By Ori Twersky WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) Sept 25 –  President Bush on Wednesday nominated Dr. Mark McClellan, an administration health policy adviser, to be Commissioner

By Karen Pallarito NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Sept 25 –  Academic institutions must establish policies for assuring that their financial interests do not compromise the

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Oct 02 – Systemic cyclosporin A therapy appears to be minimally effective in preventing graft rejection in the setting of repeated

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Oct 02 – Diabetic patients, especially those with related complications, exhibit sympathetic denervation in the pupil, according to a report in

Pyridoxamine, an inhibitor of advanced glycation end products (AGEs), appears to protect against pathological changes in the retinas of diabetic rats and may be a

Disorders of the eye may be more reliably diagnosed and controlled with a new technique, confocal microscopy, according to data reported here this week at

A community screening programme involving trained optometrists using slit-lamp examinations with Volk lenses can help detect diabetic retinopathy.  Dr. Shirley Hulme, at the Whiston Hospital,

על פי דיווח מהארץ , ילד בידואי מרהט בן 9, אשר הגיע למיון בסורוקה לאחר שענף עץ פגע בעינו. לאחר בדיקה שוחרר הילד למרות שהמשיך

Compared with financial conflicts of interest in the research setting, “nonfinancial conflicts of interests are more subtle yet more pervasive and cannot be eliminated,” Dr.

A new survey has found that most healthcare organizations (84%) say they have applied or will apply for a one-year extension to comply with the

Age, socioeconomic disadvantage, and isolation appear to predict undercorrected refractive error.  The findings suggest the need to target education and eye care services accordingly, say

Because many patients with dry eyes are unable to tolerate contact lenses, they may desire corrective surgery such as laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK).  A

לפי הודעה שמסרה חברת ניאופרם, משווקת התכשיר, מופסק בזאת רישום והשיווק של התכשיר Neptazane 50mg tablets בישראל. הפסקת הייצור והשיווק של התכשיר, המיועד לטיפול בגלאוקומה,

לפי הודעה שמסרה חברת ניאופרם, משווקת התכשיר, מופסק בזאת רישום והשיווק של התכשיר Neptazane 50mg tablets בישראל. הפסקת הייצור והשיווק של התכשיר, המיועד לטיפול בגלאוקומה,

Hypertensive retinopathy is predictive of coronary heart disease (CHD) in middle-aged, hypertensive, hyperlipidemic men, researchers report in the September issue of the British Journal of

Indication extension can now provide help to two-thirds of all wet AMD patients in Europe QLT Inc. and Novartis Ophthalmics, the eye health unit of

In patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), depression accelerates decline in visual function, according to the results of a prospective, longitudinal analysis conducted at Wills

Older patients with cataracts who have surgery and intraocular lens implantation are involved in half the car accidents of those who do not have surgery,

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)- More than 40% of patients who use the antiepileptic drug vigabatrin and are tested for visual field defects (VFDs) have visual

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) –  In patients with amblyopia, the lifetime risk of vision loss due to impairment in the non-amblyopic eye is at least