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Cataract Surgery: AMA Conducts The Consultation That The Government Failed To Do, Australia AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said that the AMA is surveying more than 500 ophthalmologists nationally to gather the evidence on the contemporary realities of performing cataract surgery in Australia. Dr Pesce said the AMA is doing the grassroots consultation with doctors that the Government failed to do before slashing Medicare patient rebates for cataract surgery in the May Budget. ...more	25 Aug 2009
STAAR Surgical Reports Progress On Japanese Application For Approval Of Visian(TM) Implantable Collamer(R) Lens (ICL(TM)) STAAR Surgical Company (Nasdaq: STAA), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of minimally invasive ophthalmic products, reported on the status of its application to obtain approval to market the Company's Visian ICL products in Japan. As anticipated, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's Expert Meeting II was held at the end of July in Japan, at which time the STAAR Visian ICL products were considered for approval in the Japanese market. ...more	21 Aug 2009
Making Smart Phone Touch-Screens More Glare And Smudge Resistant Scientists have discovered the secret to easing one of the great frustrations of the millions who use smart phones, portable media players and other devices with touch-screens: Reducing their tendency to smudge and cutting glare from sunlight. In a report at the 238th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, they describe development of a test for performance of such smudge- and reflection-resistant coatings and its use to determine how to improve that performance. ...more	20 Aug 2009
Taking The Sting Out Of Shots With Painless 'Microneedle' Patch Good news for people fearful of needles and squeamish of shots: Scientists at the 238th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society report the design of a painless patch that may someday render hypodermic needles - as well as annual flu shots - a thing of the past. Lined with tiny "microneedles," these patches could make treatment of diabetes and a wide range of other diseases safer, more effective and less painful. ...more	20 Aug 2009
Mind Control Can Make You A Better Surgeon A team of researchers have found that trainee eye surgeons can significantly improve their surgical skills by regulating their own brainwave activity, using a process called neurofeedback. Published in BMC Neuroscience 2009 this month, the study, led by Tomas Ros and Professor John Gruzelier, both from Goldsmiths, University of London, specifically looked at the effects of self-regulating brainwaves on National Health Service trainee ophthalmic microsurgeons. ...more	20 Aug 2009
Study Of Lacrisert(R) Dry Eye Insert Published In The Ocular Surface Aton Pharma, Inc. announced that The Ocular Surface, a leading peer-reviewed ophthalmology journal, has published an article that includes results of a retrospective case series study of dry eye patients using Lacrisert(R) (hydroxypropyl cellulose ophthalmic insert). The article, "Extending the Duration of Tear Film Protection: Review and Retrospective Case Series Study of the Hydroxypropyl Cellulose Ophthalmic Insert," by Arden H. Wander, M.D. and Bruce H. Koffler, M.D. ...more	20 Aug 2009
Jefferson And Wills Eye Battling Rare Childhood Cancer Together Retinoblastoma is a rare cancer that develops in the retina of the eye and mostly affects young children. According to the National Cancer Institute, about 300 children are diagnosed with the disease each year in the United States. In fact, the vast majority of cases of retinoblastoma occur among young children, with almost two-thirds of all retinoblastomas occurring before the age of two years and 95 percent occurring before the age of five years. ...more	20 Aug 2009
A UK Cosmetic Surgery First: An Eyelash Transplant Procedure Transform, the largest cosmetic surgery in the UK, has announced the launch of the UK's first ever eyelash transplant, allowing women and men with complete or partial eyelash loss to regain their eyelashes through a micro-surgical transplant procedure - doing away with the need for false eyelashes. ...more	20 Aug 2009
Computer Scientist Named 1 Of 2009's 'Top 35' Researchers By MIT's Technology Review Magazine Jeffrey Bigham, assistant professor of computer science at the University of Rochester has been named one of the top 35 researchers in the world under the age of 35 by Technology Review, MIT's magazine on science and technology. Bigham will be featured along with the other 34 finalists, chosen from more than 300 nominees, in the magazine's Sept./Oct. issue, and will be recognized at MIT's Emerging Technologies Conference in Sept. ...more	20 Aug 2009
Elevated Arginase Levels Contribute To Vascular Eye Disease Such As Diabetic Retinopathy Elevated levels of the enzyme arginase contribute to vascular eye damage and Medical College of Georgia researchers say therapies to normalize its levels could halt progression of potentially blinding diseases such as diabetic retinopathy. ...more	19 Aug 2009
President's Misstatement Prompts Response From Eye M.D.s The American Academy of Ophthalmology joins the American College of Surgeons' call for a respectful debate of health care reform proposals that is free of misstatements and misinformation. "The debate of legitimate concerns surrounding health care reform is expected and should be encouraged," said David W. Parke II, MD, CEO of the Academy. ...more	19 Aug 2009
Lpath Completes Enrollment Of Patients In ISONEPTM Phase 1 Clinical Trial Lpath, Inc. (OTCBB: LPTN), the category leader in lipidomics-based therapeutics, has completed the enrollment and dosing of 15 wet AMD patients in a multi-center, open label, single-arm Phase 1 study of iSONEP administered as a single intravitreal injection to the study eye. The drug was well tolerated in all 15 patients, and there were no drug-related serious adverse events reported at any of the five dose levels (0.2 mg/eye to 1.8 mg/eye). ...more	19 Aug 2009
What Oklahomans Should Know About Cataract Surgery Almost everyone who lives a long life will develop cataracts at some point. As more Americans live into their 70s and beyond, we all need to know a few cataract basics: risks and symptoms, tips that may delay onset, and how to decide when it is time for surgery, so good vision can be restored. ...more	19 Aug 2009
City University London: Wins Emerald Grant To Develop Innovative Instrument For Detecting Eye Disease A team from City University London's Optometry Department has won a commercial award from the Emerald proof of concept fund, after pitching to a 'Dragon's Den' panel of judges. The award will help develop eyeVisor™: a portable, inexpensive, head-mounted instrument that could play a role in the screening and home monitoring of chronic eye conditions such as glaucoma or macular degeneration. The team from City's Department of Optometry and Visual Science, led by Dr. ...more	18 Aug 2009
Nonsurgical Technique Can Take Years Off The Appearance Of Aging Eyes As one ages, the characteristics of the eyes change in generally predictable ways: the skin thins and becomes less elastic, brows may descend, the upper lid may recede or enlarge, and the bones around the eyes appear more prominent. While surgery has long been the accepted standard and offers significant benefits to many patients, injectable treatments are proving to be a viable option for taking years off the appearance of aging eyes. ...more	17 Aug 2009
Living And Non-Living Objects Separated By Brain For Processing For unknown reasons, the human brain distinctly separates the handling of images of living things from images of non-living things, processing each image type in a different area of the brain. For years, many scientists have assumed the brain segregated visual information in this manner to optimize processing the images themselves, but new research shows that even in people who have been blind since birth the brain still separates the concepts of living and non-living objects. ...more	15 Aug 2009
Vision Researchers See Unexpected Gain A Year Into Blindness Trial Scientists have discovered that even in adults born with extremely impaired sight, the brain can rewire itself to recognize sections of the retina that have been restored by gene therapy. The discovery of the brain's surprising adaptability comes a year after three blind volunteers received doses of corrective genes to selected areas of their retinas at Shands at the University of Florida medical center. ...more	14 Aug 2009
European Optical Body Calls For Patients With Downs Syndrome To Have Regular Sight Tests The European Council of Optometry and Optics (ECOO) has called for patients with Down's Syndrome and their carers to ensure that vision needs are regularly monitored after new research into the structure of the eye in people with Down's Syndrome has found significant differences from the norm. It is well known that people with Down's Syndrome are more likely to suffer from eye conditions such as amblyopia (lazy eye), near or long-sightedness, and an increased risk of cataracts. ...more	14 Aug 2009
A Year Into Blindness Trial, Vision Researchers See Unexpected Gain Scientists have discovered that even in adults born with extremely impaired sight, the brain can rewire itself to recognize sections of the retina that have been restored by gene therapy. The discovery of the brain's surprising adaptability comes a year after three blind volunteers received doses of corrective genes to selected areas of their retinas at Shands at the University of Florida medical center. ...more	14 Aug 2009
Study Identifies Risk Factors For Transformation Of Eye Growths Into Melanoma Eight factors may predict whether a choroidal nevus-a benign, flat, pigmented growth inside the eye and beneath the retina-may develop into melanoma, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. "There is strong interest for early detection of choroidal melanoma [a malignant growth], and its differentiation from nevus continues to be the major impediment," the authors write as background information in the article. ...more	13 Aug 2009
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