| Ketotifen drop designed to provide ocular itching relief
| Over-the-counter ophthalmic solution treats episodic, seasonal, and perennial disease
| | Ophthalmology Times | A new ketotifen fumarate ophthalmic solution (Refresh Eye Itch Relief, Allergan) offers patients another option for the treatment of episodic ocular itching as well as seasonal and chronic allergic conjunctivitis. |
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| Take a new look at existing devices, surgeon suggests
| Different perspectives can help enhance ophthalmology practices in the future
| | Ophthalmology Times | | The high-tech devices available today are changing the way ophthalmology is practiced. According to the surgeon, the new technology found in state-of-the-art optical coherence tomography goes much further than assisting ophthalmologists in the diagnostics of anterior eye and retinal disorders. |
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| Standardized language describes trauma to globe
| System eliminates uncertainty about the type of injury in trauma terminology
| | Ophthalmology Times | | Using standardized terminology, such as that in the Birmingham Eye Trauma Terminology system, to describe trauma to the globe eliminates misrepresentation of the injury. |
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| HIV drugs needed globally to control disease long term
| | Ophthalmology Times | | Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has become a manageable chronic disease, but that is true only in rich countries that have a relatively small number of HIV cases. With the evolution of treatment, patients can expect a natural life expectancy with the available therapies. These treatments are needed globally in third-world countries where most of the cases are. |
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| E-mail can be integrated into ophthalmic practice
| Communicate with patients to handle general questions, prescription refill requests, referrals, scheduling
| | Ophthalmology Times | | Physicians seem to have grasped the power of the Internet to help them secure continuing medical education credits in a way that precisely meets their professional interests and time constraints. |
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