July 26th 2025
A recent study reveals that many Americans neglect eye care due to cost and urgency misconceptions, despite the significant impact on daily life.
Techniques improve monovision for patients with presbyopia
October 15th 2017Refractive surgeons are likely to enjoy success with monovision for presbyopia if they aim for a maximum of 1.50 D of residual myopia in the non-dominant eye, exclude patients with pre-existing strabismus, and monitor for signs of strabismus.
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Verteporfin does not improve efficacy of ranibizumab for AMD (VIDEO)
September 5th 2014William Fredette, MD, discusse the results of two trials published in Opthalmology, which indicate that the combination of Verteporfin Photodynamic Therapy plus ranibizumab injections is no better than ranibizumab alone for treating subfoveal choroidal neovascularization secondary to AMD. Video provided by The Doctor's Channel.
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DES market expected to grow about $4 billion in 10 years
July 25th 2013As dry eye syndrome (DES) affects more and more patients over the next 10 years, pharmaceutical companies are expecting to expand their clinical products globally to treat the condition, thus tripling the market’s global revenue over the next decade.
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ASCRS task force looks at ways ophthalmologists, optometrists can collaborate
August 1st 2012The formation of a new organization to represent all eye-care practitioners is one of the possibilities being considered by a task force examining ways that ophthalmologists and optometrists can collaborate to provide patient care.
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