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Ophthalmology Times, a leading publication of Advanstar Healthcare Communications, announced today that it has been nominated for two awards in the 49th annual Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards competition.Ophthalmology Times is a finalist in the following categories: Best Single Issue of Newspaper/News Tabloid for the October 15, 2002 issue, and Best Regularly Featured Department or Column for the new InDispensable section. Neal Award winners will be revealed at the awards luncheon in New York City on March 12th.

Orlando-The Carriazo-Pendular microkeratome (Schwind eye-tech-solutions GmbH) represents a new generation in mechanical microkeratomes and brings a unique approach to LASIK flap creation that is designed for safety and reproducibility, said Maria C. Arbelaez, MD, at the refractive surgery subspecialty day prior to the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting.

Orlando-Recent advances in macular surgery are now making it possible to treat the various disorders associated with pathologic myopia, according to Yasuo Tano, MD, who delivered the Edward Jackson Memorial Lecture during the opening session of the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting.

Orlando-Ophthalmologists should be aware of the risks to the ocular surface associated with long-term use of glaucoma medications, according to Robert J. Noecker, MD, MBA, who also spoke at the Cornea Health symposium during the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting.

Long-term results from the Multicenter Trial of Cryotherapy for Retinopathy of Prematurity (CRYO-ROP study) are showing continued advantages for treatment in preventing blindness and no long-term disadvantage with reference to acuity.

Pathology is the branch of medicine that deals with the nature of diseases, their cause and effect, particularly from the structural and functional changes that they cause. In its earliest forms, its origins date back to biblical times.

Asthenopia, blurred vision, and diplopia are classic symptoms of strabismus, which occasionally requires the use of prism or surgery to restore normal binocular vision. Ophthalmic prisms may be useful in the management of both tropias and phorias. In this column, we will discuss the management of prescriptions that contain prism.

Nice, France-The diffractive/refractive, fold-able, multifocal AcrySof IOL (study model MA60D3, Alcon, Fort Worth, TX) achieves similar mean distance vision and better near vision compared with the Array multifocal SA40N IOL (AMO, Santa Ana, CA), an FDA-approved IOL. Importantly, patients reported significantly fewer complaints of halos compared with the SA40N IOL, according to Philippe Dublineau, MD.