http://bmctoday.net/glaucomatoday/ The latest news stories from Glaucoma Today. en-us Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:08:46 GMT Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:08:46 GMT BMCToday http://bmctoday.net/glaucomatoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=someday Someday, there will be a neuroregenerative treatment. There will be neuroprotection. There will be a genetic (DNA) therapy, perhaps with stem cells or other progenitor cells, for patients with glaucoma. Their vision will not be maintained bu... Tue, 2 Feb 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/glaucomatoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=someday http://bmctoday.net/glaucomatoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=bleb-revision KAREN JOOS, MD, PHD I revise a bleb when necessary, with four categories prompting action: a leaking bleb (postoperative or delayed) hypotony maculopathy with an ischemic bleb that is not leakin... Tue, 2 Feb 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/glaucomatoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=bleb-revision http://bmctoday.net/glaucomatoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=presbyopia-correcting-iols-for-glaucoma-patients In May 2005, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a ruling that gives patients the option to pay out of pocket for new technology IOLs when undergoing cataract surgery. Among the lenses for which patients may pay a premium... Tue, 2 Feb 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/glaucomatoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=presbyopia-correcting-iols-for-glaucoma-patients http://bmctoday.net/glaucomatoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=a-replacement-for-antimetabolites? For many years now, ophthalmologists have used antimetabolites such as mitomycin C (MMC) and 5-fluorouracil to modulate wound healing in glaucoma filtering surgery. These agents, however, can cause many complications, including hypotony, woun... Tue, 2 Feb 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/glaucomatoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=a-replacement-for-antimetabolites? http://bmctoday.net/glaucomatoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=are-your-patients-instilling-their-drops? HENRY D. JAMPEL, MD, MHS As a disclaimer, the following list does not help me determine whether my patients are correctly instilling their eye drops, which is a huge but separate problem.1 It does, however, ... Tue, 2 Feb 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/glaucomatoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=are-your-patients-instilling-their-drops? http://bmctoday.net/glaucomatoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=the-pathway-to-medical-innovation THE PANELISTS’ BACKGROUNDS Lewis: The focus of today’s discussion is on innovation,particularly in the field of glaucoma. Many of you have gone through the process of innovation, started companies, a... Tue, 2 Feb 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/glaucomatoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=the-pathway-to-medical-innovation http://bmctoday.net/glaucomatoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=intellectual-property-and-conflict-of-interest Intellectual property (IP) is a novel idea, creation, invention, or discovery. In science or medicine, IP may have the potential to be used to develop a new product or an extension of existing technology. If the IP is worth pursuing, ... Tue, 2 Feb 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/glaucomatoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=intellectual-property-and-conflict-of-interest http://bmctoday.net/glaucomatoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=vision-loss-after-trabeculectomy-in-advanced-glaucoma CASE PRESENTATIONA 58-year-old Moroccan female of Arab and Berber descent was referred to the Yale Eye Center in New Haven, Connecticut, for uncontrolled, increasing IOP in her right eye while on maximum medical therapy... Tue, 2 Feb 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/glaucomatoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=vision-loss-after-trabeculectomy-in-advanced-glaucoma http://bmctoday.net/glaucomatoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=defensible-coding-how-to-avoid-and-defeat-fraud-claims Few people understand how fraud is defined within the context of the False Claims Act (FCA), which leads some to believe that certain methods of reporting services are fraudulent when they are not. Not all coding errors provide a basis for fr... Tue, 2 Feb 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/glaucomatoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=defensible-coding-how-to-avoid-and-defeat-fraud-claims http://bmctoday.net/glaucomatoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=health-care-on-eyetube-tv Tue, 2 Feb 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/glaucomatoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=health-care-on-eyetube-tv http://bmctoday.net/glaucomatoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=5-questions-with-ronald-l-fellman-md What interests you about congenital glaucoma?Fixing congenital glaucoma is unquestionably the most positive experience I have had as a glaucoma doctor. To see people on whom I operated 25 years ago drive their cars to m... Tue, 2 Feb 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/glaucomatoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=5-questions-with-ronald-l-fellman-md