OCLI Blog – Cutting Edge

November 12, 2009

Low Fat Diet: See Better and Look Better

Here is another reason to watch the fat intake. We have known for years that a low fat diet can aid in weight reduction. A new study reported in this month’s Archives of Ophthalmology, Association Between Dietary Fat Intake and Age-Related Macular Degeneration in the Carotenoids in Age-Related Eye Disease Study (CAREDS)An Ancillary Study of…

November 3, 2009

Gene Therapy Shows Promise in Restoring Vision

There is an interesting article in this month’s Lancet: Age-dependent effects of RPE65 gene therapy for Leber’s congenital amaurosis: a phase 1 dose-escalation trial. Results were also reported in yesterday’s New York Times. According to the Lancet article: Gene therapy has the potential to reverse disease or prevent further deterioration of vision in patients with…

October 28, 2009

Medicare Appears to be Reversing Avastin Ruling

In my October 12 Blog post I wrote about Medicare’s foolish decision to reimburse retinal specialists less than their costs for treating macular degeneration with the much- less expensive drug, Avastin. This decision would cost our government millions of dollars annually. I questioned how this system could ever manage healthcare. I received an e-mail from…

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OCLI Blog – Cutting Edge

Low Fat Diet: See Better and Look Better

Gene Therapy Shows Promise in Restoring Vision

Medicare Appears to be Reversing Avastin Ruling

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