Diana Do, MD, professor of ophthalmology and vice chair for clinical affairs, Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University, discusses real-world data presented at the American Academy of Ophthalmology showing…
Richard Gale, MBChB, PhD, professor of ophthalmology, Hull York Medical School, UK, presents long-term real-world outcomes of intravitreal aflibercept 8 mg in patients with diabetic macular edema. Over…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) –Tetracycline ointment should not be replaced by povidone iodine solution as prophylactic therapy for ophthalmia neonatorum, according to a study from Israel published in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Measurements of intraocular pressure (IOP) may depend on which eye is measured first, according to a new study published in the Archives of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treating high-risk retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) early, before threshold severity is reached, preserves peripheral vision with relatively little reduction in visual field extent.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of an early phase trial indicate that wearing an experimental dual-focus soft contact lens can reduce myopia progression in children, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The response rate to high-dose pulsed intravenous glucocorticoid therapy is about 80% for patients with active Graves’ orbitopathy, German clinicians report. However, they…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A dexamethasone intravitreal implant is more likely to reduce inflammation and improve vision than a sham treatment in patients with noninfectious uveitis, investigators…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although large pupil size is viewed by some ophthalmologists as a relative contraindication to undergoing LASIK, preoperative pupil size does not affect quality…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with age-related macular degeneration treated with the anti-VEGF monoclonal antibodies bevacizumab and ranibizumab do not have any higher rates of mortality, MI…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intravitreal injection of clindamycin and dexamethasone to treat active ocular toxoplasmosis appears to be an alternative, and perhaps preferable, to classic treatment with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Outcomes in patients with coexistent glaucoma and cataracts who undergo simultaneous trabeculectomy and lens extraction are no different whether the two procedures are…
