Newly Approved Toric ICL Implanted in First US Patient Newly Approved Toric ICL Implanted in First US Patient
A 37-year-old Illinois truck driver has become the first person in the United States to receive new implantable lenses for the correction of myopia with astigmatism approved by the US Food and Drug Administration last month.News Alerts (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 26, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ophthalmology News Alert Source Type: news
Carl Zeiss Meditec wins FDA nod for ReLEx SMILE
Carl Zeiss Meditec (ETR:AFX) said today it won FDA premarket approval for its ReLEx Smile laser system intended for ophthalmological use.
The German company said that with the approval, its ReLEx Smile system is now cleared for patients with astigmatism. The approval also allows for a small entry incision to be made, allowing the company’s Smile procedure to be less disruptive to the corneal surface tissue.
“The expansion of Myopia treatment to patients with Astigmatism will enable current and future Smile surgeons to expand their patient base, paving the way for a new generation of refractive surgery patient...
Source: Mass Device - October 5, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Optical/Ophthalmic Pre-Market Approval (PMA) Regulatory/Compliance Carl Zeiss Meditec Source Type: news
ZEISS Receives FDA Approval for ReLEx SMILE, Expanding Myopia Treatment to Patients with Astigmatism
Small Incision Lenticule Extraction, better known as ReLEx SMILE from ZEISS is a minimally-invasive corneal refractive procedure performed on the ZEISS VisuMax femtosecond laser
DUBLIN, Calif., Oct. 5, 2018 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- ... Devices, Ophthalmology, FDA ZEISS, ReLEx SMILE, myopia, astigmatism (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - October 5, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Staar Surgical wins FDA nod for Visian Toric ICL
Staar Surgical (NSDQ:STAA) said yesterday that it won FDA approval for its Visian toric implantable collamer lens designed for correcting myopia with astigmatism.
The Monrovia, Calif.-based company said that with the approval, its ICL product line is now cleared for the correction of refractive errors in patients with both myopia and astigmatism.
Staar Surgical said that its ICLs in both spherical and toric designs have been associated with “significant improvements in quality of life,” and touted that patients who’ve received ICL surgery as “life changing,” according to a press release.
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Source: Mass Device - September 14, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Optical/Ophthalmic Regulatory/Compliance STAAR Surgical Co Source Type: news
A 5-Year-Old Boy's Failing Vision A 5-Year-Old Boy's Failing Vision
A boy comes to your clinic with myopia in the right eye. Can you determine the cause?Medscape Ophthalmology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 28, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ophthalmology Case Challenge Source Type: news
Endothelial Cell Density After Iris-Fixated Phakic IOL Endothelial Cell Density After Iris-Fixated Phakic IOL
How common is endothelial cell loss after implantation of iris-fixated phakic intraocular lenses in myopia and astigmatism? Not uncommon at all, says Dr Christopher Rapuano.Medscape Ophthalmology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 24, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ophthalmology Viewpoint Source Type: news
Trait jealousy moderates the relationship between alcohol problems and intimate partner violence among men in batterer intervention programs - Brem MJ, Shorey RC, Rothman EF, Temple JR, Stuart GL.
Informed by alcohol myopia theory and Leonard's heuristic model of intimate partner violence (IPV), we hypothesized that alcohol problems would positively relate to IPV among men with high, but not low, trait jealousy. We collected cross-sectional, self-re... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 26, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
High Incidence of Myopia Among Chinese Schoolchildren
THURSDAY, July 12, 2018 -- The incidence of myopia among Chinese students may be as high as 20 to 30 percent each year from first grade onward, according to a study published online July 5 in JAMA Ophthalmology.
Sean K. Wang, from Sun Yat-sen... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - July 12, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Myopic government and strategic rebels: exchange and escalation of violence - Silwal S.
This study presents a model in which the innate inability of a government to fully comprehend the ramifications of its actions, herein referred to as the myopia of the government, leads to underinvestment in counterinsurgency measures and examines the natu... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 28, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
What’s next for Elizabeth Holmes in the Theranos fraud case?
Once celebrated as a Silicon Valley unicorn, Theranos has become the latest tale of corporate hubris and investor myopia. The indictment of founder Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos' former president on charges of conspiracy and wire fraud can be viewed as evidence that the company was built on little more than a pack of lies. But proving a criminal case is not always as easy as it first appears. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - June 19, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Peter J. Henning Source Type: news
Johnson & Johnson Vision wins FDA nod for iDesign Lasik device
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) Vision said today that the FDA approved its iDesign Refractive Studio for planning Lasik eye procedures.
iDesign uses a three-second scan to perform a wavefront analysis of how light travels inside the eye and maps the topography of the cornea to customize Lasik treatments for myopia, hyperopia, mixed astigmatism and presbyopic myopia, Santa Ana, Calif.-based J&J Vision said.
“As a practicing ophthalmologist for more than 25 years, I know firsthand the importance of taking precise measurements and tailoring Lasik procedures for each patient,” medical & clinical affairs ...
Source: Mass Device - June 18, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Brad Perriello Tags: Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Optical/Ophthalmic Regulatory/Compliance johnsonandjohnson Source Type: news
161 genetic factors for myopia identified
(Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz) The international Consortium for Refractive Error and Myopia (CREAM) recently published the worldwide largest genetic study of myopia, which identified 161 genetic factors for short-sightedness. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 14, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Time Spent in Education Is Causal Risk Factor for Myopia
THURSDAY, June 7, 2018 -- More time spent in education seems to be a causal risk factor for myopia, according to a study published online June 6 in The BMJ.
Edward Mountjoy, Ph.D., from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom, and colleagues... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - June 7, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals 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
Highly Educated, Very Nearsighted?
People who spent more years in school were more likely to have myopia. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - June 6, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: NICHOLAS BAKALAR Tags: Genetics and Heredity Eyes and Eyesight Education Source Type: news
