Ophthalmology News

• Common Eye Disorder May Be Linked to Maternal Hypertension Children whose mothers have a hypertensive disorder in pregnancy are at increased risk for strabismus, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• How Age Affects Teprotumumab Tx in Thyroid Eye Disease Older patients with thyroid eye disease who receive teprotumumab are more likely to require re-treatment.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• ASRS 2024 More Anti-VEGF Injections Might Increase Visual Acuity Greater vision improvements were seen in people with macular edema secondary to retinal vein occlusion who received more anti-VEGF injections over the course of 5 years.
  Medscape Medical News, July 24, 2024
• ASRS 2024 Are GLP-1s Bad for Retinas? A pivotal clinical trial found an increased risk for worsening diabetic retinopathy with semaglutide, but a large database analysis of real-world patients raised questions about that finding.
  Medscape Medical News, July 23, 2024
• ASRS 2024 Novel Gene Therapy Safe for Retinitis Pigmentosa Phase 1/2 clinical trials demonstrated that the gene modifier improves retinal structure, function, and restores homeostasis.
  Medscape Medical News, July 23, 2024
• ASRS 2024 Here's How to Have 'Greener' Intravitreal Injections Simple adjustments can significantly reduce environmental impact without compromising patient care.
  Medscape Medical News, July 22, 2024
• These Five AI Healthcare Tools May Be the Best Right Now We asked leading experts to share the most impactful AI tools currently in use at their hospitals.
  Medscape Medical News, July 22, 2024
• ASRS 2024 Retinal Detachment Still Sticky Issue for Stickler Syndrome Gene testing does inform diagnosis, but it can't tell doctors when to intervene with prophylactic retinal treatments.
  Medscape Medical News, July 19, 2024
• Filgotinib Cuts Treatment Failures in Uveitis Filgotinib reduced the risk for treatment failure in patients with active noninfectious uveitis, data from a phase 2 trial showed.
  Medscape Medical News, July 19, 2024
• ASRS 2024 Eyes With IOLs Do Worse With In-Office Retina Repair A study of pneumatic retinopexy for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment showed a 54% success rate in eyes that had cataract surgery and overall success rates far below results of a key clinical trial.
  Medscape Medical News, July 19, 2024
• ASRS 2024 Ixo-vec Gene Therapy Reduces Anti-VEGF Injections in nAMD A single injection of ixoberogene soroparvovec reduced anti-VEGF injection needs by 90%-95% at 26 weeks in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration.
  Medscape Medical News, July 18, 2024
• Blood Pressure Linked to Retina Vessel Changes Changes in blood pressure and intraocular pressure over time can alter the retinal vasculature, researchers have found.
  Medscape Medical News, July 15, 2024
• US, Colorado Probe Additional H5N1 Bird Flu Cases in Poultry Farm Federal and state investigators in Colorado are investigating an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu on a poultry farm that has resulted in four confirmed human cases and a suspected...
  Reuters Health Information, July 14, 2024
• Universal Eye Screening Reveals Newborn Ocular Issues Targeted eye screening can identify ocular pathologies in newborns, including those born prematurely and babies with other risk factors for eye disease.
  Medscape Medical News, July 10, 2024
• Olympic Mindset Tips Tailor-Made for Stressed-Out Physicians No medals for second place in medicine. Use these mindset techniques from Olympic sports psychologists so you can excel under high stress like a world-class athlete.
  Medscape Medical News, July 10, 2024
• 36-Hour Window Safe for Globe Injury Repair Delaying the repair of open globe injuries beyond 36 hours increases the risk for endophthalmitis.
  Medscape Medical News, July 08, 2024
• Retinal Issues Rise After Cataract Surgery A significant proportion of patients with previously treated retinal tears developed new tears or detachments after cataract surgery, with over 60% of these episodes occurring within the first year.
  Medscape Medical News, July 07, 2024
• Uveitis in Children Linked to Higher Cataract Risk Children with uveitis had a higher risk of developing cataracts than those without the condition, necessitating close monitoring of cataract development in these patients.
  Medscape Medical News, July 04, 2024
• Semaglutide Linked to Cause of Vision Loss Patients taking semaglutide appear to have an increased risk for nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, July 03, 2024
• Cutting Down on Unnecessary Antibiotics for Pink Eye Children with conjunctivitis who received antibiotics carried no more risk for a later ambulatory visit than those who did not receive a prescription.
  Medscape Medical News, July 01, 2024