Abu Dhabi city, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, is to host the World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC) 2012, which is expected to attract in excess of 12,000 international delegates. WOC is the world's longest running and...
Ophthalmologists, optometrists and eye-care professionals from around the region will be able to hear the latest in retinal research from some of the world leaders in their field courtesy of a Dubai-based non-profit...
ThromboGenics NV (Euronext Brussels: THR), a biotechnology company focused on eye disease, vascular disease and cancer, announces promising six month follow-up results from its Phase IIb MIVI III trial, which was designed to...
Ophthalmic Imaging Systems, a leading digital imaging company (OIS) (OTCBB:OISI) today reported financial results for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2008, and provided an update on the progress of its new...
THURSDAY, Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Poor night vision might be a predictor of age-related More than 1,000 people with early signs of AMD were given a 10-item questionnaire asking them to rate their difficulties with night...
The scientific program of the 2008 Joint Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (Academy) and European Society of Ophthalmology (SOE) included a clinical study of a promising new treatment for retinopathy of...
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc have supported a study “… which tracked the myopic progression of 484 children ages 8-11 randomly assigned to wear glasses or contact lenses …” According to the study, “… there is no clinically...
Strong turnout and a robust scientific program marked the largest and most comprehensive ophthalmic educational meeting in the world, the American Academy of Ophthalmology´s (Academy) 2008 Joint Mee.. - Read more
Two ophthalmologists have received the American Academy of Ophthalmology's Outstanding Humanitarian Service Award, presented November 9 at the Academy's 2008 Joint Meeting, held in Atlanta. Devin A. Harrison, MD, and Geoffrey C.
A report in the November issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, indicates: ‘Exposure to prolonged temperature elevation reduces antifungal activity of a contact lens solution that was implicated...