Diabetic Retinopathy: Know the Signs, Symptoms and Treatments
A disease that steals a person’s eyesight is one of the many potential complications of diabetes. Learn why eye care is crucial.
A disease that steals a person’s eyesight is one of the many potential complications of diabetes. Learn why eye care is crucial.
Understanding the frequency of diplopia visits and the diagnoses that result can guide future efforts to provide patients with the best health outcomes.
International Night Keynote Speaker: The Carter Center's Dean Sienko
Paul Lee, M.D., J.D., who has devoted his career to improving health care for people with eye disease, is among the new members of the National Academy of Medicine of the National Academies.
Unique visit to Kellogg Eye Center bridges power of donation and vision research
Ranked No. 1 in Michigan and No. 8 in the country, University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center was recognized among the best in the nation by U.S. News and World Report for 2017-2018.
An upcoming solar eclipse will offer a stunning sight. A Michigan Medicine ophthalmologist and retina surgeon explains how to view it safely.
Eye care providers prescribe more brand medications by volume than any other provider group. Efforts to reduce prescription expenditures by eye care providers should focus on increasing the use of generic medications, primarily through therapeutic substitutions. Policy changes enabling Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices could
The newly approved XEN Gel Stent designed to treat glaucoma is a new option for some patients at U-M’s Kellogg Eye Center, one of the first centers in the country to offer it. Glaucoma specialist Manjool Shah, MD, discusses the surgery.
A new study by resident physician Nakul Shekhawat, MD, MPH, and ophthalmologist Joshua Stein, MD, suggests filling antibiotic prescriptions for acute conjunctivitis seems to be driven more by sociodemographic factors and type of provider diagnosing the patient than by medical indication.
You protect your skin from sunburn and your body from injury, so why not your eyes? Theresa Cooney, MD, reviews common summer sight hazards and how to avoid them.
Rajesh C. Rao, MD, wins prestigious American Society for Clinical Investigation’s Young Physician-Scientist Award.
Young investigators at University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center have received grants from the Knights of Templar Eye Foundation to improve care of pediatric eye diseases.
A clinical trial led by the Terry Smith, MD at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center offers hope for those with moderate to severe active thyroid eye disease (TED), also known as Graves’ eye disease. Patients had a significant reduction in symptoms after treatment with teprotumumab, a study drug the Food and Drug Administration
Diagnosed with Fuchs’ dystrophy, Carol Stacy experienced corneal swelling and cloudy vision that made it difficult to read. Facing blindness, Stacy was offered hope when corneal specialist Shahzad I. Mian, MD, recommended a double corneal transplant.
Patients and practitioners marvel at the craftsmanship of a Kellogg Eye Center ocularist, Greg Dootz, whose intricate prosthetic eyes give recipients a new outlook on life.
March Hoops to BEAT Blindness has a purpose beyond basketball. Organized by Myron Hepner, the event represents another chance to thank the medical teams that saved his infant son’s life after discovering a rare eye cancer and to raise money for vision research. The 2017 beneficiary is Cagri Besirli, MD, PhD. The money will support his study on
A large, national study conducted by resident physician Sophia Wang, MD, with Joshua Stein, MD, MS, and Thomas Gardner, MD, MS, suggest youths with T1DM or T2DM exhibit a considerable risk for diabetic retinopathy and should undergo regular screenings by eye-care professionals to ensure timely DR diagnosis and limit progression to vision-
A new study by Brian Stagg, MD, Maria Woodward, MD, and Joshua Stein, MD, MS, finds that nearly one-quarter of people who visited the ER for an ocular problem received a diagnosis of a nonurgent condition. The work recommends ways to help those patients get the right level of care.