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Check out this video demonstration of Swing Box, indoor golf net invented by Joe Lee, MD, ophthalmologist.

In a study from Emory University in Atlanta, ophthalmologists rated the same images higher on iPhone screens than desktop computer screens.

Corcoran Compliance Connection will provide real-time coding recommendations based on chart documentation in electronic health record (EHR) systems.

Prevent Blindness America (PBA) has declared August as Children's Eye Health and Safety Month to educate parents on the importance of children's healthy vision.

VSP Vision Care estimates it has spent about $150 million to provide free eye care and eyewear to 775,000 low-income, uninsured people in the past 15 years.

Alex V. Levin, MD, chief of pediatric ophthalmology and ocular genetics at Wills Eye Institute, has received a grant from Prevent Blindness America.

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami is the top ophthalmology hospital for the ninth year in a row, according to U.S. News & World Report.

Phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK) provides excellent visual outcomes in patients with irregular astigmatism and corneal opacity.

The FDA has approved once-monthly, 0.3-mg ranibizumab injection (Lucentis, Genentech) for treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME), making it the first and only drug approved by the agency for the condition. The standard of care for DME for the past 25 years has been laser surgery.

Lucentis, the 0.3-mg dose of ranibizumab injection, has been approved by the FDA for treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME).

A study, published in the Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, found exophoria to be a risk factor in 3D asthenopia (symptoms related to 3D viewing).

Bausch + Lomb (B + L) and Technolas Perfect Vision GmbH (TPV) have received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for femtosecond laser platform, Victus.

Sightpath, a provider of mobile and fixed ophthalmic surgical products, ramped up social media efforts with Facebook, Twitter, Vimeo, LinkedIn, and a blog.

Ernest Cavin, MBA, DBA, has been named president and chief executive officer of Haag-Streit USA and Reliance Medical Products, both based in Mason, OH.

A fellow at Minnesota Eye Consultants, Bryan S. Lee, MD, JD, is the first winner of the Vanguard Ophthalmology Society Scholar Award, recognizing anterior segment scholarship.

The annual Swing Fore Sight Golf Tournament, supporting the sight-saving programs of Prevent Blindness America (PBA), will coincide with Vision Expo West.

The Eye Bank Association of America has named the recipient of its annual Leonard Heise Award, Jason Woody.

Researchers have identified a protein, atypical protein kinase C (aPKC), that may help regulate the process that causes damage in diabetic retinopathy.

A study of more than 400,000 Medicare beneficiaries has found an unexpected benefit of cataract removal surgery: a 16% decrease in a specific type of fracture.

Anthony Aldave, MD, explains when cataract extraction should be done alone or with Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK).

Use of imaging in clinical practice offers clinicians a number of advantages for following patients with glaucoma, perhaps most importantly the ability sometimes to detect damage before it is apparent on fundus photographs, objective rates of glaucoma progression, and the ability to predict the patients who are at high risk of functional impairment. Robert N. Weinreb, MD, talked about how imaging and clinical practice are a good fit.

Topcon Medical Systems has introduced a new computerized lensmeter (CL-300 Computerized Lensmeter) in U.S and Latin American markets.

Bevacizumab (Avastin, Genentech) monotherapy for zone I retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) might have potential for treating pre-term infants who are in phase II of the pathogenesis of ROP.

A minimally invasive technique for the correction of refractive errors has good refractive predictability, is safe and effective, and has excellent stability up to 1 year postoperatively.

The recent issuance of revised recommendations for hydroxychloroquine retinopathy screening from the American Academy of Ophthalmology will have substantial effects on practicing ophthalmologists.

Data from 6 months of follow-up in a randomized, contralateral eye comparison study demonstrate LASIK performed using a proprietary "optimized prolate ablation" algorithm provides superior results compared with a conventional ablation technique.

Results from a small study indicate the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of improving near vision in patients with previous LASIK by implanting a small-aperture corneal inlay into a femtosecond laser-created corneal pocket.

The cornea maintains a better prolate shape after myopic PRK using a wavefront-optimized versus a wavefront-guided ablation profile.

Procedure room humidity appears to have a small effect on best-corrected visual acuity outcomes after corneal laser refractive surgery, but variations in humidity or temperature do not appear to affect uncorrected visual acuity outcomes, the incidence of diffuse lamellar keratitis after LASIK, or need for enhancement after myopic LASIK or LASEK.

Results from the first clinical trial of myopic LASIK with a new advanced wavefront-guided system are excellent and indicate the procedure is an acceptable and efficacious alternative to conventional LASIK.