The Eye Care Blog

A U.S. agency and eye doctors reportedly agree the ReNu With Moisture Loc contact lens solution alone was responsible for an eye infection outbreak this year.

The statins are associated with a lower incidence of nuclear cataract, the most common type of age-related cataract.

A complicated eye surgery performed recently at the Rajan Eye Care Hospital has become yet another reinforcement of the bond of “love and friendship” between India and Pakistan.

The National Public Health Service for Wales (NPHS) has now identified 59 people affected by the outbreak of conjunctivitis (eye infection) in the Rhondda Fach Valley. The outbreak is centred on the Ferndale area, with some cases in Maerdy, Pwllgwaun and Pontypridd.

A worldwide recall, issued by Bausch & Lomb two months ago, for a new multipurpose contact-lens solution linked to major fusarium fungal eye infections has caused worry among wearers everywhere. A front-page article in The Wall Street Journal trumpeting the problem didn’t exactly ease fears either.

A deaf adolescent from the Cuban province of Camaguey with pigmentary retinitis received an eye cochlear implant, free in this country.

patients who took an inhaled corticosteroid each day, researchers found that their risk of developing cataracts was 24 percent higher than patients who did not use the drugs.

Dr. James Salz (www.drsalz.com) provided several strategies for eye surgeons to better screen prospective candidates for laser eye surgery in an article entitled “Screening for LASIK: Tips and Techniques” in the July 24, 2006 “Review of Ophthalmology”. These strategies focused on identifying actual abnormalities during the pre-operative work up in the corneal maps and potential [...]

Nearsightedness, or myopia, occurs when a person has difficulty seeing objects at a distance. Glasses, contact lenses or LASIK surgery may help remedy the condition.

Unlike an artificial tear product that just temporarily adds moisture to the dry eye, Restasis suppresses the activity of the inflammatory cells that are reducing tear production.