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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…