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Eye Care/Eye Surgery

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• cataracts / glaucoma / macular degeneration / dry eye syndrome

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• mixed carotenoids / Bausch & Lomb Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Ocuvite

Alternative News:

• Ear & Eye Care Health Center - Vitacost Health Library
• Night Blindness - Vitacost Health Library
• Retinopathy - Vitacost Health Library
• Are there any vitamins that can help to prevent night blindness? - Drugstore.com
• Low vitamin B6 and folic acid levels are associated with retinal vein occlusion independently of homocysteine levels - Atherosclerosis. 2007 Oct 16 - "Retinal vein occlusion (RVO) is one of the most common retinal vascular disorders ... Blood levels of vitamin B6, folate and Hcy, but not of vitamin B12, were found to be significantly different in patients as compared to healthy subjects. At the univariate analysis, the lowest tertile of vitamin B6 [odds ratio (OR) 4.03; 95% confidence interval (CI) 2.58-6.31; P<0.0001)] and folate (OR 6.13; 95% CI 3.85-9.76, P<0.0001), and the highest tertile of Hcy (OR 8.08; 95% CI 5.05-12.92, P<0.0001) were found to be significantly associated with RVO. Moreover, at multivariate analysis, after adjustment for traditional cardiovascular risk factors, Hcy, and circulating levels of vitamins, respectively, the lowest tertile of vitamin B6 (OR 3.29; 95% CI 1.89-5.70, P<0.0001) and folate (OR 5.41; 95% CI 3.08-9.51, P<0.0001) and the highest tertile of Hcy (OR 2.58; 95% CI 1.12-5.94, P<0.0001) maintained their significant association with RVO"
• Beta-Carotene Pills May Not Help Aging Eyes - WebMD, 3/14/07 -  "The difference between the two groups was so small that it could have been due to chance" - Note:  Beta-carotene is just one of over 600 carotenoids and many believe that taking mega-doses of just one carotenoid can cause a deficiency of the others.  I get my carotenoids from food, dunaliella salina algae (Body Wise), Jarrow Lyco-Sorb (contains Lyco-O-Mato), Biolut™ Marigold extract and Nature's Way, Multi-Carotene Anti-oxidant.
• The evidence for efficacy of omega-3 fatty acids in preventing or slowing the progression of retinitis pigmentosa: a systematic review - Can J Ophthalmol. 2006 Aug;41(4):481-490 - "There are trends in improvement of some retinitis pigmentosa outcomes with omega-3 fatty acids in the higher quality studies" - See Mega Twin EPA at iHerb or Vitacost.
• Antioxidants May Slow Vision Loss - Science Daily, 7/20/06 - "Scientists at Johns Hopkins have successfully blocked the advance of retinal degeneration in mice with a form of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) by treating them with vitamin E, alpha-lipoic acid and other antioxidant chemicals"
• Lutein supplementation in retinitis pigmentosa: PC-based vision assessment in a randomized double-masked placebo-controlled clinical trial - BMC Ophthalmol. 2006 Jun 7;6(1):23 - "These results suggest that lutein supplementation improves visual field and also might improve visual acuity slightly, although these results should be interpreted cautiously. As a combined phase I and II clinical trial, this study demonstrated the efficacy and safety of lutein supplementation"
• Dietary Supplements and the Ophthalmologist - Medscape, 7/19/05
• Vitamin C May Help Lasered Eyes - Natural Foods Merchandiser, 10/03
• Lutein: The Eyes Have It - Nutrition Science News, 11/00
• Leafy greens may hold key to healthy eyes - CNN, 7/13/99
• Second Sight - Nutrition Science News, 4/99
• Study Finds High-Dose Vitamin A Safe For Eye Disease - Intelihealth, 4/16/99

CME:

General Information:

• Treatments for eye disorders - Medifocus.com

News & Research:

• Comprehensive Review Confirms High LASIK Patient Satisfaction - Science Daily, 4/1/09
• Long-Term Results With LASIK Good - WebMD, 1/2/08
• LASIK Works Well, According To Long-term Study Of Highly Myopic Patients - Science Daily, 12/28/07
• The Cataracts Are Gone—and So Is the Need for Glasses - US News and World Report, 12/5/07 - "Unlike the standard single-power lenses doctors have been implanting for 30 years, the newer multifocal intraocular lenses and accommodating lenses allow patients to see near, far, and in between—and even to shed their glasses"
• New Treatment For 'Pinkeye' - Science Daily, 8/28/07
• FDA OKs New LASIK Device - WebMD, 7/12/07
• Over 40? LASIK Eye Surgery Succeeds - WebMD, 4/20/07
• LASIK For Older Adults - Benefits And Problems - Science Daily, 4/18/07
• Years of refinement have made laser eye surgery better than ever - US News, 2/25/07
• LASIK vs. LASEK: Both Safe, Effective - WebMD, 12/29/06
• Study Compares LASIK And LASEK Eye Surgery - Science Daily, 12/22/06
• LASIK Surgery: Safer Than Contacts? - WebMD, 10/10/06
• Retinopathy Study Asks for Re-Examination of Diabetes Definition - Doctor's Guide, 6/13/06 - "the prevalence of retinopathy is 5 times higher at a fasting glucose level of 120 mg/dL or a 2-hour plasma glucose >180 mg/dL"
• Results with Newer Bladeless LASIK Equivalent to Standard Microkeratome LASIK - Doctor's Guide, 5/4/06
• LASIK and LASEK Have Similar Outcomes - Medscape, 5/2/06
• Photorefractive Keratectomy Outcomes Maintained Over Long Term - Doctor's Guide, 5/1/06
• Two Surgeries For Nearsightedness Equally Effective, Review Says - Science Daily, 4/20/06
• Optical Scientists Develop Switchable Focus Eyeglass Lenses - Science Daily, 4/4/06
• STAAR Surgical's VISIAN ICL(TM) Receives FDA Approval - Doctor's Guide, 12/23/05 - "The VISIAN ICL is a refractive phakic implant intended for placement in the posterior chamber of the eye. The approved models are indicated for the correction of myopia in adults"
• Want to Ditch Your Reading Glasses? - ABC News, 10/25/05
• New Technology An Option For Severe Nearsightedness - Science Daily, 1/25/05
• Vitrase (Hyaluronidase Injection) Now Available to US Ophthalmologists - Doctor's Guide, 1/6/05
• Novel Treatment Corrects Near Vision Loss in Older Patients - Doctor's Guide, 10/28/04
• Excimer Lasers Appear to Safely and Effectively Treat Eye Maladies in Children - Doctor's Guide, 9/7/04
• Implantable Contact Lenses Safe, Effective - WebMD, 9/1/04
• LASIK Results Favorable Among Patients - WebMD, 8/24/04
• Literature Review Of LASIK Shows Benefits, Challenges - Doctor's Guide, 8/18/04
• LASIK Hinge Placement Can Make a Difference to Procedure's Success - Doctor's Guide, 4/26/04
• Temperature, Humidity Can Affect LASIK Surgery Results - Doctor's Guide, 4/20/04
• Eyesight Projections for Boomers Dim - WebMD, 4/12/04
• Wavefront-Guided LASIK Improves Contrast Sensitivity Compared to Standard LASIK - Doctor's Guide, 3/1/04
• Orthokeratology Contact Lenses Can Cause Permanent Vision Loss in Children - Doctor's Guide, 3/1/04
• Outcomes Similar for LASEK, PRK - Medscape, 1/13/04
• New Contact Lenses Comfortable for Those with Irregular Astigmatism - Doctor's Guide, 11/24/03
• Conductive Keratoplasty Shows Similar Safety and Efficacy to LASIK in Treatment of Hyperopia - Doctor's Guide, 11/21/03
• Implantable Contact Lens Improves Visual Acuity in Patients With Extreme Myopia - Doctor's Guide, 11/21/03
• Conductive Keratoplasty is a Safe and Effective Treatment for Presbyopia - Doctor's Guide, 11/20/03
• Could new surgery be balm for aging eyes? - USA Today, 9/29/03 - "Refractec Inc., which developed the procedure, announced Tuesday that it has asked the Food and Drug Administration to approve the procedure for people with presbyopia, or aging eyes ... The procedure developed by Refractec uses radio waves — as opposed to a laser in the more common LASIK procedure — to reshape the cornea ... The procedure costs $1,500 to $2,000 ... eye doctors can offer CK to patients with aging eyes in what is called an off-label use"
• Stem-Cell Transplant Restores Sight to Blind Man - WebMD, 8/25/03
• Atropine May Be Alternative To Patching For Treatment Of Lazy Eye In Children - Doctor's Guide, 8/8/03
• LASIK Problems Reduced With New Laser - WebMD, 7/24/03
• Black Grease Seems Best For Eye Glare - WebMD, 7/14/03
• Ultra Thin Intra-Ocular Lenses Safely Implanted Through 2 Mm Corneal Incisions - Doctor's Guide, 6/13/03
• Eye Surgeons Excited About New Procedure - Intelihealth, 6/3/03
• Corneal Ring Segments Effective in Keratoconus - Medscape, 5/28/03
• Corneal Ring Segments Improve Vision For Patients With Keratoconus - Doctor's Guide, 5/26/03
• Hinge Position In LASIK Flaps Affects Corneal Sensation And Dry Eye - Doctor's Guide, 5/26/03
• Implantable Contact Lenses Appear Safer, More Effective Than Lasik - Doctor's Guide, 5/15/03
• Laser eye surgery has a new look - MSNBC, 5/12/03
• Reduced Daily Eye Patching Effectively Treats Amblyopia - Doctor's Guide, 5/13/03
• Myopia May Be Pharmcologically Controlled - Medscape, 5/8/03
• A Better Type of LASIK Surgery - WebMD, 4/23/03
• Preservative-Free Diclofenac Sodium Effective In Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis - Doctor's Guide, 4/16/03
• Risk of Additional LASIK Surgery Higher for Some - WebMD, 4/10/03
• FTC Cracks Down On Laser Eye Surgery - CBS News, 3/26/03
• Screening Can Minimize Diplopia After LASIK - Medscape, 3/10/03
• Risk Factors Identified For Corneal Ectasia After LASIK - Doctor's Guide, 3/3/03
• Phacoemulsification And An Intra-Ocular Lens Can Produce Good Results In Myopia - Doctor's Guide, 2/11/03
• Procedure Maps Eye Before Laser Vision Correction - thesandiegochannel.com, 2/3/03
• Hormone Replacement Therapy Boosts Visual Function In Women - Doctor's Guide, 1/30/03 - "Overall, at one year after the start of treatment, contrast sensitivity function was significantly improved in all spatial frequencies (1.5, 3, 6 and 12 cycles per degree) with the exception of 18 cycles per degree in the HRT group. However, the women in the control group demonstrated significant impairment at the lowest spatial frequencies ... In the HRT versus control group, tear production was also significantly improved at one year after beginning the treatment"
• New Cochlear Implant Method Is Easy, Fast, Safe - Doctor's Guide, 12/24/02
• Intravitreal Injection of Triamcinolone Acetonide Improves Visual Acuity in Patients with Diffuse Diabetic Macular Ooedema - Doctor's Guide, 10/22/02
• LASIK "Probably" Safe for Patients with Glaucoma - Doctor's Guide, 10/21/02
• Experts Try To Make Bionic Retinas - Intelihealth, 9/23/02
• Eye Patches Do Not Alter Corneal Abrasion Healing - Doctor's Guide, 7/12/02
• Benefits of Amblyopia Treatments Outweigh Risks - Doctor's Guide, 6/17/02
• Intra-ocular Lens Implantation Improves Residual Myopia After Penetrating Keratoplasty - Doctor's Guide, 6/16/02
• Doctor: Check Data Prior To Eye Surgery - Intelihealth, 6/4/02
• Doctors Replace Cornea Of Blind Mexican Boy - Intelihealth, 5/6/02
• LASEK Eye Surgery: Here's What Happens - Intelihealth, 4/19/02
• LASEK: A New Way To See Without Glasses - Intelihealth, 4/19/02
• Distinguishing PRK, LASIK And LASEK Eye Surgeries - Intelihealth, 4/19/02
• FDA OKs Another Eye Surgery Option - Intelihealth, 4/17/02
• Conductive Keratoplasty Appears Safe for Low to Moderate Hyperopia - Doctor's Guide, 4/8/02
• Computers Hurt Kids' Eyes - WebMD, 3/26/02 - "At home and at school, kids are glued to computers -- getting eye fatigue that could cause premature nearsightedness, or myopia"
• Age-related blindness expected to double - USA Today, 3/20/02
• Drops as Good as Patch for 'Lazy Eye' - WebMD, 3/13/02
• Atropine Eye Drops As Effective Treatment For Amblyopia As Eye Patching - Doctor's Guide, 3/13/02
• Contact Lens Cleaners May Pose Risk - WebMD, 1/28/02
• Promising New Laser for Myopic Astigmatism - Doctor's Guide, 1/28/02
• Studies Shed Light on LASIK Risk - WebMD, 1/24/02
• Pre-surgery Factors May Be Responsible for Nighttime Vision Problems After LASIK Surgery - Doctor's Guide, 1/15/02
• LASIK: Molecular Changes that Predispose to Ectasia - Doctor's Guide, 1/11/02
• FDA Approves Extended-Wear Disposable Contact Lenses - WebMD, 10/12/01
• Patient Satisfaction High With Monovision Refractive Surgery for Aging Eye - Doctor's Guide, 8/2/01
• LASIK Patients at Risk for Long-Term Eye Irritation - Doctor's Guide, 6/28/01
• Surgery Offers Hope of 20/20 Vision to More People - WebMD, 6/20/01 - "Unlike laser or LASIK surgery, Phakic IOLs do not improve vision by changing the shape of the cornea. Surgeons cut a small slit in the eye and insert a lens that unfolds and corrects vision. The surgery appears to work better than LASIK in people who are severely nearsighted or farsighted, and unlike LASIK, the procedure is easily reversible if there is a problem"
• LASIK (Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis)-Induced Dry Eye Most Likely Caused by Severing of Corneal Nerves - Doctor's Guide, 6/1/01
• Adjustable Refractive Surgery Promising For High Myopia - Doctor's Guide, 5/1/01
• Why We're Losing Sight, Reading and Other Near-Vision Tasks Could Trigger Nearsightedness - WebMD, 5/1/01
• Time to Toss Those Reading Glasses? Experimental Surgery Offers New Hope for Aging Eyes - WebMD, 4/6/01 - "Schacher tells WebMD the surgery has successfully reversed presbyopia in three-fourths of the 29 patients who have had it performed in the U.S. under early FDA guidelines ... But other eye surgeons report less success, and at least one says he has stopped doing it entirely due to poor results"
• LASIK Surgery: Seeing Is Believing - Intelihealth, 3/14/01
• Mountain Climbers Who Have Had LASIK Should Be Aware Of Possible Changes In Vision - Doctor's Guide, 3/2/01
• Is Laser Eye Surgery OK for Children? - WebMD, 12/7/00
• Caution Urged Before Eye Surgery - Intelihealth, 12/4/00
• Laser eye surgery: experts prescribe caution - CNN, 12/1/00
• Majority Of Laser Eye Surgery Patients Show Unchanged Night Vision - Doctor's Guide, 10/20/00
• Vision Experts Don't See Eye to Eye in Quest for Perfect Sight - WebMD, 10/2/00
• Lighting Changes Can Help Eyesight - Intelihealth, 9/25/00
• Laser Procedure Could Eliminate Need for Reading Glasses - WebMD, 8/4/00
• For the Farsighted, Getting Rid of Glasses Now a Reality - WebMD, 7/24/00
• LASIK Has Significant Advantages Over Photorefractive Keratectomy For Farsightedness - Doctor's Guide, 7/21/00
• Researchers Restore Vision by 'Growing' Eye Cells - WebMD, 7/12/00
• Lab-Grown Cells Restore Sight To The Blind - Intelihealth, 7/12/00
• New Treatment Raises Hope For Seniors With Retinal Disease - Intelihealth, 6/30/00
• An Outspoken Few Are Disillusioned With LASIK Surgery - WebMD, 5/25/00
• New Surgery Reverses Loss of Close-Up Vision Due to Aging - WebMD, 5/22/00
• Keeping an Eye on Side Effects of Laser Eye Surgery - WebMD, 5/16/00
• FDA Approves Drug For Type Of Elderly Blindness - Intelihealth, 4/13/00
• Laser Not the Only Option for Nearsightedness - WebMD, 3/30/00
• Bye-bye bifocals: New approaches to aging eyes - CNN, 3/27/00
• New Hope for Squinting Boomers - USA Today, 3/17/00
• Exposure To Sunlight Associated With Cataract Formation - Doctor's Guide, 3/14/00
• New Study Disputes Findings That Nightlights Cause Nearsightedness - Doctor's Guide, 3/9/00
• Some Contact Lenses Increase Risk Of Microbial Keratitis - Doctor's Guide, 7/15/99
• Sleeping With Contacts Ill Advised - Intelihealth, 7/16/99
• Laser surgery fast becoming an alternative to eyewear - CNN, 3/10/99
• Refractive Surgery Patients Prefer LASIK, Studies Report - Doctor's Guide, 3/9/99
• LASIK Surgery Found Safe For Correction Of Nearsightedness - Doctor's Guide, 1/19/99

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• The American Optometric Association
• Ask Lasik Doctors
• Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance
• Laser Eye Surgery: Is It Worth Looking Into? - FDA
• LASIK FYI – LASIK surgeons offering laser eye surgery and laser vision correction
• LASIK Institute
• Visudyne.com
• WebMD eye health center

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