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Editorial IGR 5-1
Dear Reader,
IGR hopes to stimulate THE ART OF INDIVIDUAL CREATIVE THINKING instead of traveling the dreary road that follows the trend in current opinion. Due to the wide variety of experts who participate by publishing their comments in IGR, we may succeed in achieving this goal. By training our own powers of discrimination, each of us can help raise the quality of glaucoma research and care. We all have our own responsible contribution to offer.
IGR in print and/or on line
This is the largest issue of IGR ever produced. It is the result of the accumulation, not only of articles (440 abstracts), but also of comments and reports. The Editor's Selection is bursting with discussions on highly important issues: subjects such as the mechanism of action of prostaglandin analogues/prostamides, their effects and side-effects - and many others - deserve the careful consideration they have received in this issue. Outside the Editor's Selection, the reader will find a variety of short and not-so-short comments on topics such as the future of glaucoma, the number of patients needed to treat, why disc photographs can produce different results in different studies, etc., and even two videos. Reports of various Glaucoma Society meetings are also included. All this means that the printed version of IGR cannot handle the size of this scientific force. This time, the reader will find a great deal in print and, in addition, an equally great deal on-line.
For the first time IGR includes a page entitled 'News from the WGA Glaucoma Industry Members': this covers news from the industry on interesting scientific developments.
Attention
Once again, your attention is drawn to the section entitled Your Special Attention For; the reviews selected for this section are highly effective overviews of important matters in the field of glaucoma. Super-special attention is directed towards The Finnish Evidence-Based Guidelines for Glaucoma, eloquently introduced in an editorial by Anders Heijl in the February issue of Acta Ophthalmologica 2003. The titles of the Your Special Attention For reviews as well as four summaries can be found on the IGR website.
WGA
The WGA organized a unique Information and Planning Exchange Meeting just before ARVO in May 2003. The major topics were: the quality and quantity of glaucoma meetings; screening for glaucoma; and persistence-compliance. This encounter between Glaucoma Experts and Glaucoma Industry Representatives was enthusiastically received and will have a follow-up in November 2003.
GEM
GEM: the number of visits to the IGR websites has increased enormously, peaking
when members receive the Glaucoma E-Mail, GEM. This increase is very encouraging
with regard to the level of interest in Glaucoma Research and particularly to the
role of IGR/WGA in this. In the first six months of 2003, the website clocked up
36,000 page views.
Do not forget the first Global WGA
consensus meeting: a unique meeting open to members of the glaucoma societies.
And by all means read the various citations from human beings who have reached a
level of insight that is refreshing.
Enjoy your reading!
Erik L. Greve
