Study Throws Shade on Cost, Benefits of Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery Higher cost, less quality-adjusted benefit with FLACS versus standard phacoemulsification May 19, 2023
What Caused Visual Disturbance in Kidney Transplant Patient? Genetic testing identified PAX2 gene variant May 15, 2023
Foam Bullets Tied to Growing Number of Kids' Eye Injuries Researchers at Parisian ED tally potential sight-threatening injuries over the past decade May 11, 2023
Novel Drug Checks All the Boxes as Dry Eye Treatment Also: combination tops cyclosporine, nasal spray misses mark in dry eye May 10, 2023
Low-Dose Pilocarpine Improves Vision in Vehicle-Controlled Presbyopia Trials Twice as many patients had at least three lines of improvement in distance-corrected near vision May 10, 2023
Implant Matches Topical Timolol for Intraocular Pressure Control, With Good Safety Numerical advantage for implant meets noninferiority goal, implant exchange appears safe May 09, 2023
Novel Drug Fails to Improve Diabetic Retinopathy, but Slows Progression Significantly fewer patients had 3-step worsening of DRSS with oral antiangiogenic May 09, 2023
Limited Effect of Laser Treatment on Eye Floaters No improvement in IOP or distance vision, but patients reported change in floater burden May 08, 2023
Artificial Intelligence Creates Inroads to Ophthalmology Clinical Practice Expanding opportunities to hone precision care, reduce burnout, improve patient satisfaction May 07, 2023
Fuzzy Future for Red Light Therapy in Myopia Prevention, Despite Positive Trial Reduced incidence of myopia, smaller myopic shifts observed in kids Apr 27, 2023
Pulsed Azithromycin Matches Doxycycline for Meibomian Dysfunction, With Fewer AEs However, is either treatment better than conservative management? Apr 26, 2023
Be Wary of Amniotic Fluid Eye Drops, FDA Says Agency sends another salvo in battle with birth-tissue industry Apr 24, 2023
Man Goes Blind After Binging on Booze and Crystal Meth Look beyond uremia and acidosis for rare cause of lentiform fork sign on MRI, authors say Apr 24, 2023
Floaters Affect Vision of Kidney Transplant Patient UL97- and UL54-resistant CMV retinitis treated with multivirus-specific T-cell therapy Apr 17, 2023
Cases of Vision-Threatening Clots Rare After COVID Shot, Study Finds Incidence of retinal vascular occlusion similar compared with influenza, Tdap vaccines Apr 13, 2023
Water-Free Cyclosporine Solution Achieves Modest Improvement in Dry Eye More patients had clinically significant improvement at 29 days versus a vehicle control group Apr 12, 2023
FDA Approves First Treatment for Geographic Atrophy Secondary to AMD Pegcetacoplan reduced GA lesion growth by 22% over 24 months versus sham injections Feb 18, 2023
Atropine Eye Drops Reduce Nearsightedness Incidence in Kids Whether effect represents a delay or prevention requires further study Feb 14, 2023
No Visual Acuity Benefit With Early Anti-VEGF for Diabetic Retinopathy "May not be worth the risk and inconvenience to the patient," researcher says Feb 07, 2023
CDC Sounds Alarm on Eye Drops Linked With Drug-Resistant Infection Permanent vision loss, death due to possible contamination leads to product recall Feb 02, 2023
The Eye Surgery Turf War Isn't Serving Veterans The VA should hold strong to its updated care guidelines Dec 28, 2022
Keep Eye Surgery in the Hands of Ophthalmologists The VA's updated eye care guidelines will lower the standard of care for veterans Dec 04, 2022
Four Eyes Are Not Better Than Two for COVID-19 Protection But wearing glasses can't hurt and may help, researchers say Dec 01, 2022
On Vision and the Arts Michael Marmor, MD, gives his perspective on our most important sense Nov 27, 2022 podcast
Sjogren's Responds to Cytokine Treatment, Early Data Show Phase II trial signals possible breakthrough for hard-to-treat illness Nov 10, 2022
Persistent Double Vision Follows Insidious Onset of Ptosis in Healthy Man High-resolution MRI aids in differential diagnosis Oct 10, 2022
AAO Roundup: Glaucoma Subtype Linked to Alzheimer's Disease Risk Other studies report fewer reoperations with combo eye surgery and vision risk with shingles Oct 06, 2022
Should Myopia Control Be Mainstream in the U.S.? Reducing the severity of nearsightedness can benefit public health Oct 05, 2022
Anti-VEGF Conjugate Gets a Win in Retinal Vein Occlusion Tarcocimab noninferior to aflibercept while cutting treatment burden in half Oct 04, 2022
Surgery Plus Stent Slows Glaucoma Progression Better Than Surgery Alone Five-year follow-up shows significantly less annual visual field progression with the stent Oct 04, 2022
Traditional Glaucoma Surgery Tops MIGS for Treatment Success Twice as many patients met IOP goals with TIGS, but confounders complicated data analysis Oct 03, 2022
Therapeutic Candidates for Dry AMD Move Closer to Clinical Practice Slowing of geographic atrophy at 1 and 2 years with pegcetacoplan, avacincaptad pegol Oct 03, 2022
Higher Dose, Longer Treatment Interval With Aflibercept Shows Promise in Eye Disease Dosing 8 mg every 12 or 16 weeks for DME, AMD matches results with 2 mg every 8 weeks Oct 02, 2022
What to Expect at This Year's American Academy of Ophthalmology Meeting Maria Aaron, MD, previews the programs and studies at the 2022 meeting in Chicago Sep 25, 2022 video
Incidence of Dry Eye Disease Lower With SGLT2 Inhibitors Retrospective study in Taiwan reported 22% risk reduction compared with GLP-1 receptor agonists Sep 24, 2022
Eye Damage Can Start in Prediabetes Study found significant corneal nerve damage even before full-blown type 2 diabetes Sep 22, 2022
Which Groups of U.S. Teens Are More Likely to Have Poor Vision? Worse subjective, objective outcomes among Black, Mexican-American, low-income adolescents Sep 15, 2022
Increased Health Spending When Private Equity Acquires Physician Practices Patient volume also increased, but whether patients are benefiting remains to be seen Sep 02, 2022
Most Patients With Neovascular Eye Disease Prefer Anti-VEGF Implant More than 90% of patients say they would choose implant over monthly intravitreal injections Aug 25, 2022
Oral Supplement for Childhood Myopia: Preliminary Data Promising Modest myopia progression with 7-methylxanthine, a caffeine metabolite Aug 23, 2022
