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When mild glaucoma and a visually significant cataract are both present, the risk/benefit calculus now seems to fall on the side of doing phaco, or a phaco-plus procedure, said James D. Brandt, MD.

You have to walk away from an OIS meeting like this and tell yourself how amazing it is to have great minds developing devices and drugs that will elevate clinical care for ophthalmic patients-and at the end of the day will make physicians’ job easier and better.

Apoptosis may be the best characterized form of programmed cell death-but it isn’t in isolation, said Joan W. Miller, MD.

Often forgotten in the buzz over corneal crosslinking (CXL) is that the procedure kills cells down to 300 µm deep, knocking out everything in its path, including microorganisms and keratocytes, said Theo Seiler, MD, PhD.

For patients with low to moderate hyperopia who may be risk-adverse for surgical correction, there is a low-cost, non-invasive, pain-free procedure of 2.5 seconds, said James J. Salz, MD.

Outcomes for three presbyopia-correcting IOLs-one accommodating and two multifocals-were similar, said Robert Edward Ang, MD.

An update is provided on the latest developments for an evidence-based approach in mild to severe dry eye disease.

Since dry eye is an early presenting sign, eye-care providers need to maintain a high index of suspicion for Sjögren’s syndrome in patients with clinically significant dry eye.

A patient satisfaction and quality-of-life survey found that three presbyopia-correcting IOLs provide better spectacle independence than monovision.

The absence of glistening formation is among the advantages associated with new IOL technology, relates one ophthalmologist.

Using recent history as a guide, will Medicare cut physician payments by 24% in 2014?

It is not too early for members of the vision science community to make plans for the 2014 meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).

In my own personal experience, there have always been infections that are difficult to treat (e.g., acanthamoeba or fungal keratitis), but that was no less the case 20 years ago than it is today. Bacterial infections are not (in my humble opinion) particularly more a concern today than they were a decade or two ago.

Maintenance is an important determinant for the efficacy of any intervention

New diagnostic platforms for dry eye disease can help in determining the underlying cause and severity, which is useful for guiding treatment decisions.

Allegro Ophthalmics LLC has announced the start of a phase II study of ALG-1001 in patients with vitreomacular traction (VMT).

Children born extremely prematurely have up to a 19-times greater risk of retinal detachment later in life than those born at term, according to a Swedish study published this month in Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

OD-OS has announced that its Navilas laser has been selected for a new study to evaluate the efficacy and stability of laser plus anti-vascular endothelial growth factor for the treatment of patients with diabetic macular edema (DME).

In observance of American Diabetes Month this November, the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) is reminding the 25.8 million Americans living with diabetes of the key steps they should take to prevent vision loss.

A key marker in blood and urine has been found able to identify people who carry genetic mutations in a gene responsible for retinitis pigmentosa (RP) by researchers at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine (UMMSM).

As part of Prevent Blindness America’s (PBA) “Live Right, Save Sight!” program-in conjunction with declaring November as Diabetic Eye Health Disease Awareness Month-the non-profit group is conducting an online contest seeking recipes that benefit those with diabetes.

The Y-fixation technique is a method of sutureless IOL intrascleral fixation that requires less complicated manipulations and results in better closure than alternatives of its type.

Advances in intraoperative aberrometry are increasing the likelihood that, in the near future, ophthalmologists will be able to achieve emmetropia for all patients undergoing cataract surgery.

Critical flicker-fusion frequency (CFF), as every ophthalmologist knows, is the lowest frequency at which a flickering light source is perceived to be constant (not flickering). Humans average a CFF of 60 Hz, but other animals measure with very different capabilities.

The fourth annual “Cataract Surgery: Telling It Like It Is!” meeting here Jan. 16 to 19, 2014, promises to cover more ground than ever-adding sessions on glaucoma, retina, optical coherence tomography, cornea, neuro-ophthalmology, and practice management.

Universal use of intracameral antibiotics can nearly eliminate postoperative endophthalmitis, relates one ophthalmologist.

An in-house financing program can provide many benefitscan grow the business in terms of the number of procedures performed, while saving money paid in third-party discounts, and even create new revenue streams as interest comes in on monthly payments.

A new letter contrast sensitivity test may aid in the evaluation of patients with age-related macular degeneration and other retinal diseases.