Lynda Charters

Researchers found that better general health and ability to drive were each separately associated with significantly lower risk of death among individuals with AMD.

While these injections are the standard treatment for this patient population, the investigators found a subgroup of patients who had severe visual loss between 2 consecutive intravitreal injections.

The investigators have developed a clinically robust HH-SECTR system, which has a modular aluminum probe design and micrometer-scale mechanical stability.

The severity and duration of gene therapy–associated uveitis correlated with increasing vector dose.

A single, consistent modality leads to better geographic atrophy tracking.

As a nonsteroid treatment, RG6179 could open new methods for controlling inflammation with fewer adverse effects.

How AI tools can drive early detection of diabetic eye conditions.

New treatment options enhance patient visual outcomes and reduce treatment burdens.

Antimicrobial resistance is resistance to multiple classes of antibiotics, which makes it extremely challenging to treat infections caused by such organisms.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is going to be highly instrumental in patient care in all medical specialties and will be highly relevant in eye care.

Jorge L. Alió, MD, PhD, FEBOphth, shared his pearls situations in which a patient presents with a cataract and corneal opacity at the European Society of Ophthalmology Conference, Prague.

Paracentral acute middle maculopathy can develop after excessive intake of caffeine and alcohol according to Obadah Moushmoush, MD.

Omnigen® may be an alternative treatment option for patients with a persistent corneal epithelial defect. The product provides a convenient and effective treatment that can be administered in an outpatient setting.

Senescent cells accumulate in areas of disease activity in DME and wet age-related macular degeneration and release mediators that drive the pathology. UBX1325 seems to prevent that disease activity.

Patients who are non-responders to anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy may benefit from intravitreal dexamethasone.

The European Society of Ophthalmology (SOE) 2023 Congress will convene from June 15 to 17 in Prague, Czech Republic.

SOE holds a special place in its heart for the up-and-coming young ophthalmologists and is providing them a number of opportunities to hone their skills and establish professional contacts at this meeting.

Alik and colleagues noted "45% of IPV injuries involve the eyes. Many medical fields have increased IPV-related research; however, ophthalmology IPV research remains rare.”

With the newly modified lighted endolaser probe, an 18-gauge angiocatheter sleeve protects against vitreous disturbance.

Investigators found that Photobiomodulation may be a valid therapeutic option to treat large soft drusen and drusenoid pigment epithelial detachments in dry AMD and may slow the natural disease course.

Researchers found in their analysis that visual impairment is associated with hallucinations, depression, agitation, and psychosis in patients with dementia, although, aging and comorbidities, among other factors, may be involved.

The team of Japanese researchers found that the choroidal MBR in the nasal region is correlated with systemic arterial stiffness and is significantly lower in patients with coronary artery multivessel disease.

Hydrogen-rich water may have a place in treatment of retinal degeneration. The team of investigators found that the hydrogen-rich water significantly improved the retinal blood flow (RBF) dysregulation in type 2 diabetic mice.

The results indicated that SB15 had similar efficacy, safety, immunogenicity, and pharmacokinetics compared to aflibercept out to week 56 of the phase III trial.

In a mouse model of glaucoma, defective calcium clearance was seen as a characteristic feature of early damage to the retinal ganglion cells (RGC).

AVA-Net, a deep learning network, differentiated the changes in blood flow in healthy eyes compared with eyes of patients with diabetes with and without mild diabetic retinopathy.

Dr Ong and colleagues undertook a retrospective study of patients who underwent primary repair of uncomplicated RRDs at the Wilmer Eye Institute to examine the baseline, surgical, and postoperative characteristics that affect best-corrected VA (BCVA) outcomes.

A large cohort study found no association between the first messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccinations and acute retinal vein occlusions.

Decreased cone density was a characteristic of the cases of multiple sclerosis (MS) that were evaluated. This finding may serve as a specific and sensitive method to detect and monitor the development and progression of MS.

The study compared eyes with retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) treated with laser to age-matched control eyes without ROP and found that the spherical equivalent was significantly more myopic in the eyes treated with laser.