October 19, 2022
A California eye doctor is urging people to be more vigilant when wearing contact lenses after removing 23 contact lenses from a patient’s eye. In a video posted […]
October 19, 2022
California optometrists lost their latest bid to expand their scope of practice when the state’s governor recently vetoed a bill that would have allowed them to […]
October 6, 2022
CHICAGO — Children with a rare, inherited retinal disorder who were treated with the first Food and Drug Administration-approved gene therapy had noticeable improvements in vision […]
October 6, 2022
CHICAGO — A large national study out of Taiwan has found that people with normal-tension glaucoma (NTG) are about 50% more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease […]
October 5, 2022
CHICAGO, Illinois — Children who are more physically fit seem to be less prone to eye allergies, according to a study of more than 1 million […]
October 4, 2022
CHICAGO, Illinois — A large retrospective analysis of more than 150,000 eyes from a national eye registry have shown that combining surgeries for glaucoma and cataract […]
October 4, 2022
CHICAGO — Pegcetacoplan, an investigative complement factor inhibitor that has the potential to be the first US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)–approved treatment for geographic atrophy […]
September 23, 2022
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Adding fenofibrate to a statin was associated with an 11% lower risk of diabetic retinopathy progression in patients with type 2 diabetes, new […]
September 19, 2022
ST. LOUIS — Christina Green hoped cataract surgery would clear up her cloudy vision, which had worsened after she took a drug to fight her breast […]