News Stories

• RETINA NEWS: ACU-4429 May Be Effective for the Treatment of Dry AMD

  Oral administration of 75 mg ACU-4429 (Acucela Inc., Seattle, WA), which produced a dose-dependent inhibition of the b-wave of electroretinograms, was well tolerated and demonstrated linear pharmacokinetics across doses, accor...  more >

• RETINA NEWS: CATT: Ranibizumab and Bevacizumab Equivalent for the Treatment of AMD

  In patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), bevacizumab (Avastin, Genentech) and ranibizumab (Lucentis, Genentech) had equivalent effects on visual acuity when administered in the same dosing regimen. This was acc...  more >

• RETINA NEWS: FAME: 36-Month Results Support Efficacy of Iluvien

  Low-dose Iluvien (fluocinolone acetonide, Alimera Sciences) was most effective in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME) who had the disease for 3 years or more, according to a recent analysis of the data from the 36-month...  more >

• MEDICAL UPDATE: Coronary Artery Bypass Rates Declined Significantly

  The number of patients receiving coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery decreased dramatically between 2001 and 2008, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.sup1/sup Researchers at the U...  more >

• MEDICAL UPDATE: Estrogen Therapy May Lower Breast Cancer Risk

  Among postmenopausal women with prior hysterectomy, estrogen-only therapy was associated with a decreased risk of breast cancer, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.sup1/sup Andrea Z. LaCr...  more >

• MEDICAL UPDATE: Food Addiction, Substance Abuse Have Similar Patterns of Neural Activation

  Food addiction may be associated with similar patterns of neural activation as substance abuse, according to a study in the Archives of General Psychiatry.sup1/sup The study, conducted by Ashley N. Gearhardt, MS, MPhil, of Y...  more >

• MEDICAL UPDATE: Omega-3s May Be Linked to Risk of Prostate Cancer

  High blood levels of the omega-3 docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) may be associated with an increased risk of aggressive prostate cancer, according to a study in the American Journal of Epidemiology.sup1/sup Theodore M. Brasky, PhD...  more >

• MEDICAL UPDATE: Prenatal Pesticide Exposure Linked to Lower IQ

  Babies whose mothers were exposed to organophosphate pesticides during pregnancy may have lower IQs later in childhood, according to three studies published in Environmental Health Perspectives.sup1,2,3/sup In one of the stu...  more >

• MEDICAL UPDATE: CDC Says Asthma Rates Are on the Rise

  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported an increase in the number of Americans diagnosed with asthma; that number grew by 4.3 million from 2001 to 2009. According to the report, nearly one in 12 peopl...  more >

• MEDICAL UPDATE: New Mammogram Guidelines May Have Negative Impact

  The US Preventive Services Task Force’s (USPSTF) 2009 guidelines, which do not recommend annual mammograms for women aged 40 to 49 years, may be negatively affecting the number of yearly screenings performed, according to tw...  more >

• RETINA NEWS: Optomap Demonstrated Association Between Drusen and Alzheimer Dementia

  Retinal imaging revealed an association between Alzheimer dementia and peripheral small hard drusen formation, according to a news release. Investigators captured retinal images using the Optomap (Optos Plc, Dunfermline, Sco...  more >

• RETINA NEWS: VEGF Trap-Eye Improved Visual Acuity in Macular Edema Secondary to CRVO

  Dosing monthly with 2 mg of VEGF Trap-Eye (aflibercept, Regeneron) resulted in a statistically significant improvement in visual acuity in patients with macular edema secondary to central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO), accordi...  more >

• RETINA NEWS: XV-615 Safe, Well Tolerated in Rabbit Study

  Intravitreal delivery of angiogenesis inhibitor XV-615 (Xcovery Vision, West Palm Beach, FL) was safe and well tolerated in a 30-day rabbit study, according to research presented at ARVO.sup1/sup XV-615 is novel tyrosine kin...  more >