Neurosciences News

Patients with benign essential blepharospasm can be as sensitive to light as migraine patients, a study found.

Botulinum toxin may be safe to use long-term at higher than recommended doses without compromising efficacy, according to a small retrospective study.

Vaccination against anthrax and other infectious diseases does not cause optic neuritis, according to new research.

The best way to understand where neuro-ophthalmology is and where it is going, according to one subspecialist, is to compare it to the state of parasitology 50 to 60 years ago, and the effort at that time to understand and cure malaria.

Several million Americans have neurologic diseases and disorders that affect vision, causing ocular symptoms that can range from dry eye to double vision to legal blindness.

Neuro-ophthalmologists serve as a channel between ophthalmologists and neurologists and a resource for both, caring for patients whose ophthalmic ailments derive from neurologic problems. They deal with many aspects of patient care, from interacting with the referring physician to providing lifelong care for the patient.

ROME — Endoscopy can be valuable in trauma surgery, Claude Boscher, MD, said. Inadequate visualization in a traumatized eye can make surgery time consuming, and delay can lead to further complications such as formation of anterior proliferative vitreoretinopathy.

ROME — The prognosis for sympathetic ophthalmia is much better than in past years, according to one physician. Although this is a rare condition, it may still occur in some patients following trauma or surgery.

ROME — A simple device can safely and effectively remove larger intraocular foreign bodies with minimally traumatic maneuvers.

ROME — The incidence of eye injuries during military operations has increased exponentially over the past decades, according to a collection of data presented at the International Society of Ocular Trauma meeting.