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Pedro Fonseca, MD, Coimbra Hospital and University Centre, Portugal, and Andrew G. Lee, MD, Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist, Texas, USA, discuss the various pros and cons of offering teprotumumab for all patients with thyroid eye disease.

Patients treated with azithromycin did not have a higher incidence of gastrointestinal adverse events.

Learning more about the early AD stages, when brain damage is limited, should allow early and more efficacious treatment, and improvements in imaging may be able to pick up changes earlier.

In a keynote lecture at the 14th Annual Congress on Controversies in Ophthalmology in Lisbon, Hendrik Scholl, MD, co-founder and director of the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel, discussed its mission to unravel the mysteries of vision and human eye disease.

Angela Carneiro, MD, PhD, discusses her position on a discussion titled Presence of Macular Neovascularization on OCTA is Predictive of Subsequent Exudation with David Hutton, Executive Editor, Ophthalmology Times®.

The U.S. Attorney' Office Eastern District of Texas reported Kleiman Evangelista Eye Centers has agreed to pay $2,902,505 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it offered and paid kickbacks to optometrists. In a statement, the practice said it settled the the civil action to avoid a protracted legal battle and remains committed to optimizing patient outcomes while continuing to work with its patients’ valued optometrists when patients choose to have their care co-managed.

Antonio Campos, MD, PhD, discusses his position on a discussion titled Durability Associated with Multi-target Therapies is Superior to anti-VEGF Mono-target Therapy in AMD with David Hutton, Executive Editor, Ophthalmology Times.®

According to researchers, diabetes mellitus is caused by higher levels of blood glucose due to the lack of production of insulin by the body, resistance to insulin, or both.

Long-term screen users and contact lens wearers in group face challenges.

According to the companies, NOV03 consistently met primary endpoints for the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease linked with Meibomian gland dysfunction. A PDUFA data is set for June 28.

There have been 8 reported patients with vision loss as well as 4 reports of enucleation, or surgical removal of eyeball.

Medicare reimbursements for complex cataract surgery are far lower than a simpler form of the surgery.

Maternal pregnancy-related smoking was measured using key metrics: Provider or self-reported smoking during pregnancy and cotinine and hydroxycotinine in neonatal blood.

According to the company, it is the first approval in the world for allogeneic cell therapy to treat corneal endothelial disease.

On this week's episode of the NeuroOp Guru video blog, Andy Lee, MD, and Elizabeth Fortin, MD, discuss unilateral isolated paucisymptomatic optic disc edema and what exactly it is.

BRIO-I is a double-masked, randomized, multi-center, safety and efficacy study that enrolled emmetropic phakic and pseudophakic presbyopic subjects.

Procedure offers sharp contrast to cutting procedures without risk, pain, or drama.

Physicians making sense of the cornea transplant alphabet soup.

Lessons learned from a pilot will inform future collaborative work between the ADA and Genentech to improve health equity in eye care for people living with diabetes.

Researchers are using a new, highly versatile form of CRISPR-based genome editing with the potential to correct a wide variety of disease-causing genetic mutations.

Medical student’s vision was threatened by keratoconus, and early diagnosis and treatment could prove to be key to preserving the patient’s vision.

Hurdles include limited space, handling thin sclera, choosing the right site.

PBM treatment showed a statistically significant slowing of disease progression in patients with early to intermediate dry AMD.

Procedure integrates femto, phaco in one instrument to address issues.

If approved, OCS-01 has the potential to become the first once-daily, topical, preservative-free corticosteroid for treating inflammation and pain following ocular surgery.

To support congressional action, 135 health organizations – including the American Academy of Ophthalmology – sent a letter to congressional leaders pointing out that a full inflation-based update is the primary solution to the ongoing problem with the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.

According to court records, Paul Wade Wyatt continued to perform ophthalmic procedures in Utah after his license had been suspended in October 2016.

Kamran M. Riaz, MD, a clinical associate professor and director of Medical Student Research at the Dean A. McGee Institute at the University of Oklahoma, recently discussed with Ophthalmology Times some of the latest trends in cornea treatment.