Lynda Charters

Patients who underwent LASIK had undergone phacoemulsification 7 years earlier compared to a matched control group, according to the study authors.

Investigators emphasized that the data does not indicate a causal relationship between eye disorder and systemic diseases.

Their machine-learning multistage system predicts the expected disease progression of patients and their VA with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic macular edema (DME), and retinal vein occlusion (RVO).

Study concluded that the short-term results of LBN to treat mild-to-modern OAG and OHT was safe and efficacious.

Investigators believe that AMD and cancer may have similar risk factors in common.

ChatGPT-4 (OpenAI) had an overall “fair” performance when answering multiple-choice ophthalmic questions unrelated to multifocal imaging.

Early detection of the disease is key to optimal patient outcomes

Repetitive exercises before drop instillation, may decrease difficulty and improve the successful instillation of eye drops.

Lowe syndrome, a genetic disease, affects about 1 in 500,000 people in the general population.

Structural and vascular changes detected in RVO-affected eyes and unaffected fellow eyes

Increased levels of p-tau181 and p-tau127 and a decreasing cerebrospinal fluid Aβ42/40 ratio better defines progression from preclinical to manifest Alzheimer’s disease.

AI matched and outshone human specialists.

Physicians offer pearls for the treatment of patients diagnosed with these diseases

A new study shows that much of an older person with visual impairment's physical activity is achieved at home. Improved home lighting can help increase those at-home activity rates.

Early keratoconus screening advocated

Teaching fellows can prove to be a rewarding experience for instructors.

Robert L Stamper, MD, raises the question of physician liability for allowing the patient to drive.

A new study found that only a little over half of school-aged children participants underwent vision screening within the past two years, highlighting gaps in eye care access.

The study further defined the relationship between delayed rod-mediated dark adaptation and the status of outer retinal bands on optical coherence tomography.

Elodie Bousquet, MD, PhD, and international researchers studied type 3 macular neovascularization (T3 MNV) using optical coherence tomography. In 64.5% of 31 eyes with T3 MNV, it developed over soft drusen, showing drusen growth and outer layer thinning before T3 MNV.

A minimum of 5,000 patients with up to 5 years of follow-up will be included in the study, with patients from a variety of practice settings and clinician experiences in 28 countries and 500 sites

Early-onset drusen maculopathy (EODM), is part of the age-related macular degeneration (AMD) phenotype that occurs in individuals under 55 years of age.

Multimodal technology bridges the gap between advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD) biomarkers and clinical features.

A new study out of Guangzhou, China found that individuals younger than 18 years of age and experiencing high myopia are at a high risk of progressively worsening myopic maculopathy.

Ophthalmologist shares pearls from recent roundtable discussion on topic.