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Antibiotics not beneficial as a preventive therapy
Patients who received ophthalmic antibiotics to prevent infection after intravitreal drug injections frequently became resistant to several antibiotics according to a recent study. Antibiotics are ...
High cholesterol levels linked to age-related macular degeneration
Researchers at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences discovered elevated levels of several  indicators of age-related macular degeneration including cholesterol dep...
Video games may improve weak vision!
A recent study revealed that playing video games can help improve the vision of adults with lazy eye. Amblyopia, or lazy eye, is the most common cause of permanent visual impairment in childhood. I...
Vision-impaired drivers allowed in NY
As of September 28, 2011, the New York State driver license renewal process allows drivers the ability to "self-certify that they meet the vision requirements necessary to drive".   New York with ...
Implantable Miniature Telescope for AMD
An implantable miniature telescope (IMT) offers new hope for patients in the end-stage of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). A new study detailed in the online journal Ophthalmology
New guidelines for diagnosing and treating dry eye symptoms
A new report which took more than two years to complete was published in a special issue of the Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science outlining the recommended methods of diagnosis and t...
VA discontinues use of Avastin
The inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services says the Medicare program could have saved more than $1 billion over two years if Genentech’s cancer drug Avastin had been pre...
