Being the change we want to see in ophthalmology
[ad_1] I am proud to be an ophthalmologist. We are fortunate to be in a field that is at the forefront of technological advancement, research development, and surgical innovation in medicine. However, though we lead in many aspects, ophthalmology has notoriously lagged behind other medical specialties with regards to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The statistics…
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UC Davis tests microshunt in children with refractory childhood glaucoma
[ad_1] A polymer-based microshunt is safe and effective in pediatric patients diagnosed with refractory childhood glaucoma, according to a small, single-center case series at the UC Davis Health Eye Center. According to a UC Davis news release, the study,1 Use of a Novel Microshunt in Refractory Childhood Glaucoma, was published in the American Journal of…
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Not your typical flight experience
[ad_1] It’s not American or United, but the Orbis Flying Hospital carries on board hope and the gift of sight for patients in need of ophthalmic care around the globe. When it is not on a mission, the MD-10 aircraft often is situated at an airport where the fully accredited teaching facility is put to…
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World’s Best Eyesight: 5 Ways Animals Outrank Us
Human eyes are complicated, powerful organs, but there are some animals that beat us to the punch when it comes to vision. While it is almost impossible to conclusively rank which animals have the best eyes, because eyesight encompasses such a broad spectrum of attributes, we can look at how some animals have exceptional vision…
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Prevent Blindness declares third annual Thyroid Eye Disease Awareness Week Nov. 14-20
[ad_1] Prevent Blindness has declared Nov. 14-20, 2022, as its third annual “Thyroid Eye Disease Awareness (TED) Week.” TED, sometimes called Graves’ ophthalmopathy or Graves’ eye disease, is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system causes inflammation and swelling and stimulates the production of muscle tissue and fat behind the eye. According to the organization, to help…
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Impact of treating AMD before visual function is impaired
[ad_1] Japanese investigators led by first authors Risa Aichi, MD, and Norihiro Nagai, MD, reported that before the best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) decreases and advanced lesions develop in eyes with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the optimal time to begin treatment with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy to obtain better outcomes in the real-world clinic. …
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Vision in 3D
[ad_1] So much has to go right as the human visual system develops. One of them is that many thousands of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) have to relay signals through the eye’s optic nerve via delicate projections, or axons, to precise locations on both sides of the brain that make visual sense of it all,…
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Cholesterol and diabetes drugs may lessen risk of degenerative eye disease of aging
[ad_1] Regular use of drugs to lower cholesterol and control type 2 diabetes may lessen the risk of the degenerative eye disease associated with ageing, known as AMD, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published online in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.1 According to a news release, these common drugs are linked…
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Retinal camera unlocks back-of-the-eye secrets
[ad_1] An adaptive optics (AO) retinal camera has been used to measure photoreceptors preoperatively and following macular hole (MH) surgery to accurately assess any changes in cone density, according to research presented by Paola L. Oquendo, MD, at the 2022 Canadian Ophthalmological Society Annual Meeting and Exhibition held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. “We hypothesized…
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Poor sleep quality may be linked to increased risk of irreversible sight loss
[ad_1] Sleep issues, including too much or too little shut eye, daytime sleepiness, and snoring, may be linked to a heightened risk of developing irreversible sight loss (glaucoma), suggests a large UK Biobank study1 published in the open access journal BMJ Open. According to a news release, the findings underscore the need for sleep therapy in…
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