NHS Evidence Update: Macular Degeneration; Homeopathy

Age Related Macular Degeneration
 from NHS Evidence - eyes and vision


Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is one of the commonest causes of certifiable visual impairment in the UK. The 2010 Evidence Update focuses on the management of neovascular (wet) AMD and highlights the:

• key evidence base underpinning current interventions (key randomised controlled trials and current guidance);
• new evidence that is likely to inform a change in clinical practice;
• emerging evidence for Lucentis, Avastin and combination treatments from key RCTs that have recently reported at scientific conferences but not yet published in peer reviewed literature;
• current uncertainties in the effectiveness of treatments.

 Commentaries have been provided by Robin Hamilton, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and Praveen Patel, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and by Angela Reidy and Darwin Minassian, EpiVision.

 

Homeopathy
from NHS Evidence - complementary and alternative medicine

 

The NHS Evidence - complementary and alternative medicine specialist collection will present an Annual Evidence Update (AEU) on Homeopathy from 14 June. This update will provide a summary of systematic reviews, meta-analyses, RCTs and other relevant studies published in the twelve months since the 2009 AEU on Homeopathy.