Article: Cataract surgery helps AMD patients; steroid improves DME; online eye health forum.

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Cataract Surgery Benefits AMD Patients; Steroid Drug May Restore Vision in DME Patients; Top Online Eye Health Forums Analyzed Highlights of November 2009 "Ophthalmology"

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--- This month's Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (Academy) 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 ...

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