2009-07-03
San Francisco Business Times
Genentech drug does well in blindness test
Genentech Inc. said a Phase III study of Lucentis in patients with swelling of the eye caused by branch retinal vein occlusion a common cause of blindness showed that the drug improved vision...
2009-07-02
Yahoo News
WHO to start clinical trial on river blindness drug
The World Health Organisation said Wednesday it was launching a clinical trial for a drug that could halve the treatment period for river blindness, a disease that threatens 100 million people mostly in Africa...
2009-06-22
The Herald Sun
Topic of the week: Glaucoma
GLAUCOMA is a condition which affects about 300,000 Australians, in which the optic nerve at the back of the eye is slowly destroyed, resulting in progressive loss of vision...
2009-06-17
BBC News
Test opens jobs to colour blind
A new test could mean applicants previously barred from jobs because of slight colour blindness would be reconsidered...
2009-06-12
Modern Medicine
Dry Eye Affects 1.68 Million Older Men in U.S.
THURSDAY, June 11 (HealthDay News) -- Dry eye disease affects 1.68 million U.S. men age 50 and older, and those who have high blood pressure, an enlarged prostate, or use antidepressants are at elevated risk, according to a study reported in the June Archives of Ophthalmology...
2009-06-11
Ophthalmology Times Europe
WHO calls to action on blindness
The global initiative Vision2020: Right to Sight has received a major boost following the endorsement of the WHO Action Plan for the Prevention of Avoidable Blindness and Visual Impairment by the 62nd World Health Assembly, the WHO governing body...