15

Mar

Does cataract surgery make you live longer?

A recent article published in the journal Ophthalmology demonstrated that well-done cataract surgery improves more than just a patient's vision. The Blue Mountains Eye Study (BMES) is a long-running study of thousands of older people in a specific region in Australia. A por...

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15

Mar

Demodex mites and blepharitis

Blepharitis is a common inflammatory condition of the eyelids. It is a chronic disease that may develop at any age. Blepharitis occurs at the base of the eyelashes and traditionally has been thought to be caused by a bacterial infection. However, new research has shown that in ma...

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15

Mar

Stem cell treatment may revolutionize treatment of retinal disease

A recent article on the Bloomberg news website reported that Advanced Cell Technology Inc. was cleared by the FDA to move forward with human trials using embryonic stem cells to treat dry macular degeneration (dry AMD). If successful, this would be the first therapy to treat tis...

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15

Mar

Study shows Lucentis improves outcomes in diabetic macular edema treatment

For years, the standard treatment for diabetic macular edema (DME) has been laser. The goal of laser treatment is the prevention of severe vision loss. In patients who have already lost vision, laser improves vision in only 20-30% of cases. Retina specialists have used intraocula...

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15

Mar

Study finds no association between cataract surgery and AMD progression

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and cataract are two of the leading causes of vision loss in the United States. Until recently, it was unclear whether some patients with AMD had disease progression shortly after having cataract surgery. A recent study showed that cataract ...

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15

Mar

Multifocal IOLs outperform standard lens implants

A study in the current issue of Ophthalmology demonstrated increased patient satisfaction with newer-generation intraocular lenses (IOL) implanted after cataract surgery. The ReZoom refractive multifocal and the FDA-approval pending Tecnis multifocal were compared to a first-gene...

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15

Mar

Retinal cell transplant shows promise

Preliminary results have shown that an improvement in vision is possible in select patients undergoing experimental retinal cell transplantation. In a study reported in this month's American Journal of Ophthalmology, researchers found measurable improvement in vision in 70%...

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