Women’s eye health: The Fred Hollows Foundation's call for change this International Women’s Day
March 5th 2025To tackle systemic barriers to eye care, the organization is co-hosting an event titled “No Woman Left Behind – Advancing Eye Health Equity for Women and Girls” on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at the 69th Commission on the Status of Women in New York.
NeuroOp Guru: The role of muscle biopsy in heteroplasmy detection
March 4th 2025Andrew G. Lee, MD, and Drew Carey, MD, return for this latest episode of the "NeuroOp Guru" to discuss the variable presentations of somatic mitochondrial mutations and the importance of muscle biopsy in diagnosing low heteroplasmy in mitochondrial diseases.
EnVision Summit 2025: Glaucoma with co-existing ocular co-morbidities
March 4th 2025At the EnVision Summit 2025 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Poonam Misra, MD, and Alcina Lidder, MD, gave advice on managing glaucoma in patients with other ocular co-morbidities such as myopia and those who have undergone corneal transplantation.
Cigarette smoking linked to reduced choroidal vascularity
March 4th 2025The negative effects of smoking on ocular tissues are well known and include age-related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic retinopathy, cataracts, contact lens-related keratitis, Graves’ ophthalmopathy ischemic optic neuropathy, and glaucoma.
AGS 2025: Achieving success as an academic ophthalmologist with Thomas V. Johnson III, MD, PhD
March 4th 2025Clinician-scientists play a vital role in advancing ophthalmology by balancing patient care with research, leveraging clinical insights to drive impactful discoveries, and collaborating across disciplines to stay at the forefront of innovation.
Eye-opening effects resulting from modified transconjunctival lower blepharoplasty
March 2nd 2025The aim of the study was to assess the effect of a modified TCLB procedure that added deframing and decompression maneuvers to the LOFC and its support structures to obtain better results for both the lower and upper lids.
AGS 2025: Constance Okeke, MD, highlights 1-year Streamline canaloplasty outcomes
March 1st 2025The research analyzed the 1-year outcomes of 132 eyes, evaluating mean IOP, baseline changes, medication reduction, and stratifying the results by race (African American vs Caucasian) and glaucoma severity (mild, moderate, severe).