Patients with aqueous leakage from a conjunctival filtering bleb seem to benefit from topical application of autologous serum and saline combination with oxifloxacin. Blebs are
Scleral expansion bands have been found to reduce intra-ocular pressure (IOP) slightly more than the anti-glaucoma hypotensive drugs that patients were using before the study
Patients taking vigabatrin in combination with valproate are more likely to experience greater visual field constriction than those taking vigabatrin with carbamazepine. C. F. Arndt
By Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Oct 24 – Contracts between US medical schools and the industry sponsors of clinical trials “routinely” fall short
Normal tension glaucoma should be considered to be a neurological disease, possibly linked to nerve compression rather than as a matter of elevated intra-ocular pressure,
By Cameron Johnston Special to DG News ORLANDO, FL — October 21, 2002 — Laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) surgery appears to be safe for patients
By Bruce Sylvester ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters Health) Oct 21 – A retrospective analysis of pooled data from two 12-month phase III trials indicates that bimatoprost
By Ori Twersky WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) Oct 18 – The US Senate late on Thursday confirmed Bush administration health advisor Dr. Mark B. McClellan as
David Danar, MD Oct. 17, 2002 (San Diego) Although the practice of medicine has come a long way since the smallpox vaccine was given
By Emily Hayes BRUSSELS (Reuters Health) Oct 17 – Proposed guidelines for a European Union directive governing clinical drug trials could trigger an avalanche of
By Ned Stafford FRANKFURT (Reuters Health) Oct 17 – A German ophthalmologist’s right of freedom of expression was violated when, after he appeared in a
By Ori Twersky WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) Oct 18 – Director of the US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Human Research Protections
A 0.1% (w/v) solution of sodium hyaluronate, applied topically three or four times a day as needed, appears to be effective for relief of symptoms
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Oct 14 – Tympanic membrane resurfacing with a CO2 laser is a simple and effective treatment for refractory chronic granular myringitis
Laurie Barclay, MD Oct. 15, 2002 Reducing intraocular pressure (IOP) early in glaucoma reduces disease progression, according to the results of a randomized trial
By Roxanne Nelson SEATTLE (Reuters Health) Oct 16 – Many physicians and nurses working in reproductive healthcare do not appear to realize just how early
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Oct 09 – Adding systemic antivirals to intravitreal antivirals appears to improve the vision-related outcomes of HIV-infected patients with a form
Cathy Tokarski Oct. 10, 2002 Minnesota’s Board of Medical Practice has reprimanded a physician who prescribed Viagra over the Internet to a patient he
GENEVA (Reuters) Oct 11 – Blindness and visual impairment cost poor countries billions of dollars in lost productivity, and 80% of such cases can be
By Keith Mulvihill NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Oct 11 – Despite a slight decrease in output over the last decade, the US still leads the