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Eye injuries down in women's lacrosse
POSTED: December 16, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Eye injuries among female lacrosse players dropped dramatically after US Lacrosse, the governing board for the sport, required protective eyewear in 2004, according to a study published online December 8 in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.

Macular degeneration rates similar for Asian ethnic groups
POSTED: December 13, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Rates of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are similar across Asia's three main ethnic groups, according to a report online yesterday in Archives of Ophthalmology.

Glaucoma a risk with modern infant aphakia surgery
POSTED: December 9, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Modern surgical techniques don't completely eliminate the risk of glaucoma in children who have cataract surgery, a new report says.

TearLab gets FDA nod for wider use of eye test
POSTED: December 6, 2011
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted the waiver after it reclassified the test as "simple," from "moderately complex" earlier, a company spokesman told Reuters by phone.

Operation on both eyelids yields better ptosis results
POSTED: November 30, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When patients with ptosis demonstrate Hering's effect -- that is, lifting the affected eyelid causes the contralateral lid to droop -- operating on both eyes at once yields better results than sequential procedures, a new study shows.

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