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Sunir Garg, MD, discusses a challenge in ophthalmological procedures: patient discomfort during intravitreal injections caused by povidone iodine.

Lexitas Pharma Services' CMO discusses groundbreaking ophthalmology conference, emphasizing innovative clinical trials, emerging treatments for eye diseases, and the potential for transformative patient care strategies.

Alcon’s dry eye candidate acoltremon 0.003% is a first-in-class thermoreceptor agonist, which stimulates corneal sensory nerves to increase natural tear production to treat the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease.

A conversation with David S. Friedman, MD, PhD, on treating uncontrolled open-angle glaucoma in patients with limited options

Following his keynote address at Controversies in Modern Eye Care, Dr. Maloney said he will be leaving his surgical practice and returning to research.

The investigators described the CASIA2 (Tomey Corporation) instrument, which is a new AS-OCT device with a swept-source laser wavelength of 1,310 nm that can scan at a speed of 50,000 A-scan/second.

New clinical guidance for anterior and posterior uveitis was published by a research team from the University of Bristol

The new surgical technique incorporates a new surgical clamp that maintains eye pressure during the insertion of 2 tissue patches in immediate succession while minimizing damage to the surrounding tissue.

A significant proportion of cataract surgery patients exhibit hyperosmolar tear film both before and 1 month after surgery, underscoring preoperative screening and postoperative management to optimize visual outcomes.

At the Retina World Congress, we spoke with Siegfried Priglinger, MD, about ensuring the best outcomes for preschool-aged patients

The pivotal phase 3 clinical trial is the first of 2 that will evaluate the use of DURAVYU for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration.

ABCA4-associated retinopathies include Stargardt disease, retinitis pigmentosa 19, and cone-rod dystrophy 3.

According to the company, results showed “a meaningful clinical improvement in ocular surface health” and significance for both staining end points at day 15.

At ARVO 2025, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Steven Barnes, PhD, talked about his research on the OPA1 mutation in retinal ganglion cells' effect on the cell's electrical function.

Ayres shares insights on using a trocar-free, 27-gauge vitrector to improve surgeon comfort and patient safety in anterior vitrectomy

Swedish researchers reveal that vitamins B6, B9, B12, and choline offer neuroprotection against glaucoma, highlighting potential new treatment avenues.

Vitamins B6, B9 and B12 were found to be neuroprotective against retinal ganglion cell death

At ARVO 2025, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Hsin-Yu Yang talked about the 9-month results from her study on the effectiveness of DIMS spectral lenses in myopic retardation for the pre-myopic preschoolers in Taiwan.

The cross sector initiative that intends to drive a shift from reactive to proactive health care by leveraging ocular data through the means of oculomics.

In this Q&A, John D. Gelles, OD, and Steven Greenstein, MD, chat about what inspired them to launch the symposium, what makes this year’s agenda especially exciting, and why the future of refractive care depends on stronger collaboration between ODs and MDs.

At ARVO 2025, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Alex Choi discussed his poster on APOE carrier genetic status and its relation to Alzheimer disease as well as changes of the retina that might reflect early signs leading to an earlier diagnosis of the disease

The results of an investigation into iRORA identified a wide spectrum of fundus autofluorescence patterns that corresponded with iRORA lesions and that those patterns were associated with conversion to cRORA over time.

Steven Greenstein, MD, one of the cochairs of the Collaborative Care Symposium gave some insight into the upcoming conference and what attendees can expect.

At ARVO 2025, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Yuhua Zhang, PhD, talked about his presentation on in vivo imaging of retinal pigment epithelium metabolic function in age-related macular degeneration

At the 2025 ASCRS meeting, Dr Ang said small aperture IOLs can benefit all patients, especially those with complex corneas or who have undergone previous corneal refractive surgery

At ARVO 2025, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Patipol Tiyajamorn, talked about his poster on using graph neural networks to identify fast glaucoma progressors solely using optic nerve head morphology at a single time point