Sometimes, it’s wise to read news items in reverse. by Dan Roberts The latest magnifying technology, a switchable telescopic contact lens, has been receiving wide media attention this past week. If you read the news from the top down, and you anxiously call your eye care specialist before reading all the way to the bottom, […]
A National Eye Institute study has reported an impressive success rate at early detection of wet (neovascular) age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The study compared two groups of dry AMD patients and compared the proportion within each group for patients presenting with 20/40 acuity or better when their wet AMD was detected. An experimental group used […]
Representatives Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.) have re-introduced H.R. 3749, the Medicare Demonstration of Coverage for Low Vision Devices Act. This bill, now called H.R. 729, is intended to provide data that would assist the new Congress in making changes to the current Medicare program, which does not pay for magnifiers needed by low […]
Prevent Blindness, the nation’s oldest volunteer eye health and safety organization, has declared February as Age-related Macular Degeneration/Low Vision Awareness Month. The primary goal is to educate not only about AMD and low vision, but also to make the public aware of the free services the group provides. The group hosts a dedicated website, “The AMD […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that they have expanded the approved use for Lucentis 0.3 mg (Genentech) to treat diabetic retinopathy in patients with diabetic macular edema. The FDA previously had approved Lucentis to treat DME and macular edema secondary to retinal vein occlusions, both of which cause fluid to leak into […]