Films for the Humanities and Sciences - Ocular Health: Glaucoma and Macular Degeneration

Ocular Health: Glaucoma and Macular Degeneration

Using the expertise of leading ophthalmologists specializing in the most common refractive and non-refractive conditions, this program presents the latest therapies to protect the eyes in the event of potentially blinding diseases. Ivan Schwab, Director of Cornea and External Disease Service at the University of California, Davis, maps out the physiology of the eye and its role in sending images to the brain; Kuldev Singh, Director of the Glaucoma Service at Stanford University School of Medicine, describes the symptoms of glaucoma as well as the different therapies available; and Richard Abbot, clinical professor of ophthalmology at the University of California, San Francisco, describes macular degeneration and its contributing factors. (28 minutes)

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Item#: BVL33569
Copyright date: ©2003
VHS ISBN 978-0-7365-9626-8
DVD ISBN 978-0-7365-9627-5


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