| | | | | Lighthouse symposium covers AMD, glaucoma
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Jennifer A. Webb
| | | New York-The North American Scientific Symposium on Age-Related Vision Impair-ment will focus on age-related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic retinopathy, and glaucoma. The two-day conference at Lighthouse International's headquarters here Oct. 16 to 17 is presented by Lighthouse International, AMD Alliance International, and the Canadian National Institute for the Blind.
| | | The Editors' Choices to feature year's top journal papers
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Susanne Medeiros
| | | The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) continues to work to provide the latest advances in ophthalmology through engaging new formats. At last year's annual meeting, we introduced a combined session with Ophthalmology, the American Journal of Ophthalmology, and Archives of Ophthalmology called The Editors' Choices.
| | | Water-mist product restores moisture to dry, irritated eyes
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Liz Meszaros
| | | Portland, OR-Nature's Tears EyeMist is a breakthrough product for the treatment of a variety of ocular irritations that delivers an ultra-fine mist of water to soothe and heal dry, irritated eyes, according to William D. Mathers, MD.
| | | CIBA Vision echoes Pfizer's call for surgical business buyers
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Jennifer A. Webb
| | | Duluth, GA-Less than a month after Pfizer Inc. announced it would consider selling off the surgical business it acquired with its merger with Pharmacia Corp. (Ophthalmology Times, Sept. 1 issue, Page 3), another large manufacturer of ophthalmic surgical products has announced it is pondering selling the surgical segment of its business as well.
| | | New balanced salt solution labeling, tradename OK'd
| | | The FDA has approved a new tradename and revised labeling for Alcon's sterile, balanced salt solution (AquaLase Solution) for use as an isotonic solution for irrigating eye tissues.
| | | Single-handed IOL injector receives approval
| | | The FDA has granted approval for the single-handed Royale Unihand Injector (model AE-9045) from American Surgical Instruments Corp. (ASICO).
| | | AAO, ASCRS continue work on provisions for Medicare reimbursement
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Cheryl Guttman
| | | Washington, DC-If the proposed 2004 Medi-care Fee Schedule goes into effect January 1, ophthalmologists are likely in for more belt-tightening. The 4.2% cut in physician fees called for in this recently published rule may come as no surprise to many in the ophthalmic community. However, the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), and other physician-provider groups are lobbying for provisions to address what they see as a flaw in the sustainable growth rate formula.
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| | | | Contrast sensitivity improves in LASEK, LASIK patients
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Julia Talsma
| | | Buenos Aires, Argentina-Contrast sensitivity, a more sensitive and accurate measure of functional vision than Snellen visual acuity, has been shown to improve after both LASIK and LASEK procedures in patients with low-to-moderate myopia, according to Carlos Argento, MD, and MaríaJosé Cosentino, MD.
| | | Hispanic sector sees high risk for open-angle glaucoma
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Cheryl Guttman
| | | Los Angeles-A preliminary analysis of results from the Los Angeles Latino Eye Study (LALES) indicates open-angle glaucoma (OAG) has a high prevalence among older Latinos. In addition, the rate exceeds that found in white populations and is at least comparable with that seen among blacks, said Rohit Varma, MD, MPH.
| | | Wavefront effects of LASIK, PRK compared
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Cheryl Guttman
| | | San Diego-Both conventional LASIK and PRK induce higher-order aberrations to a similar extent, but their effects on individual aberrations are distinctly different, according to Capt. Steve C. Schallhorn, MD.
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| | | | Wavefront-oriented LASIK most useful as enhancement tool
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Cheryl Guttman
| | | Alicante, Spain-Wavefront-oriented LASIK is a safe, effective, and predictable procedure for reducing higher-order aberrations and correcting residual refractive errors present after conventional LASIK, said Jorge L. Alio, MD, PhD.
| | | Glaucoma with AV fistula requires multidisciplinary approach
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Cheryl Guttman
| | | New York-Decisions on the management of glaucoma associated with arteriovenous (AV) fistulae requires close collaboration with neuroradiologists and other physician colleagues and careful discussion of observation versus intervention, said James C. Tsai, MD.
| | | Dual procedure geared for high myopia, astigmatism
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Cheryl Guttman
| | | Milan, Italy-Combining phakic IOL implantation with LASIK is a very safe and effective strategy for treating eyes with high myopia and astigmatism, according to Francesco Carones, MD.
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