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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.

A 12-year-old boy presents with full thickness macular hole 6 weeks after trauma to the left eye. What to do next?

Many new products and updated devices were presented during this year’s ESCRS meeting and EURETINA 2013.

While marking its 40th anniversary this year, the LEITR recognized its many achievements while also laying out its plans moving forward.

An ophthalmologist explains how he and some colleagues have had excellent success with a new combination procedure ICE: iStent, Cataract, and Endocyclophotocoagulation.

Children are particularly sensitive to systemic side effects of topical glaucoma medications for a variety of reasons. Increased caution is necessary when using these agents.

Achieving alignment of strabismus can be difficult in children with syndromic craniosynostosis as the causes are multifactorial.

Recent randomized clinical trials have been advancing the understanding of current treatments for convergence insufficiency. More prospective studies are needed to investigate convergence types and their roles in convergence insufficiency.

Phase II clinical study results indicate monthly lampalizumab therapy may be successful treatment

Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) has named Timothy Stout, MD, PhD, as its new ophthalmology department chairman.

InnoCore Pharmaceuticals has signed an exclusive license and collaboration agreement with Allergan Inc.

Sucampo has announced that its development partner, R-Tech Ueno Ltd., has completed the enrollment of a phase III study for its treatment of retinitis pigmentosa (RP).

Prevent Blindness America (PBA) and several of its partners have joined together to launch a new initiative called the “Year of Children’s Vision” (YOCV).

Flap-related complications associated with mechanical microkeratomes are fewer with femtosecond laser-created flaps, according to Perry S. Binder, MS, MD.

Obamacare’s provision stating vision services for children are essential will help increase the number of young people able to receive check-ups and follow-up care, which are crucial for their well being.

Inclusion of clinically relevant genetic markers improves the accuracy of predicting risk of progression to choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) beyond a prediction based on only phenotypic risk factors, according to a recent cohort study.

Alimera Sciences Inc. has received a complete response letter (CRL) for the new drug application (NDA) for its sustained-release intravitreal implant, Iluvien, from the FDA.

The FDA has cleared the use of corneal and arcuate incisions on Ziemer Ophthalmic Systems’ femtosecond laser platform during cataract surgery.

The final early benefit assessment from the German Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) has concluded that ThromboGenics’ ocriplasmin (Jetrea) demonstrates significant added benefit for vitreomacular traction (VMT) patients with mild and moderate symptoms.