diabetic macular edema

(American Academy of Ophthalmology) Treating diabetic macular edema with ranibizumab (Lucentis) eye injections, plus laser treatment if needed, appears to result in better vision than laser treatment alone, according to the Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network study published today in Ophthalmology online, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

(Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International) The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, a leader in setting the agenda for diabetes research worldwide, and the Wilmer Eye Institute of Johns Hopkins University announced today that the READ 3 Study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of a injections of an antibody treatment in people with diabetic macular edema.

(American Academy of Ophthalmology) This month's Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology reports on a national study that finds cataract surgery is likely to benefit patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) at all stages of the disease, on a clinical trial showing that the steroid triamcinolone may be effective in advanced diabetic macular edema (DME) patients when standard treatment fails, and on the public's use of two Academy-sponsored online eye health forums.