Ophthalmology News

Astronauts on the International Space Station are not allowing vision issues to keep them from completing their important tasks on the orbiting laboratory.

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Q. Captain Lou Lager was a medical doctor during the Second World War . After the Germans were defeated, he entered Holland with the Canadians, in a jeep with a Red Cross on the side.

In a meeting room at a Spenard hotel this weekend, Alaskans seeking a medical marijuana card can line up to see a Los Angeles ophthalmologist in town to evaluate their medical need for pot -- at $225 a "patient." "The Healing Center Medical Clinic" will be Friday through Sunday at the Millennium Hotel, the second such session this year.

For a fee, an ophthalmologist from Los Angeles will evaluate the medical needs that Alaskans have for marijuana.The Anchorage Daily News says the idea is the brainchild of Montana-based entrepreneur Michael Smith.The evaluations will be held this weekend at a cost of $225 each in a meeting room in the Spenard neighborhood of Anchorage.The ... (more)

The Department of Health has approved the Outpatient Surgery Center at Hadley for Specialty Hospital of Washington , according to a Digital Journal report .

Dr. Ella Faktorovich, leading ophthalmologist in San Francisco, is an exclusive member of the elite Haute Living Haute MD Network.

The American Academy of Ophthalmology announced that it has launched OjosSanos , a Spanish-language version of its EyeSmart website, in order to empower Latinos with trusted and accurate eye health information on the web.

But if there was any question that the era is over when physicians' and patients' lone focus in choosing treatment was what's the best option for the patient, with little attention to the costs involved, that question is settled.

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that, based on clinical data and the opinions of interviewed thought leaders, Regeneron/Bayer HealthCare's Eylea will earn Decision Resources' proprietary clinical gold standard status for the treatment of diabetic macular ... (more)

An oversized cheque was presented to representatives of the Wetaskiwin Hospital and Health Foundation during a photo op just outside the operating room in the Wetaskiwin Hospital on February 1st .

While many American surgeons remain frustrated at the lack of Food and Drug Administration approval of collagen cross-linking - in which riboflavin is applied to the de-epithelialized cornea followed by exposure to UV light, resulting in a measureable stiffening of corneal tissue - the procedure continues to be refined and tested around the world.

Eye banks are facing external financial and regulatory challenges, as well as issues with surgeon participation and tissue preferences, contributing to rising fee costs.

Ophthalmology textbooks will tell you that there are five or six types of ocular allergies: seasonal; perennial; atopic; vernal; and drug- or contact lens-induced. Perhaps at one time, these different conditions were all a single diagnosis in the same way that all cancers were once considered the same disease.

As a child, Tami Morehouse had vision problems. She struggled to read the blackboard at school, and homework took hours.

TBD Primary Responsibilities: Performs various pre/post op exams. Prepare patients for treatment and assists ophthalmologist in surgery with microkeratome and/or laser operation.

A small-scale medical exercise under way in Tanzania is having a big impact on the local population and building strong bridges between the U.S. and Tanzanian militaries.

Mass. Eye and Ear Cornea Service and Refractive Surgery Service Director Reza Dana, M.D., M.P.H., M.Sc., is the recipient of the 2012 Chancellor's Award in Neurosciences and Ophthalmology from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine at New Orleans.

The UPMC ophthalmologist saw two people at the clinic who had once been his own private patients.