Treatment Guidelines for Cataract savita thakur thakur2 Nov 2016 1:30 PM ISTCataract is the commonest cause of blindness and visual impairment in India. It affects a significant number of elderly people’s quality life and...
FDA Okays Gene Therapy for Rare Form of Blindness Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli19 Dec 2017 7:31 PM ISTU.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Spark Therapeutics' innovative gene therapy for the treatment of a rare, inherited form of...
Ophthalmologists with old training might lack skills to screen Glaucoma Anjali Nimesh Nimesh4 Feb 2018 7:00 PM ISTGlaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness globally and large-scale surveys from India recently put this ailment as a significant...
Diabetics twice more prone to develop cataract Anjali Nimesh Nimesh6 Feb 2018 8:30 PM ISTResearchers from UK analysed medical records of 56,510 patients of dabetes and have concluded that Diabetics are twice more prone to develop cataract...
Half of vision impairment in developed countries is preventable Anjali Nimesh Nimesh28 March 2018 7:02 PM ISTProfessor Rupert Bourne of Anglia Ruskin University and Vision Loss Expert Group have conducted a systematic review of medical literature over the...
Phacoemulsification increases tonographic outflow facility ,reduces IOP Vinay Singh singh27 April 2018 7:00 PM ISTPhacoemulsification increases tonographic outflow facility TOF and fully accounts for the IOP reduction following cataract surgery, suggests study....
Combined Cataract Surgery Ups Postop Endophthalmitis Risk Vinay Singh singh8 July 2018 7:10 PM ISTA higher incidence of acute postoperative endophthalmitis(POE) was found in patients who undergo combined cataract surgery, or removal of cataracts...
Loteprednol - New Topical Steroid for Post surgery Eye Pain Vinay Singh singh26 Aug 2018 7:05 PM ISTLoteprednol etabonate ophthalmic suspension (Inveltys) 1% is new topical steroid preparation that has bagged approval from U.S Food and Drug...
Cataract associated with higher risks of osteoporosis and fracture Hina Zahid6 Oct 2018 7:15 PM ISTResearchers have found in a new study that Cataract was independently associated with increased risks of osteoporosis and fracture.Dr. Huei‐Kai Huang...
Dynamin-binding protein linked to congenital cataract Vinay Singh singh6 Oct 2018 7:20 PM ISTA new study that appeared in the Journal of Human Genetics has now found compelling evidence that links dynamin-binding protein (DNMBP) to congenital...
A rare case of congenital rubella: NEJM Vinay Singh singh21 Oct 2018 6:00 PM ISTJyoti Natala and Sheetal Shirke reported a unique case of congenital rubella syndrome in an infant which appeared in the New England Journal of...
Preop OCT Screening improves cataract surgery outcomes Vinay Singh singh5 Nov 2018 7:20 PM ISTScreening candidates for cataract surgery through the routine use of optical coherence tomography (OCT) can improve surgery timing and planning, give...
