(CME) Community Practice Connections™: A Closer Look at Neurotrophic Keratitis—Ensuring Timely Diagnosis and Taking Early Action
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Community Practice Connections™: Mastering the Multidisciplinary Management of Glaucoma—Understanding Advances in the Spectrum of Treatment Innovation (CME/CNE Credit)
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Community Practice Connections™: Mastering the Multidisciplinary Management of Glaucoma—Understanding Advances in the Spectrum of Treatment Innovation (COPE Credit)
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(COPE) Community Practice Connections™: A Closer Look at Neurotrophic Keratitis—Ensuring Timely Diagnosis and Taking Early Action
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Advancing Treatment in Neovascular Retinal Disease with Novel Therapies: Insights and Strategies from Latest Real-World and Clinical Data
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Rapid Reviews in Retina™: Emerging Updates from Fall 2023 – Addressing the Wealth of New Data in Treatments for nAMD and DME
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(CME) Stratifying the Spectrum of Care in Glaucoma Management – Advancing Treatment with a Vast Armamentarium
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(CME) Community Practice Connections™: Optimizing Multidisciplinary Care for nAMD & DME – Expert Perspectives with New Dosing Strategies on the Horizon
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PolyActiva’s phase 2 clinical trial of its PA5108 glaucoma implant met efficacy and safety end points, demonstrating more than 20% reduction in IOP. The biodegradable implant offers sustained drug delivery for up to 26 weeks, addressing challenges of patient adherence and improving glaucoma treatment outcomes.
Prevent Blindness providing free educational resources on geographic atrophy
Prevent Blindness announces its fourth annual Geographic Atrophy Awareness Week, December 2 to 8, 2024. The organization offers free educational resources, including videos and guides, and supports GA patients through programs like Living Well With Low Vision.
Blog: MRI findings of undereye filler and filler migration
November 30th 2024Hyaluronic acid fillers are used for undereye volume correction, detailing aging effects on facial anatomy, common complications, and optimal injection techniques. Imaging tools such as MRI can prove to be beneficial for patient assessment.
Safety of Advanced Therapies in Clinical Trials vs Real World Experience
November 29th 2024Lisa J. Faia, MD asks the panel about their concerns regarding the safety of newer agents for the broad array of retinal vascular diseases, highlighting the similarities and differences between clinical trial outcomes and real-world results.
Influence of preoperative glaucoma medication on long-term outcomes of trabeculectomy
A Korean study identified preoperative use of preservative-containing glaucoma medications as a significant risk factor for trabeculectomy failure in POAG patients. The Glaucoma Medication Intensity Index (GMII) predicted long-term outcomes, highlighting the importance of managing medication exposure before surgery.
Strabismus in animation: study highlights harmful stereotypes in children's films
Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus found that characters with crossed or drifting eyes are more likely to play more minor roles in animated movies and be considered unintelligent or villainous. These depictions, the researchers say, can have harmful effects for children with strabismus by perpetuating stereotypes.
Early vision screening is key to slowing myopia progression in children
In the wake of a report by a group of researchers in China detailing the increasing prevalence of myopia worldwide, Daniel Cyr, MD, a pediatric ophthalmologist at Stony Brook Medicine, agreed with its assessment, telling Ophthalmology Times he is seeing an increase in pediatric myopia at his clinic in New York.