Tag: cornea

What is decorin? Decorin is found at high levels in the corneal stroma. It regulates cell proliferation, survival, and has previously been shown to inhibit...

Careful with that UV lamp. Nearly 30 children suffered corneal burns after their teacher accidentally left the disinfecting UV lamp on for 20 minutes without...

Yes. Cigna just announced that they will cover Avedro’s FDA-approved corneal cross-linking procedure. They are now one of the fifty commercial insurance plans that...

Oxervate was approved on August 22nd for the treatment of neurotrophic keratitis. Refresh me on neurotrophic keratitis. Patients with neurotrophic keratitis have decreased corneal sensitivity, epithelial breakdown,...

An interesting article was recently written describing the vision loss seen in ultramarathoners. What is an ultramarathon? Any footrace longer than 26.2 miles. Common race lengths are...

Avedro (maker of the FDA approved corneal cross-linking system) announced more results from their phase 3 clinical trial for the treatment of corneal ectasia following refractive surgery. The...

A poster presented at Optometry's Meeting discussed the ocular side effects of amantadine. What is Amantadine? It's a medication that is "currently used primarily for Parkinson's disease...

Can my eyelashes cause me to go blind? The Huffington Post has been working on a campaign called Project Zero, a year long series on neglected...

Avedro (maker of the FDA approved corneal cross-linking system) announced the one year results from their phase 3 clinical trial. The summary? At the 12 month...

Data from over 4 million patients from a health database in the Netherlands was analyzed to determine the prevalence of keratoconus. Previous studies suggested 1 in...