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Emory Eye Center Places in Top Ranking of U.S. News & World Report
July 16, 2010 | (ATLANTA) Emory Eye Center has again ranked among the top ophthalmology centers in this country within the prestigious U.S. News & World Report’s guide to America’s top medical institutions. This year, Emory Eye Center placed #14.

The 2010 edition “America’s Best Hospitals” guide ranks the top hospitals in medical specialties. The 18 hospitals ranked in Ophthalmology were named as among the “best for challenging cases and procedures” by at least 3 percent of ophthalmology specialists who responded to U.S. News surveys in 2008, 2009, and 2010.

Emory Eye Center Researcher Elected President of National Research Organization

July 9, 2010 | (ATLANTA) Emory Eye Center Associate Professor Jeffrey Boatright, PhD, has been voted president of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). ARVO is the premier vision research organization in the United States. He will assume the presidency in May 2011.

Emory Eye Center Ophthalmic Technologist Receives Secretariat Award from American Academy of Ophthalmology

(ATLANTA) Emory Eye Center’s Lindreth DuBois, MEd, MMSc, CO, COMT, is the recipient of the American Academy of Ophthalmology's (AAO) Secretariat Award. The career recognition acknowledges special contributions to the Academy and to ophthalmology, and will be formally presented at the annual meeting in the fall.

Emory Eye Center Receives RPB Funding for Continued Research

June 25, 2010 | (ATLANTA) Emory Eye Center has received a one-year departmental grant for $100,000 from Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB). The grant will help support research into the causes, treatment and prevention of blinding diseases. The research will be directed by Timothy W. Olsen, director, Emory Eye Center and chair, Department of Ophthalmology within Emory University’s School of Medicine.

National Study on Children with Cataract Removal Reports Using a Contact Lens or an IOL for Vision Correction Results in Similar Visual Acuities

May 10, 2010 | (ATLANTA) Findings were released today reporting one-year outcome results from a national study designed to determine which treatment for aphakia (absence of the eye’s natural lens) is better for infants between the ages of 4 weeks to 7 months, born with a cataract (congenital) in one eye. The treatments being studied are using a contact lens or surgically placing a plastic (acrylic) lens in the baby's eye after removing the cataract.

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August 16, 2010 | 7 ways to protect your vision, Real Simple
Spinach, kale, collard greens, and other deep-colored vegetables contain lutein and zeaxanthin, two carotenoids that “have been associated with reducing the risk of developing cataracts and macular degeneration,” says Emily Bedrick Graubart, an assistant professor of ophthalmology at the Emory Eye Center and the Emory University School of Medicine, in Atlanta.

July 16, 2010 | Emory researcher named ARVO President, Atlanta Business Chronicle, Emory Eye Center researcher Jeffrey Boatright has been named president of the Association... by Urvaksh Karkaria.

June 2010 | Top Doctors: 251 Physicians in 49 Specialties, Atlanta magazine. Allen Beck, Glaucoma; Valérie Biousse, Neuro-ophthalmology; and Scott Lambert, Pediatric Ophthalmology are included as “Top Doctors" in Ophthalmology category in the June issue of Atlanta magazine's. Also included as a top doctor in Neurology is Nancy Newman.

June 15, 2010 | Study: Colorful vegetables can keep vision healthy, CNN Health, by Matt Sloane, CNN Medical Producer. Getting older is inevitable, just like income taxes. But according to researchers at the University of Wisconsin, poor vision doesn't necessarily have to be a part of the aging process – at least not as early as you would expect – if you eat correctly.

May 19, 2010 | Myth: Kids Don't Get Arthritis, CNN Health Video. CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports. Sunil Srivastava is seen with his young patient who has uveitis, due to juvenile arthritis.

May 13, 2010 | Infants with cataracts may not fare better with implanted lenses, Medscape.net. "[IOLs] have the advantage of providing a partial optical correction at all times and more closely simulate the optics of the natural crystalline lens," writes Scott Lambert, MD, from the Emory Eye Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, and other members of the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study Group. "Such benefits, however, may be offset by complications that can be associated with IOL implantation and with the rapidly changing optical needs of a growing eye."

May 10, 2010 | Implanted Lenses May Not Be Superior to Contacts for Babies With Cataracts, Science Daily. "Among infants who undergo surgery to treat congenital cataract, surgical lens replacement appears to cause more complications while achieving the same treatment benefit as treatment with contact lenses, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the July print issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals." Additional articles ran in the following publications: breakthroughdigest.com, healthnewsdigest.com, sify.com, news.oneindia.i, medpagetoday.com, bcm.edu, docguide.com, blog.taragana.com, sindhtoday.net, ethiopianreview.com, thaindian.com

May 2010 | Self, Health, True Story, "Eye-opener," [pdf] by Abigail Libers (p123)