The Ophthalmologist Power List 2014
January 29, 2014
Ranking the 100 most influential people in ophthalmology
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Six Strategies to Stimulate Resident Learning
January 22, 2014
Academic ophthalmologists are expected to be effective teachers but receive little or no instruction on teaching methodology. Our goal should not be to teach; rather, for the student to learn what is needed. These tips will improve your effectiveness.
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Re-engineering Healthcare
January 22, 2014
Change is hard – and major change even more so – in large part for one simple reason: as Leo Tolstoy once advised, “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
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Right place, right time
January 21, 2014
Sitting Down With Carrie MacEwen, Consultant Ophthalmologist at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, Scotland, and President-Elect of the UK Royal College of Ophthalmologists
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Integrin Blockade as a Retinovascular Therapy
January 21, 2014
A new drug, ALG-1001, that blocks the transmembrane receptors that cells use to attach to their surroundings, has the potential to treat a range of retinovascular diseases
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Gene Therapy Clinical Trials
January 21, 2014
The EMA approved the first gene therapy agent in 2012 – for lipoprotein lipase deficiency. Might gene therapies for ophthalmic disease reach the wards any time soon?
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A Novel Refractive Procedure for Keratoconus
January 20, 2014
Intracorneal ring segment and phakic IOL implantation: a refractive solution for patients with keratoconus and high myopia
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Ten Tips for Toric Lens Implantation
January 20, 2014
Practical pearls and possible pitfalls for the general cataract surgeon
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DMEK Simplified, Deftly
January 20, 2014
A novel method for preparation of Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) grafts is here. It uses a punch but doesn’t lay a finger (or forceps) on the corneal endothelial cells.
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VEGF has Physiolgical as well as Pathological Functions
January 20, 2014
Growing evidence for the key role played by VEGF in the normal adult eye now demands that ophthalmologists give careful consideration to the use of anti-VEGF therapies. While these agents are highly effective for the treatment of ocular neovascularization – particularly as an anti-permeability factor – it may also interfere with the normal functions of VEGF in the eye.
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Retinal Visualization of Schizophrenia
January 20, 2014
OCT imaging visualizes retinal nerve fiber layers and the thickness of the macula; abnormalities in either can predict the stage and duration of schizophrenia.
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Dropper Bother
January 20, 2014
The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) issues a safety alert for Cosopt preservative-free single-dose eye drops
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20/200 Drivers
January 20, 2014
Americans love their cars and in many places you’re virtually stranded if you don’t drive. So does vision loss stop elderly Americans from driving?
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Keeping an Eye on Diabetes
January 20, 2014
Transplanting pancreatic Islets of Langerhans into the ocular anterior chamber of the eye allows researchers to effectively monitor β-cell function.
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Seeing What’s Behind the Camera
January 20, 2014
The pupil of the eye is dark, and the cornea highly reflective – it acts as a mirror. Combine this with high resolution photography, and you get a whole new vista.
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Not All Big Pharma Loves Ophtho
January 20, 2014
While other pharmaceutical companies are buying into ophthalmology, Pfizer is heading for the hills
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Will Eye Bling Take Off?
January 20, 2014
The media have been building up “eyeball jewelry” as a potential craze, but the evidence suggests otherwise
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Cost: The Final Frontier
January 20, 2014
Gene therapy for ocular disease will soon be available. Stem cell therapies too. They may be able to cure the currently untreatable, but at what price? And will anyone pay it?
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