Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: eye care http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. NIH urges dilated eye exams to detect glaucoma The National Eye Institute (NEI), a part of the National Institutes of Health, observes Glaucoma Awareness Month each January by encouraging Americans at higher risk for glaucoma to schedule a comprehensive dilated eye exam and to make a habit of doing so every one to two years. While anyone can get glaucoma, people at higher risk include African Americans age 40 and over; adults over the age of 60, especially those who are Mexican American; and people who have a family history of the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-nih-urges-dilated-eye-exams.html Ophthalmology Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:16:36 EST news277456590 FDA warns about misleading advertising for some laser eye surgeries (HealthDay)—Five U.S. eye care providers have been warned to stop misleading advertising about the special lasers used in vision correction procedures such as LASIK, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-fda-advertising-laser-eye-surgeries.html Ophthalmology Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:01:33 EST news275076088 Study suggests vision insurance associated with eye-care visits, better reported vision Vision insurance for working-age adults appears to be associated with having eye care visits and reporting better vision, compared with individuals without insurance, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Ophthalmology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-vision-eye-care.html Ophthalmology Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:00:05 EST news274370391 The cost of glaucoma care: Small group of patients accounts for large part of costs A small subset of patients with open-angle glaucoma (OAG) account for a large proportion of all glaucoma-related charges in the United States, according to new data published by researchers at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center and Washington University, St. Louis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-glaucoma-small-group-patients-accounts.html Ophthalmology Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:05:16 EST news267206710 Singapore invests $100 mn in Indian medical group One of Singapore's two investment funds said Thursday it had paid $100 million for a minority stake in an Indian medical group, as part of its plan to shifts focus to emerging markets. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-singapore-invests-mn-indian-medical.html Other Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:30:01 EST news251007010 $70 million to close the gap on treatable Australian Indigenous eye health Presently Indigenous Australians suffer six times the blindness of mainstream Australians and 94 percent of vision loss in Indigenous Australians is unnecessary, preventable or treatable. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-million-gap-treatable-australian-indigenous.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:17:28 EST news249211041 Payment review of emergency department eye care in Florida A substantial proportion of emergency department eye care in Florida is reimbursed through Medicaid or paid for out of pocket by patients, and those findings may help in strategic planning as the debate over how best to implement the nation's new health care reform law progresses, according to a study published in the Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-payment-emergency-department-eye-florida.html Other Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:29:12 EST news245348939 Kellogg researcher helping eye care providers better assess driving in older adults Drivers over age 65 are the fastest-growing segment of the driving population, and their eye care providers—ophthalmologists and optometrists—are playing an increasingly important role in assessing their ability to drive safely. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-kellogg-eye-older-adults.html Health Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:10:29 EST news233233813