This week, tocilizumab reduces the need for mechanical ventilation due to COVID-19, a gene therapy for dry AMD is fast-tracked by the FDA and Swiss scientists develop functional retinas in the lab.
The American Academy of Ophthalmology IRIS Registry (Intelligent Research in Sight) is the nation’s first comprehensive eye disease clinical registry.
Find out what the Academy is doing in state and federal government affairs and health policy affecting ophthalmologists and patients.
Ruth D. Williams, MD, Chief Medical Editor, on the need for consistent, predictable access to medicines that can save vision and lives.
Dr. Christopher Sales demonstrates how to manage a DMEK tissue injection when there is too much posterior pressure in the eye through careful alternating between…
Where do guide dogs come from? How are they trained, and how do they functionally support patients with visual impairment or blindness? What steps should…
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An autonomous artificial intelligence model showed good ability to detect patients with moderate or worse retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) when tested among 2 large, multinational…
Healthcare is responsible for an estimated 10% of carbon emissions. Learn how EyeSustain is making ophthalmic care and surgery more sustainable.
Use of glaucoma drainage devices (GDD) has increased fourfold in the past 20 years. As a result, GDD-related complications have risen. A review of the…
Overconsumption of ultra-processed food may increase the risk of glaucoma development, AI-based searches for oculoplastic/oculofacial surgeons yield inaccurate results, and a self-administered VA test
