INTERESTING EYE NEWS & CLINICAL PEARLS

Stem-Cell Clinical Trials Move Debate Beyond Labs - WSJ.com This is very exciting because to date, there has been no definitive treatment for dry macular degeneration. Studies on rats have demonstrated treatment success for AMD using stem cells, but studies have not yet been done on humans.

Daily aspirin tied to risk of vision loss:study | Reuters Seniors who take aspirin daily are twice as likely to have late stage macular degeneration, an age-related loss of vision, than people who never take the pain reliever, according to a European study.

Pinkeye Treatment May Be on the Horizon In the past, it has been thought that there is no treatment for pink eye. This article introduces a possible eye drop treatment to stop pink eye in it's tracks may be developed.