by Dr. Paul Karpecki | Aug 31, 2018 | Practice Pearls
Patients want to know about eye-whitening drops, genetic tests, and new glaucoma drugs It’s an exciting time to be an eye care practitioner. Advancements in diagnosis and treatment are happening all the time. Because patients are more engaged in their health and have...
by Smitha Gopal | Feb 9, 2018 | Practice Pearls, Relating to Your Patients
FDA approves new treatment that restores vision in patients with congenital blindness In December, the FDA made history by approving a gene therapy for a rare inherited eye disease that causes blindness. This is the first gene therapy to be cleared in the U.S. for...
by jsopher | Nov 19, 2015 | Relating to Your Patients, Technology & the Internet
Interest and advances in genetic testing are booming. A recent study published in the journal Public Health Genomics showed that 6 out of 10 Americans are interested in genetic testing. Today, genetic testing is available for over 2000 rare and common...
