Cornea/External Disease News

SAN DIEGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, Penny A. Asbell, MD, FACS, MBA, discusses antibiotic resistance in endophthalmitis.

SEATTLE — The rate of deaths attributed to vascular complications increased from 2001 to 2020 for adults with diabetes in the U.S., with the rise mainly due to an increase in deaths from diabetic nephropathy, according to a speaker.

SAN DIEGO — While cuts to reimbursement, inflation and the threat of recession were seen by survey respondents as the biggest practice challenges, one respondent wrote “all these will affect the ability to see more patients and grow.”

In this episode, I discuss corneal disease and treatments with David Eveleth, PhD, the founder, president and CEO of Trefoil Therapeutics.

NEW ORLEANS — Corneal abrasions are the most common basketball-related eye injury, according to a poster presentation at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting.

NEW ORLEANS — A patient-centered team approach that includes ophthalmology, neurology, functional medicine and pain medicine is beneficial in the management of chronic ocular pain, according to a study.

NEW ORLEANS — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ARVO meeting, Penny A. Asbell, MD, FACS, MBA, explains that while MRSA has decreased, it is often still multidrug resistant.

A program that includes community health workers can serve as the first line of care for corneal abrasions, according to research presented at Real World Ophthalmology.

NOV03 significantly reduced signs and symptoms of dry eye disease associated with meibomian gland dysfunction compared with hypotonic saline, according to a study.

Writer’s block is not really a common thing for me, but I do have to admit that there are times when I just sit, stare at my laptop, and hope that some sort of inspiration will drive my fingers across the keyboard.