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August 5, 2013

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New glaucoma drug significantly lowers IOP

This new glaucoma drug is the only fixed-dose combination therapy for glaucoma without a beta blocker in the United States. Read more about this IOP-lowering drug in our cover story.
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Managing DME without insulin in truck drivers

Vision loss caused by diabetic macular edema increases the health and financial burdens of managing diabetes, especially for long-haul truckers who rely on their eyesight to maintain employment. » Read more

How Flight 214 compares to the OR

The lesson of flight 214 for us in medicine is that we should be creating teams of people (physicians, nurses, anesthesiologists, technicians, etc.) who know each other, can anticipate what is coming next, and communicate well. » Read more

Meaningful pharmacologic pupil dilation possible after death

Pupils can be pharmacologically dilated after death, according to the results of a recent study. The study examined pupillary dilation of postmortem eye bank eyes, which may facilitate postmortem examination and screening through modalities such as fundus photography and fundus optical coherence tomography.
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Report: Eye disorders cost $139 billion per year

Through improved communication and coordination with patients and other health care professionals as well as advocacy for increased or maintained funding for prevention of vision-related problems, ophthalmologists can help decrease costs associated with eye disorders and vision loss. » Read more

The value of human ocular tissue in research

Human ocular tissue has a critical role in helping researchers understand and find new treatments for diseases that include glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, and cataract.» Read more

 

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