Episodes 47 and 48

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Episode 46 - Interview with Dr. Thomas Aller

Dr. Graham Rasanen interviews Dr. Thomas Aller (San Bruno, CA) on his work in myopia control.

Episode 45

Eye care news and views!

Links to some of the stories we discussed:

No Difference Found In Drugs For Macular Degeneration

Is Photoscreening The Best Way To Catch "Lazy Eye" In Young Kids?

Is a virus making us fat?

Glaucoma Progression Differs in Early and Late Stages of Disease

Hearing Loss Common in Exfoliative Glaucoma

Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Inflammation, and Corneal Arcus: The Singapore Malay Eye Study

Gene Discovered To Treat Nearsightedness

Predictors of Mortality within 90 Days of Cataract Surgery

Episode 44

Peter and Glen are back for another round of eye care news.

Some links:
Excess Weight May Protect Women From Type of Glaucoma
New Contact Lens Invention Can Help Keep Kids Out Of The ER
Watchful Waiting OK for Small Pigmented Choroid Lesions (login required)
Routine Asthma Treatment Doesn't Raise Kids' Cataract Risk
Is Frequency Doubling Technology Perimetry Superior to Standard Automated Perimetry in Detecting Glaucoma?
Retinal Atlas App
Identification of New Pathogens in the Intraocular Fluid of Patients With Uveitis
Study Identifies Factors Associated With Rate Of Visual Field Change In Patients With Glaucoma

Episode 43 - "Back to the grind"

Peter and Glen return from their summer holidays with some new eye care stories.

Links:

SECO Announces Recipients of Three Student Awards

Why are parents so lax about their children's eyes?

New Subretinal Stem Cell Treatment for Eye Disease

J&J Announce Contact Lens Recall

What happens when more than 50% of all optometrists work for the big two companies?

Alcohol Consumption and the Long-Term Incidence of Cataract and Cataract Surgery: The Blue Mountains Eye Study

Association of Dyslipidemia in Moderate to Severe Meibomian Gland Dysfunction

Contact Lens–Induced Subconjunctival Hemorrhage

Stop Digital Addiction

Episode 42 - Interview with Dr. P. Brand

Graham interviews Dr. Paul Brand of Queensland, Australia.

Episode 40 -- Optometric news & more...

In this episode, Glen and Peter highlight some interesting topics in the news. Here are some links to some of the stories covered:

SECO

SECO Award

Corneal transplants 

Vitrectomy & AMD

Sleeping in a head-up position

Dry eye treatment with CF101

iPhone app

Artificial retina from stem cells

Oral glaucoma drug    

OCT and MS

Micardis 

Eyepathologist

Iron overload and AMD

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