Neurosciences News

Recent research has suggested that GLP-1 agonists used to treat obesity might be associated with a stroke in the optic nerve, but association is not the same as causation.

A paper recently published in JAMA Ophthalmology by Hathaway and colleagues at Harvard suggested a potential association between prescribed semaglutide and an increased risk for nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy.

Drugs utilized to treat systemic diseases can do harm to the eye and its neural connections.

A 53-year-old man presented to the comprehensive ophthalmology service at New England Eye Center for a second opinion of a new dark gray spot in his upper right visual field.

CHICAGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the AAO meeting, Valérie Biousse, MD, of Emory Eye Center discusses the impact of a nonmydriatic fundus OCT camera from Topcon Healthcare on ophthalmic screening in the emergency department.

CHICAGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from Eyecelerator@AAO, Oculis CEO Riad Sherif, MD, provides a status report on OCS-01, OCS-02 and OCS-05 eye drops.

Among individuals who were prescribed approved biologics for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, those on inebilizumab had significantly higher medication adherence, according to a study presented at ECTRIMS 2024.

The Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has received $4.7 million from NIH to create imaging techniques that will detect changes in capillary function and help diagnose cerebral small vessel disease.

A 64-year-old man presented to the emergency department at Lahey Hospital with a 6-day history of right-sided headaches, right ocular pain and vesicular rash.