Ophthalmology

Patient Opinions Help Eye MDs Improve Glaucoma Testing

harminka — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:47:48 -0600

The first quantitative study of how glaucoma patients perceive glaucoma assessment tests and how these perceptions may impact test results and follow-up care was completed by Stuart K Gardiner, PhD, and his colleagues at the Discoveries in Sight Laboratory, Devers Eye Institute of the Legacy Health System, Portland OR.

How season of birth may affect nearsightedness and on cornea donor sources

harminka — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:25:35 -0500

Does season of birth play a role in the development of nearsightedness? Do corneas from older donors meet quality standards for transplant surgery? These are among the topics explored in the April 2008 issue of Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Screening for Glaucoma--Through the Eyelid

DevelopAll — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:05:41 -0600

An innovative device (Tonometer Diaton) has turned screening for glaucoma into a safe, easy procedure, performed through the eyelid and without the use of anesthetic drops.

Do You Know Your EYE Pressure? January is Glaucoma Awareness Month

DevelopAll — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:12:25 -0600

Did you know that High Eye Pressure may lead to Glaucoma and even Blindness? BiCOM Inc., with its new Tonometer Diaton now allows to painlessly test eye pressure through the Eyelid without contact with the cornea, use of anesthesia, or risk of infection. What better month than January, Glaucoma Awareness Month, to visit your eye doctor, ask them about Tonometry, and get your eyes fully checked.

Unique Diaton Tonometer is Revealed- Glaucoma Detection through the Eyelid

DevelopAll — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:39:54 -0600

BiCOM Inc. reveals an advanced transpalpebral Diaton tonometer. Diaton Tonometry is a unique approach to measuring intraocular pressure (IOP) THROUGH THE EYELID - no contact with the cornea, no anesthesia or sterilization is required. BiCOM's pen-like, hand-held, portable device is perfect for measuring eye pressure and helps ophthalmologists and optometrists in diagnosis and prevention of blindness caused by Glaucoma. This ophthalmic device is irreplaceable for mass Glaucoma screenings.

Unique Diaton Tonometer is Revealed- Glaucoma Detection through the Eyelid

DevelopAll — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:56:31 -0600

Surgical errors rare but serious in ophthalmic procedures

harminka — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:24:16 -0600

Surgical confusions—for instance, operations involving the wrong site, the wrong patient or the wrong procedure—occur infrequently in eye surgery procedures, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

wearing no-line bifocals slows myopia progression in some children

harminka — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:36:45 -0500

Dry Eye Syndrome affects quality of life for 5 million in US

harminka — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:46:15 -0600

Crowding, a failure of object recognition

harminka — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:37:50 -0600

Cataract scheme 'expensive over-reaction' say doctors

harminka — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:38:08 -0600

Interferon-treated hepatitis C patients likely to experience retinopathy

harminka — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 12:45:59 -0600