ALLMedicine™ Cataracts Center

Jun 25th, 2022 - A 62-year-old woman with stable unilateral glaucoma in the left eye presented for a cataract consultation. In 2010, laser peripheral iridotomies (LPI) were performed on both eyes by a different provider. Her postoperative course was complicated by...

Jun 24th, 2022 - The Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) Follow-Up protocol allows us to continue with the follow-up of participants who were enrolled in the clinical trial of antioxidant vitamins and zinc. The AREDS study was designed in the beginning to determ...

Jun 24th, 2022 - Objective: This project, Clinical and Molecular Studies in Families with Inherited Eye Disease will study inherited eye diseases, both Mendelian and complex age related inherited eye diseases, in families of many nationalities and ethnic backgroun...

Jun 23rd, 2022 - Blood or marrow transplantation (BMT) is an integral part of consolidation and/or salvage therapy for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). With the growing population of AML survivors, there is a need to understand the quality of their surv...

Jun 21st, 2022 - With the aging of the global population, accumulating interest is focused on manipulating the fundamental aging-related signaling pathways to delay the physiological aging process and eventually slow or prevent the appearance or severity of multip...

Feb 23rd, 2016 - Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Clinical Summary Population Adults 65 years or older who do not present with vision problems Recommendation No recommendation. Grade: I (insufficient evidence) Risk Assessment Older a...

Jul 8th, 2009 - Update of the 1996 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation statement on screening for visual impairment. The USPSTF reviewed evidence published since its last review on screening adults 65 years or older in the primary care set...

Many people turn to dietary supplements to try to prevent or slow the progression of eye conditions such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD), glaucoma, or cataracts. Here are 5 things you should know if you are considering taking dietary sup...

Jun 24th, 2022 - The Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS) Follow-Up protocol allows us to continue with the follow-up of participants who were enrolled in the clinical trial of antioxidant vitamins and zinc. The AREDS study was designed in the beginning to determ...

Jun 24th, 2022 - Objective: This project, Clinical and Molecular Studies in Families with Inherited Eye Disease will study inherited eye diseases, both Mendelian and complex age related inherited eye diseases, in families of many nationalities and ethnic backgroun...

Jun 14th, 2022 - Primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) has a high prevalence and blinding rate in China. The routine first-line treatment of advanced PACG is trabeculectomy, especially in those without cataract. However, due to surgery complications and exhausting...

Jun 9th, 2022 - Glaucoma is the second most common cause of blindness in the world, second only to cataracts. This study will assess how safe and effective a glaucoma gel stent is when implanted using the ab externo approach. Adverse events and intraocular pressu...

Jun 7th, 2022 - This is a prospective, multicenter clinical study comparing the safety and performance of the Opira accommodative IOL, a commercial monofocal IOL, and a commercial multifocal IOL. Eligible patients with bilateral cataracts will undergo cataract su...

Jun 14th, 2022 - Age-related cataracts usually affect both eyes. In most cases, the clouded endogenic lens is replaced surgically with an artificial intraocular lens (IOL), with a few weeks between eye surgeries. However, the cataract surgery can alternatively be ...

May 25th, 2022 - Case Report A 60-year-old man presented with eroded areas in the mouth and blistering eruptions on the scalp, face, trunk, arms, and legs. He initially presented to an outside hospital 4 years prior and was treated with oral prednisone 50 mg daily.

May 23rd, 2022 - Many Americans do not have access to a simple but life-changing device: eyeglasses. In a 2017 survey, nearly 1 in 10 Americans who reported needing glasses said they could not afford them. More than 2 million children in the United States also do ...

May 19th, 2022 - Iqbal "Ike" K. Ahmed, MD, is a world-renowned ophthalmologist whose clinical work and research focus on glaucoma, complex cataracts, and intraocular lens complications. In 2020, The Ophthalmologist Power List named Dr Ahmed the second most influen...

Mar 20th, 2022 - Sagar Lonial, MD, FACP: Dr Klugo, I want to come back to some of the belantamab [mafodotin]-associated keratopathy. You mentioned the KVA [Keratopathy and Visual Acuity] scale as a way to measure severity. Are there any data on how to treat belama...