Conference news

Conference dispatches from FirstWord Pharma

• Researchers ID features that influence conversion to neovascular AMD in high-risk patients - by Brian Hoyle
• Statin use linked to increased risk of cataract - by Brian Hoyle
• Similar success rates between trabeculectomy, Ex-PRESS implant for lowering IOP in glaucoma - by Brian Hoyle
• No link between obesity, posture-related changes in intraocular pressure - by Brian Hoyle
• No difference between onabotulinumtoxin A, incobotulinumtoxin A for benign essential blepharospasm - by Brian Hoyle
• Two povidone-iodine formulations equally effective in reducing bacterial load before cataract surgery - by Brian Hoyle

Article on the Dalhousie Skills Centre

• Surgeons find practice makes perfect - by Bill Spurr for the Halifax Herald, May 12, 2014