Lynda Charters

Investigators who are examining end-stage disease see significant visual recovery in 2 patients.

Investigators find a link with a postoperative prolonged steroid response.

Patients surveyed say the handheld tool proved to be comfortable and easy to use.

The procedures may result in temporary pressure spikes later than expected.

The therapy offers improved retinal sensitivity, visual function, as well as improvements in mobility.

Investigators who are examining end-stage disease see significant visual recovery in 2 patients.

The SBL-3 ClearView clinical study, an FDA investigational device exemption clinical trial conducted at 18 sites across the US, is a prospective, subject-masked, randomized, two-arm study.

Several intravitreally injected anti-VEGF drugs are currently undergoing investigation.

The regulatory process is building confidence that the product is good and can be used safely.

While the advent of anti-VEGF therapies resulted in substantially better outcomes in this patient population, the results can vary substantially among patients.

According to a study, untested therapies can cause retinal detachment and blindness.

According to investigators, surgeons should be aware of the high prevalence of zonular weakness and cystoid macular edema, which may warrant additional preparation in these patients.

A team of investigators evaluated VA outcomes after cataract surgery and the factors associated with good visual outcomes in a population of patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to greater comfort with robotic telepresence in eye screenings.

According to a study, health disparities impact the rates of pediatric ophthalmology visits.

According to Jennifer Loh, MD, women achieve significantly better symptom relief than men.

LENZ Therapeutics has unveiled positive topline data from its INSIGHT study achieved by 2 formulations to treat presbyopia.

Baseline age, best-corrected visual acuity, and central subfield thickness play role in predicting the efficacy of both drugs.

The company noted that testing of a commercial supply of the implants, which included exposing them to multiple punctures with a needle, found they did not meet their standards. The company has notified the FDA, and is working with the agency on the recall process.

The therapy may offer novel treatment strategy with unique mechanism, modality for patients diagnosed with dry age-related macular degeneration.

Chinese investigators found that obesity affects retinal structures in different ways depending on whether the obesity is generalized or abdominal.

With World Sight Day upon us, RestoringVision has issued a lofty but doable goal: to help solve the global vision crisis.

According to a study, vision loss and depression are common conditions with major health implications, but exactly why this association occurs remains a mystery.

This post-hoc analysis was performed to evaluate immunogenicity over the long term.

According to investigators, treatment options available for patients diagnosed with vernal keratoconjunctivitis are less than adequate and these patients have higher rates of corneal complications and use more healthcare resources despite treatment.

The FDA describes the test as a web-based, self-guided software application that consumers can access using a touchscreen mobile device and internet-connected computer.

A team of researchers reported that oral doxycycline was effective, at least in the short term, for treating patients diagnosed with mild thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy.

In a presentation at the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s 2022 annual meeting in Chicago, William Kearney and Dan Gong, MD, discussed how patients with a unilateral retinal detachment frequently ask about the risk of developing an RRD in their fellow eye.

Those who used both traditional and electronic cigarettes reported severe to very severe ophthalmic symptoms.

DME showed small significant improvement in study cohort.