Cataract Surgery Tied to Fewer Car Crashes for Seniors
Title: Cataract Surgery Tied to Fewer Car Crashes for SeniorsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 6/28/2018 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 6/29/2018 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Eyesight General)
Source: MedicineNet Eyesight General - June 29, 2018 Category: Opthalmology Source Type: news
Cataract surgery tied to lower risk of car crashes
(Reuters Health) - Drivers with cataracts who get surgery to have them removed may lower their risk of getting into traffic crashes, a recent study suggests. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 28, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Cataract Surgery Tied to Fewer Car Crashes for Seniors
THURSDAY, June 28, 2018 -- Data on more than half a million Canadian seniors shows that traffic accident rates fall after drivers undergo a needed cataract surgery.
The effect was relatively modest -- about a 9 percent decline -- but suggest that... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - June 28, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Glaukos wins FDA PMA for iStent inject glaucoma device
Glaukos (NYSE:GKOS) said today it won FDA premarket approval for its iStent inject trabecular micro-bypass system.
With the clearance, the iStent inject is now indicated for use in the reduction of intraocular pressure in adults with mild to moderate primary open-angle glaucoma who are undergoing concomitant cataract surgery.
San Clemente, Calif.-based Glaukos said the iStent inject is designed to treat mild-to-moderate open-angle glaucoma in patients undergoing cataract surgery. It uses a pair of heparin-coated titanium stents in a pre-loaded auto-injection system that allows them to be injected into multiple trabecular ...
Source: Mass Device - June 25, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Optical/Ophthalmic Pre-Market Approval (PMA) Regulatory/Compliance Glaukos Source Type: news
Boy, 9, left with an untreatable hole in his eye after playing with a laser pointer
Normally macular holes are treatable, but the surgery inevitably causes cataracts, which permanently clouds vision. However, in this case in Greece, even that wasn't an option. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 21, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Alcon AcrySof ® IQ PanOptix® trifocal intraocular lens shows superior visual performance in head-to-head trial post-cataract surgery
Alcon, the global leader in eye care and a division of Novartis, unveils new data showing significantly improved near and intermediate distance vision with the AcrySof IQ PanOptix intraocular lens (IOL) compared to the ZEISS AT LISA®* tri 839MP IOL. These findings further strengthen the value of the PanOptix IOL ENLIGHTENTM optical technology, to provide enhanced image quality and more comfortable near to intermediate vision setting the AcrySof IQ PanOptix IOL apart from other trifocal IOLs. (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - June 18, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Novartis Business and Industry Source Type: news
Congo-Brazzaville:Feature - Chinese Doctors Bring Brightness to Congolese Cataract Patients
[Focac] Brazaville -For 65-year-old Balossa Yvonne, a Congolese woman who is suffering from cataract for months, a cure for her illness is to receive a surgery. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 13, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Myopia could be linked to longer periods spent in education
Educational practices may need to change to prevent damaged vision Related items fromOnMedica Eye problems: the eyelids Eye problems Eye health care placing avoidable pressure on GPs in London Two thirds of eye units restricting access to cataract surgery Stem cell 'patch' offers hope for macular degeneration (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - June 7, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
FDA Approves First Artificial Iris
A German company has become the first to score FDA approval for a stand-alone prosthetic iris in the United States.
The agency said Wednesday afternoon that it approved the CustomFlex Artificial Iris, made by Erlangen, Germany-based HumanOptics. The device, which is surgically implanted, is approved to treat adults and children whose iris is completely missing or damaged due to a congenital condition called aniridia or other damage to the eye.
“Patients with iris defects may experience severe vision problems, as well as dissatisfaction with the appearance of their eye,” said Malvina Eydelman, MD, director of the divi...
Source: MDDI - May 30, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Amanda Pedersen Tags: Implants Source Type: news
Cataract surgery and motor vehicle fatality prevention - Desapriya E, Jhauj R, Merchant K.
To the Editor Cataract is the leading cause of vision impairment in older adults in the United States and North America. The recent study by Tseng et al1 found that cataract surgery was associated with a 60% reduced risk of death from all causes and a 3... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 30, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Cataract surgery and motor vehicle fatality prevention-reply - Tseng VL, Yu F, Coleman AL.
In Reply We thank Desapriya et al for the attentive correspondence to our study. As they note, long wait times for cataract surgery have been shown to be associated with decreased quality of life and increased injuries. As noted in our study, a study t... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 30, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Tanzania:How Japanese Eye Specialists Will Treat Dar Cataract Patients Without Surgery
[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -Japanese eye specialists will treat cataract patients in Dar es Salaam this week without performing invasive surgery. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 29, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Glaucoma Device Makers See a Bright Future Ahead
Were The Graduate's Ben Braddock to receive a one-word bit of career advice today, it might very well be "MIGS" instead of plastics.
MIGS stands for minimally invasive glaucoma surgery, and both financial analysts and developers of the tiny devices designed to treat the disease expect the market to pop for the foreseeable future.
"On a scale of one through 10, I would say the market is probably somewhere between one and two in terms of maturity," said Dave Van Meter, CEO of Irvine, CA-based Ivantis. "The market in the U.S. today is probably somewhere around a couple hundred million dollars, according to Market Scope, and ...
Source: MDDI - May 11, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Greg Goth Tags: Implants Source Type: news
Chinese IOL maker Wuxi Vision Pro raises $13m in Series B
Chinese intraocular lens maker Wuxi Vision Pro said today it completed a $12.6 million (RMB ¥80 million) Series B round.
Investors in the round were Qiming Venture Partners and Ruijian Capital, the Shanghai-based company said.
Wuxi Vision Pro develops its own intraocular lens material at a manufacturing facility in Irvine, Calif., and produces the Leiming aspheric intraocular lenses which have won Chinese FDA approval and CE Mark approval in the European Union.
“I’m so glad to see Vision Pro Ltd. is growing rapidly. With Leiming aspheric IOLs successfully passing clinical trials and being put into the market,...
Source: Mass Device - May 7, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Business/Financial News Optical/Ophthalmic wuxivisionpro Source Type: news
An Alarm About Anthem's Proposed Cuts To Anesthesia Staff During Eye Surgery
Anthem ’s guidance if implemented, would increase the risk of complications during routine cataract surgery (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - May 1, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Elaine Schattner, Contributor Tags: NYSE:ANTM Source Type: news
