The Eye Care Blog

Global bio-nanotech company pSivida Limited (NASDAQ:PSDV) (ASX:PSD) (Xetra:PSI) today announced the initiation of a Phase II clinical trial of Mifepristone (otherwise known as RU486) as an eye drop treatment for steroid associated elevated intraocular pressure (IOP).

Antibiotics offer no effective treatment for trachoma, an infectious eye disease that is the second leading cause of blindness after cataract, a study indicates.

Pfizer Inc.’s Zithromax antibiotic may quadruple the risk of being re-infected with a potentially blinding eye infection that the drug is intended to treat.

Throwing a raw egg at someone may be considered a prank or a harmless political protest but in fact it carries a high risk of causing blindness.

Nationwide Vision is taking its message about laser eye surgery to the mall.

Hundreds of patients with eye defects in Nebbi district and the neighbouring DR Congo on Wednesday received free eye surgery at Nebbi Hospital.

Roger Von Jouanne is proud of his latest swimming accomplishments at the recent Masters World Swim Championships just after recovering from a complicated eye surgery.

Alcon Inc. (ACL) received Food and Drug Administration approval for Travatan Z for the reduction of elevated intraocular pressure in patients with glaucoma and ocular hypertension.

Dr. James Salz (www.drsalz.com) co-written with Dr. William Trattleran an article entitled “Pupil Size and Corneal Laser Surgery” in the August 2006 issue of Current Opinion in Ophthalmology on refractive surgery.

Study conducted by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States says that contact lenses used for cosmetic purposes can cause infections that eventually lead to blindness.