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Hove stresses surgeons who prescribe premium lenses or laser surgery to patients should be willing to have those same treatments themselves when needed.

EyeCon is an opportunity for ophthalmologists and optometrists to sit down together.

Topline data from the phase 2/3 study show that both dose levels of the subretinal gene therapy produced significant gains in low luminance visual acuity versus untreated control at 12 months.

Ana Miguel, MD, PhD, explains how artificial intelligence already outperforms experts in glaucoma screening, expands telemedicine access, and reshapes patient conversations.

Learn who benefits most from Encelto for MacTel type 2, its long-lasting CNTF implant results, and key safety counseling points.

Giuseppe Giannaccare, MD, PhD, FEBOphth, discusses new data on perioperative low-level light therapy for post-cataract dry eye at ESCRS 2026.

Anat Loewenstein, MD, previews EURETINA 2026 Vienna: the Innovation Spotlight, 17 sessions, symposia, and more.

Ashraf Ahmad, MD, explains what's driving rising dry eye rates and why eyelid evaluation is often overlooked.

The 26th EURETINA Congress convenes in Vienna, Austria, from October 1–4, headlined by a new World Retina networking initiative and a revamped Free Paper Forum stage.

OT Roundup debuts with new ADHD ocular findings, a surgeon's own trifocal IOL journey, MOGENRY's FDA filing, and myopia policy news.

ESCRS 2026 data: patient selection and education may be key to aceclidine (VIZZ; LENZ Therapeutics) persistence.

The first patients were dosed in the global phase 3 ORBIT trial evaluating linsitinib as an oral therapy for thyroid eye disease.

Alessandro Arrigo, MD, previews an ESCRS 2026 presentation on a patent-pending method that adapts blue light autofluorescence confocal imaging to grade cataracts objectively. The approach yielded reproducible numeric indices that correlated with both expert LOCS III scores and measurable loss of retinal image quality.

Q3 2026 delivered advances in some closely watched pipeline products.

Adam Muzychuk, MD, discusses how AI like the Kane formula is improving outcomes, and why he still urges caution over relying on it for clinical decisions.

Hove explains how his own cataract surgery has changed the way he counsels patients about glare, halos, and near vision.

Jai Parekh, MD, MA, FAAO, says AI is poised to transform eye care—from retinal and glaucoma imaging to cataract surgery—without disrupting it.

Radhika Rampat, MBBS, FRCOphth, discusses how AI is already shaping intraocular lens selection and keratoconus screening, and where anterior segment imaging and patient-facing AI tools are headed next.

At the 44th Congress of the ESCRS in London, Mark Bullimore, PhD, MCOptom, said delaying myopia onset is more valuable than slowing its progression, and explained how to identify children most at risk.

Host Deborah Ristvedt, DO, welcomes Early to discuss the pivotal moment that led her to leave an established practice, build something of her own, and rediscover the human side of medicine.

Influence on effective lens position in cataract and lens-based surgery.

At ESCRS 2026, Adam Muzychuk, MD, shares real-world data showing the enVista Envy IOL matches clinical trial outcomes, even in eyes with residual refractive error.

Two-year data presented at ESCRS 2026 show the ELIOS excimer laser procedure sustained IOP reduction and kept most glaucoma patients medication-free.

At ESCRS 2026, Zoltan Z. Nagy, MD, reported that femtosecond laser trabeculotomy (FLigHT) cut intraocular pressure by 27% at 48 months in open-angle glaucoma, with a stable, incision-free safety profile.

A prospective French study found intraoperative OCT most valuable for measuring key surgical distances in deep sclerectomy and MIGS procedures, and useful for training residents.

AMA resolution backs classifying myopia as a disease, aiming to expand insurance coverage for pediatric myopia control treatments.

ESCRS 2026 real-world data: aceclidine (VIZZ; LENZ Therapeutics) drops show fast onset, high satisfaction for presbyopia.

Three-year ESCRS 2026 data show trans-epithelial PRK matches conventional PRK in refractive outcomes, safety, and pain, with faster surgical time.