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Investigators searched PubMed over the past 2 decades for clinical trials on eyelid ptosis using the terms blepharoptosis or upper eyelid ptosis or eyelid ptosis” and the filters “randomized controlled trial (RCT), clinical trial, and humans.”

A team of investigators at McMaster University in Toronto has found that fluvoxamine reduced hospitalizations by up to 30 percent.

Led by eye care nonprofit Orbis with support from Alcon, the training will build eye care professionals' skills to treat retinopathy of prematurity in Latin America

COO JD Schaub provides an overview of how RVL Pharmaceuticals has shifted toward becoming an ocular aesthetics company, with the sole purpose to fully focus on UPNEEQ®.

According to McKinsey’s Hospital Insights Survey, hospital outpatient and procedural volumes were nearly 4 percent higher in July compared to 2019, but ophthalmology was down during the same period.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals announced at an ongoing Phase 2 trial has met its primary safety endpoint with no new safety signals observed.

Sight Sciences reveals real-world data that show the safety, efficacy, and durability of effect of its Omni Surgical System for use in a standalone procedure to reduce IOP and medication burden.

According to the company, its partnership will educate the gaming community on common dry eye symptoms and introduce over-the-counter options like its Systane brand of eye drops.

The approval could lead hospitals, universities, corporations and even local governents to enact vaccination mandates.

Michael Rivers, MD, discusses the impact of Aetna's new policy requiring prior authorization for cataract surgery on ophthalmologists, their workflow, and patients.

The EURETINA 2021 Virtual Meeting is scheduled for Sept. 9 to 12, and retina specialists eagerly await the showcase of cutting-edge scientific developments.

Science fiction is quickly becoming science fact as a team of German scientists has developed a small, lab-grown brain cell cluster that developed fundamental eye structures.

A survey by Health Union sheds light on the issues patients are facing and can help ophthalmologists map out dry eye disease treatment strategies.

The American Society of Retina Specialists is gearing up for its 39th annual scientific meeting Oct. 8-12 at the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort and Spa in San Antonio, Texas.

A new study reveals that children of mothers with diabetes during pregnancy have an increased risk of eye problems.

Michael Rivers, MD, discusses how Modernizing Medicine's latest updates to its electronic health records EMA® system benefits both ophthalmologists and optometrists.

Scientists have developed a new approach that is less complex and does not require extracting the genetic RNA material of the virus.

The Academy has stepped up to speak out against the use of untested biosimilars in the eyes of patients amid a disruption in the drug supply chain.

Aequus Pharmaceuticals, reVision Therapeutics announced this week that they will collaborate to develop a therapy for Stargardt disease.

Oxurion is currently recruiting patients for the Phase 2 clinical study of THR-687 in DME.

The company shared data from its two-year Phase III KITE trial and the one-year phase III KINGFISHER trial.

Tool for quantifying measures may predict outcomes for patients.

Substantial weight loss can help patients’ eye health, study results show.

The Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB), the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology (AUPO) and an anonymous donor have recognized Donald Zack, MD, PhD, for ground-breaking contributions to the field of vision research.

According to Oculus, its Myopia Master saves space and can be mounted on a workstation or an ophthalmic table. The software is operated directly via an inbuilt display.

The company is evaluating topical cyclosporine to treat the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease.