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SAN FRANCISCO – August Ophthalmology includes surprising research from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary on the relation of body weight to the risk for glaucoma. Also, researchers at the Tokyo Medical and Dental University report on the first specific map of myopic maculopathy, an illness that affects many severely nearsighted people. Their report also discusses the "map" as a tool for predicting which myopic maculopathy patients will be most likely to lose vision from the illness. Ophthalmology is the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Read more >>>

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Media Registration for the 2010 Joint Meeting with the Middle East Africa Council of Ophthalmology (MEACO) is now open. The meeting will take place in Chicago at McCormick Place from Oct. 15 to 19. Register online here.

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