Lynda Charters

Educating patients about the importance of consistent care is key.

A rapid lateral-flow device shows high sensitivity and specificity in identifying Aspergillus species in corneal samples, aiding in diagnosing microbial keratitis. The device, coupled with ratiometric analysis, proves robust and cost-effective, potentially revolutionizing MK diagnosis, especially in low-resource settings

Efficacy of treatment option is also confirmed in pediatric population in India.

Clinicians must screen, diagnose, and manage for effective treatment.

Leaders must confront issues perpetuating unequal access, unfair practices.

Patients with HTG had significantly fewer mtDNA copies per nuclear DNA.

When smokers used both cigarettes and e-cigarettes, studies showed additional detrimental findings, such as lower general health, increased sleep latency, and higher vascular disorder risk

The 6-month-old boy’s dark brown eyes turned deep blue after he was treated for COVID with favipiravir.

Researchers find gray GA lesions had the highest cross-modality differences

The investigators performed a retrospective cohort study of patients from 10 US ocular inflammatory disease (OID) subspecialty practices.

Treating the meibomian glands and lifestyle changes are among some of the treatment methods.

Currently, miotics are taking center stage for treating presbyopia.

Henriquez pointed out that waiting for keratoconic progression runs the inherent risk that keratoconus will progress rapidly and affect the planned initial treatment protocol.

Lead author Sean Paul, MD, reports radiofrequency treatment in conjunction with expression of the meibomian glands reduces the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease.

Researchers have identified markers that indicate the presence of Parkinson’s disease in patients an average of 7 years before the disease presents clinically.

Data may inform clinical associations, mechanistic research, trial design.

Clinicians should be alert to the fact that while artificial intelligence (AI) is capable of generating ideas and references, it is crucial to thoroughly vet and fact-check any medical research content that AI produces.

Without treatment, severe visual impairment can occur; the first-line treatment for these cases is anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy (VEGF).

Researchers combine blue reflectance, red/green 200° ultrawidefield images

An experienced dermatologist blinded to clinical data performed the NVC using a videocapillaroscope VideoCap 3.0 (DSMedica) at 200× magnification in the study.

The US and German collaborative study found performing vitrectomy with silicone oil tamponade to manage postoperative endophthalmitis led to a significant improvement in visual acuity (VA) and had a low complication rate.

The investigators explored the effects of the following covariates on development of AMD: sex, ethnicity, smoking history, fluoxetine use, obesity, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension.

The gene therapy company announces its closure less than 2 years after the company launch in 2021.

Data from the 30 month GALE extension study indicated that continuous treatment with pegcetacoplan injection showed increasing beneficial effects over that timeframe in patients with geographic atrophy (GA).

In the study, researchers found that nearly one-quarter of anti-VEGF injections were received at least 1 week later than intended.

The research saw that new-onset full-thickness macular holes (FTMHs), especially those resulting from blunt ocular trauma, might close spontaneously without the need for a surgical intervention.

This study of patients was designed to identify unexpected adverse effects of these new pharmacologic therapies that may not have been observed or anticipated during clinical research trials. The studied drugs were biosimilars to the reference drug ranibizumab.