Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with vision loss from traumatic brain injury have significantly poorer quality of life than comparable civilian patients, and a ...

For patients who visit the doctor with vision complaints, Alzheimers may be to blame.

Isotechnika Pharma Inc. today announced that results of the international Phase 2/3 clinical trials studying voclosporin, conducted by its partner Lux Biosciences, were the subject of two podium presentations at the American Association of Ophthalmology meeting and of a presentation at the satellite meeting of the American Uveitis Society in San ...