For The Media – JAMA Network

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Ishak Mansi, M.D., call Debbie Bolles at 214-648-3404 or email Debbie.Bolles@utsouthwestern.edu.   Higher Cataract Risk Appears Associated With Statin Use   CHICAGO – An increased risk of cataracts, a main cause of poor vision and blindness, appears to be…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2013   JAMA Ophthalmology Viewpoint Highlights   24 Hour Intraocular Pressure Monitoring … It’s About Time Ahmad A. Aref, M.D., of the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Ingrid U. Scott, M.D., M.P.H., of Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pa., write: “The lowering of intraocular…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact author Frank C. Curriero, Ph.D., call Tim Parsons at 410-955-7619 or email tmparson@jhsph.edu.     JAMA Ophthalmology Study Highlights   Travel Patterns of Older Adults Impacted by Visual Impairment   Visual impairment in older adults because of age-related macular degeneration (AMD),…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Nisha R. Acharya, M.D., M.S., call Leland Kim at 415-502-9553 or email leland.kim@ucsf.edu.     JAMA Ophthalmology Study Highlights   Study Examines Uveitis in a Hawaiian Population   A study by Nisha R. Acharya, M.D., M.S., of the University…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2013   JAMA Ophthalmology Viewpoint Highlights   What Is The Optimal Timing For Retinal Detachment Repair? Charles C. Wykoff, M.D., Ph.D., of Retina Consultants of Houston, Texas, and colleagues write, “while animal models and simple logic may lead one to believe that earlier repair of fovea-involving…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Jelle Vehof, Ph.D., email j.vehof@umcg.nl.   JAMA Ophthalmology Study Highlights   High Pain Sensitivity and Low Pain Tolerance Appear to be Associated with Symptoms of Dry Eye Disease   High pain sensitivity and low pain tolerance appear to be…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, JULY 18, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact study author Xinzhi Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., call Kester Williams at 301-402- or email williake@ncmhd.nih.gov.    CHICAGO – Significant differences in the use of eye care services by socioeconomic position (SEP) persist among U.S. adults with eye diseases, according to a report…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2013   JAMA Ophthalmology Viewpoint Highlights   The JAMA Network specialty journals are now publishing Viewpoint articles. Below are the Viewpoints to be published July 11 in JAMA Ophthalmology.     Combination Therapy to Reduce Conjunctival Scarring After Glaucoma Surgery by Marco A. Zarbin, M.D., Ph.D.,…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Irene Gottlob, M.D., email Ig15@le.ac.uk.     JAMA Ophthalmology Study Highlights   Genetic and Environmental Factors Appear Related to Comitant Strabismus, Study Suggests   Certain subgroups within the population appears to be at higher risk of developing comitant strabismus…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact corresponding author Mark A. Slabaugh, M.D., call Elizabeth Hunter at 206-616-3192 or email elh415@uw.edu. CHICAGO – A study at a Seattle hospital suggests that supervised, resident-performed cataract surgery is successful and cost-effective in an underserved patient population, according to a report…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2013 Media Advisory: To contact contributing author Edward Hall Jaccoma, M.D., call 207-324-7946 or email ejaccaoma@aol.com. JAMA Ophthalmology Study Highlights In a research letter, Ryan K. Murphy, D.O., M.A., of the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Biddeford, Maine, and colleagues examined the relationship…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2013   JAMA Ophthalmology Study Highlights   A randomized trial by Christin Arnold, Dipl-Troph, of Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany, and colleagues found that a supplement containing a fixed combination of lutein, zeaxanthin and omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) during 12 months significantly improved plasma…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY , MARCH 14, 2013   JAMA Ophthalmology Study Highlights   Study Evaluates Clinical Manifestations of Cytomegalovirus Associated Eye Infections in Patients Without HIV   The medical records of 18 patients  (22 affected eyes) were reviewed as part of a case series study in an academic research setting by…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2013   JAMA Ophthalmology Study Highlights   Study Estimates Association Between Depression, Functional Vision Loss in Adults   Xinzhi Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., and colleagues suggest that self-reported visual function loss was associated with depression in a study that…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2013   JAMA Ophthalmology Study Highlights   Ocular Complications Following Bone Marrow Transplant Common in Study   A study in the Netherlands by Viera Kalinina Ayuso, M.D., of the University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands, examined the development of eye complications among children within one year…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2013   JAMA Ophthalmology Study Highlights Association Between High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Levels and Risk of Macular Degeneration Vinod P. Mitta, M.D., M.P.H., of the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, and colleagues investigated the relationship between high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) and the future risk of age-related…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2013   JAMA Ophthalmology Study Highlights Inflammatory Biomarker Levels May be Associated With Increased Risk of Macular Edema Rajeev H. Muni, M.D., M.Sc., F.R.C.S.C., of the University of Toronto, Canada, and colleagues examined inflammatory biomarkers and the risk of diabetic retinopathy in the Diabetes Control and…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2013   JAMA Ophthalmology Study Highlights Clinical Trial Evaluates Ranibizumab for Vitreous Hemorrhage The Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network conducted a phase 3 double-masked, randomized, multi-center clinical trial to evaluate eye injections of ranibizumab compared with saline on vitrectomy (a surgical procedure to remove the jellylike…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2013   JAMA Ophthalmology Study Highlights Scotomas (localized defects in the visual field bordered by an area of normal vision) causing central visual field loss are associated with delayed reactions to pedestrians as assessed in a driving simulator, according to a study of 11 participants with…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2013   JAMA Ophthalmology Study Highlights A study based on computerized simulation modeling suggests that aggressive surveillance protocols that recommend computed tomography (CT) scanning or positron emission tomography (PET)/CT scanning for monitoring patients with primary choroidal or ciliary body melanoma for distant metastasis may be associated…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2012   Archives of Ophthalmology Study Highlights The odds of individuals with open-angle glaucoma undergoing visual field testing decreased for all racial/ethnic groups from 2001 through 2009, but the odds decreased the most for Hispanic men and women in a study of enrollees in a large…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 10 A.M. (CT), MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Sudha Xirasagar, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., call Karen Petit at 803-477-1971 or email kpetit@mailbox.sc.edu. CHICAGO – 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…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 10 A.M. (CT), MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Joshua D. Stein, M.D., M.S., call Betsy Nisbet at 734-647-5586 or email bsnisbet@umich.edu. To contact editorial author Eve J. Higginbotham, S.M., M.D., call Lesley Ward at 202-828-0655 or email lward@aamc.org. CHICAGO – The odds of individuals with open-angle glaucoma undergoing visual…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 10 A.M. (CT), FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Ronald Klein, M.D., M.P.H., call Susan Smith at 608-262-7335 or email ssmith5@uwhealth.org. An author podcast will be available on the journal website after the embargo lifts: http://bitly.com/QGSWAs CHICAGO – A report that describes the relationship of age and risk alleles (variant…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2012 Archives of Ophthalmology Study Highlights Discussing driving concerns with older patients is the subject of two articles that report the results of a survey of 404 vision care professionals (VCPs) in Michigan (both optometrists and ophthalmologists). In one article, more than 80 percent of VCPs…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 Archives of Ophthalmology Study Highlights An observational cross-sectional study of 1,936 patients of the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort found an association between retinopathy (a persistent or acute disorder involving the retina) and decreased kidney function. The authors suggest that retinovascular pathology may reflect renal disease,…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2012 Archives of Ophthalmology Study Highlights A study of 6,966 Medicare beneficiaries between 2004 and 2006 found that there does not appear to be a statistically significant association between vitamin D deficiency and subsequent diagnosis of either nonneovascular (dry) or neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration, according…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JULY 9, 2012 Archives of Ophthalmology Study Highlights A study suggests that glaucoma, ocular hypertension, or both, occurs more often in the eyes of patients with severe Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD), a condition associated with progressive endothelial dysfunction and corneal edema that can result in vision loss…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JUNE 11, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Carina Slidsborg, M.D., email carinaslidsborg@hotmail.com. CHICAGO– Cerebral damage and retinopathy of prematurity appear to be independently associated with visual impairment among preschool children who were born extremely premature, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Ophthalmology, a JAMA…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 3 P.M. (CT), MONDAY, JUNE 11, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Karen Glanz, Ph.D., M.P.H., call Katie Delach at 215-349-5964 or email Katie.delach@uphs.upenn.edu. CHICAGO – A telephone intervention trial was associated with improvement in glaucoma medication adherence in both the treatment group and the control group but, when the two groups were compared,  interactive…

Among African Americans with type 1 diabetes mellitus, narrower retinal arteriolar diameter equivalent is associated with an increased risk of six-year incidence of any cardiovascular disease and lower extremity arterial disease (see news release below). Use of adhesive tape appears to be associated with temporary relief of symptoms of inturned upper eyelid eyelashes, according to…

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 10 A.M. (CT), MONDAY, MAY 14, 2012 Media Advisory: To contact Monique S. Roy, M.D., call Kaylyn Dines at 973-972-1216 or email dineskd@umdnj.edu. CHICAGO – Among African Americans with type 1 diabetes mellitus, narrower central retinal arteriolar equivalent (average diameter of the small arteries in the retina) is associated with an increased…