News related to Lucentis (Ranibizumab) and/or conditions it is approved for
Side Effect Of Retinal Detachment May Be Prevented By Ranibizumab
Source: Eye Health / Blindness News From Medical News Today [2013.04.11]
Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR), or the formation of scar tissue in the eye, is a serious, sight-threatening complication in people recovering from surgical repair of retinal detachment. PVR is difficult to predict, lacks effective treatment options, and substantially reduces an individual's quality of life. Each year 55,000 people are at risk for developing PVR in the United States alone...
Problem-Solving Therapy in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Source: Medscape Ophthalmology Headlines [2013.05.14]
Problem-solving therapy improved quality of life in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), in a new randomized trial.
Reuters Health Information
Telescope Implant Improves Vision In Macular Degeneration
Source: Eye Health / Blindness News From Medical News Today [2013.04.17]
Physicians at the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center have become the first in Virginia to successfully implant a telescope in a patient's eye to treat macular degeneration. The telescope implant is designed to correct end-stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most advanced form of AMD and the leading cause of blindness in older Americans...
How Deposits Of Cholesterol Contribute To Macular Degeneration And Atherosclerosis
Source: Cholesterol News From Medical News Today [2013.04.04]
A new study raises the intriguing possibility that drugs prescribed to lower cholesterol may be effective against macular degeneration, a blinding eye disease. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss in Americans over 50, shares a common link with atherosclerosis...
Macular Degeneration
Source: MedicineNet Tonometry Specialty [2011.05.20]
Title: Macular Degeneration
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 7/23/1999 6:05:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 5/20/2011 12:00:00 AM
'Miniature Telescope' for Eye Approved for Macular Degeneration
Source: MedicineNet Macular Degeneration (Age-Related Type) Specialty [2010.07.07]
Title: 'Miniature Telescope' for Eye Approved for Macular Degeneration
Category: Health News
Created: 7/6/2010 2:10:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 7/7/2010
What Should You Tell Your Patients About Aspirin?
Source: Medscape Ophthalmology Headlines [2013.05.13]
Aspirin has been linked to macular degeneration. When patients ask, what advice should you give about aspirin use?
Medscape Ophthalmology
PodMed: A Medical News Roundup from Johns Hopkins (with audio)
Source: MedPage Today Allergy & Immunology [2013.05.10]
(MedPage Today) -- This week's topics include preventing inappropriate shocks with implanted defibrillators, cleaning baby's pacifier, supplements and macular degeneration, and recommendations for lung cancer screening in smokers.
Adding Omega-3 Fatty Acids And Lutein/Zeaxanthin To Formulation Does Not Further Reduce Risk Of Progression To Advanced AMD
Source: Eye Health / Blindness News From Medical News Today [2013.05.08]
In a large, multicenter, randomized clinical trial that included persons at high risk for progression to advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD), adding the carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin, the omega-3 fatty acids DHA and EPA, or both to a formulation of antioxidant vitamins and minerals that has shown effectiveness in reducing risk did not further reduce risk of prog...
New Study Links Lutein, Zeaxanthin And Omega-3 Supplementation With Eye Health Benefits
Source: Eye Health / Blindness News From Medical News Today [2013.05.08]
DSM and Kemin welcome the results of the latest trial to indicate that the nutritional intake of lutein, zeaxanthin and omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) may be beneficial for patients affected by age-related macular degeneration (AMD)...
Transcription Factors Identified That Regulate Retinal Vascularization
Source: Eye Health / Blindness News From Medical News Today [2013.04.09]
The retina is a highly vascularized tissue, but too much or too little vascularization can lead to visual impairment and diseases such as familial exudative vitreoretinopathy or macular degeneration...
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