Ophthalmology

The health insurance provider said it believes up to 20% of all cataract surgeries may be unnecessary, but ophthalmology groups disagree.

Rajesh Rajpal, MD, chief medical officer, global head of clinical medical affairs, Johnson & Johnson Vision, discusses the process of cataract development and its prevalence in both older and younger populations.

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The manipulation of key enzymes through methods of gene therapy was shown to provide protection against vision loss from multiple retinal conditions.

Bobeck Modjtahedi, MD, highlights some of the challenges of using telehealth to treat individuals with diabetic retinopathy.

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The development of a successful gene therapy for RPE65-associated inherited retinal disease is a major breakthrough, but it also prompts difficult questions about which patients are good candidates for the therapy.

Hormonal contraceptive use among women of childbearing age was associated with a more than 2-fold higher risk of developing glaucoma, although risk was still relatively low.

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A new meta-analysis finds rigorous evidence lacking; however, existing data suggest preservative-free formulations of beta-blockers may work just as well as preserved beta-blockers in reducing intraocular pressure.

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Over 20 years, 1 in 4 patients with ocular hypertension suffered visual field loss from primary open-angle glaucoma, according to a new study.

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Classification criteria developed using machine learning will allow doctors to conduct disease-specific research about this collection of inflammatory eye diseases.

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Patients with glaucoma who were tested under a quantum dot LED were able to better distinguish differences in color, indicating that the quality of light systems may have an impact on color discrimination.

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A reported association between sex and mild ABCA4 alleles among patients with Stargardt disease did not hold up upon reevaluation.

Optogenics was used to partially restore a blind man’s eyesight; the FDA could soon approve Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for use among adolescents; HHS calls for a new investigation into COVID-19’s origins.

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The technique uses optical coherence tomography angiography to assess the motion of blood flow, instead of static images.

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Intravitreal dexamethasone implants stabilized, but did not improve, vision for most patients with macular edema due to retinal vein occlusion (RVO).

Blacks and Hispanics were underrepresented in relation to their US racial distribution in clinical trials for ophthalmology drug approvals from 2000 to 2020.

According to a recent review, intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth (anti-VEGF) drugs were not associated with an increase in major cardiovascular events.

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) appears to be less stressful to preterm infants than ocular indirect ophthalmoscopy (BIO) in assessing retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).

A study of newborns exposed to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, during gestation found few instances of ocular abnormalities, with none detected in exposed infants who testing positive.

Higher oxygen saturation targets are linked with greater progression in some cases of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), but the incidence remains stable.

Polymerase chain reaction testing of suspected cases of adenoviral conjunctivitis in a hospital setting resulted in large cost savings by avoiding unnecessary employee furloughs.