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Using recent history as a guide, will Medicare cut physician payments by 24% in 2014?

It is not too early for members of the vision science community to make plans for the 2014 meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).

In my own personal experience, there have always been infections that are difficult to treat (e.g., acanthamoeba or fungal keratitis), but that was no less the case 20 years ago than it is today. Bacterial infections are not (in my humble opinion) particularly more a concern today than they were a decade or two ago.

Maintenance is an important determinant for the efficacy of any intervention

New diagnostic platforms for dry eye disease can help in determining the underlying cause and severity, which is useful for guiding treatment decisions.

Allegro Ophthalmics LLC has announced the start of a phase II study of ALG-1001 in patients with vitreomacular traction (VMT).

Children born extremely prematurely have up to a 19-times greater risk of retinal detachment later in life than those born at term, according to a Swedish study published this month in Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

OD-OS has announced that its Navilas laser has been selected for a new study to evaluate the efficacy and stability of laser plus anti-vascular endothelial growth factor for the treatment of patients with diabetic macular edema (DME).

In observance of American Diabetes Month this November, the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) is reminding the 25.8 million Americans living with diabetes of the key steps they should take to prevent vision loss.

A key marker in blood and urine has been found able to identify people who carry genetic mutations in a gene responsible for retinitis pigmentosa (RP) by researchers at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine (UMMSM).

As part of Prevent Blindness America’s (PBA) “Live Right, Save Sight!” program-in conjunction with declaring November as Diabetic Eye Health Disease Awareness Month-the non-profit group is conducting an online contest seeking recipes that benefit those with diabetes.

The Y-fixation technique is a method of sutureless IOL intrascleral fixation that requires less complicated manipulations and results in better closure than alternatives of its type.

Advances in intraoperative aberrometry are increasing the likelihood that, in the near future, ophthalmologists will be able to achieve emmetropia for all patients undergoing cataract surgery.

Critical flicker-fusion frequency (CFF), as every ophthalmologist knows, is the lowest frequency at which a flickering light source is perceived to be constant (not flickering). Humans average a CFF of 60 Hz, but other animals measure with very different capabilities.

The fourth annual “Cataract Surgery: Telling It Like It Is!” meeting here Jan. 16 to 19, 2014, promises to cover more ground than ever-adding sessions on glaucoma, retina, optical coherence tomography, cornea, neuro-ophthalmology, and practice management.

Universal use of intracameral antibiotics can nearly eliminate postoperative endophthalmitis, relates one ophthalmologist.

An in-house financing program can provide many benefitscan grow the business in terms of the number of procedures performed, while saving money paid in third-party discounts, and even create new revenue streams as interest comes in on monthly payments.

A new letter contrast sensitivity test may aid in the evaluation of patients with age-related macular degeneration and other retinal diseases.

Including checks and balances in ophthalmic practices’ electronic health record systems can help ensure proper coding.

A 12-year-old boy presents with full thickness macular hole 6 weeks after trauma to the left eye. What to do next?

Many new products and updated devices were presented during this year’s ESCRS meeting and EURETINA 2013.

While marking its 40th anniversary this year, the LEITR recognized its many achievements while also laying out its plans moving forward.

An ophthalmologist explains how he and some colleagues have had excellent success with a new combination procedure ICE: iStent, Cataract, and Endocyclophotocoagulation.

Children are particularly sensitive to systemic side effects of topical glaucoma medications for a variety of reasons. Increased caution is necessary when using these agents.

Achieving alignment of strabismus can be difficult in children with syndromic craniosynostosis as the causes are multifactorial.

Recent randomized clinical trials have been advancing the understanding of current treatments for convergence insufficiency. More prospective studies are needed to investigate convergence types and their roles in convergence insufficiency.

Phase II clinical study results indicate monthly lampalizumab therapy may be successful treatment

Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) has named Timothy Stout, MD, PhD, as its new ophthalmology department chairman.

InnoCore Pharmaceuticals has signed an exclusive license and collaboration agreement with Allergan Inc.