Ophthalmology News

As promised, here is the fourth installment of the dry eye disease “Back to Basics” series requested by an audience member at a dinner presentation I gave last winter.

NEW YORK — In this Healio Video Perspective from OSN New York, Matt Jensen, MBA, discusses the ethics and economics of interventional glaucoma.

Physicians generally use life insurance to achieve certain wealth planning goals — from protecting the family against the risk of a breadwinner’s early death to providing an estate for heirs and more.

CHICAGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the AAO meeting, Alexander S. Fein, MD, of Doheny Eye Institute and Stein Eye Institute at UCLA, discusses managing patients with transient monocular vision loss.

In this Healio Video Perspective from the Retina Society meeting, Steven Yeh, MD, of Stanley M. Truhlsen Eye Institute, discusses Xipere for the treatment of noninfectious uveitis-associated macular edema.

CHICAGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the AAO meeting, Brandon D. Ayres, MD, of Wills Eye Hospital discusses a study exploring the impact of Cequa on patients with dry eye disease who were previously treated with Restasis.

CHICAGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from Eyecelerator@AAO, Anders Haegerstrand, MD, PhD, and Anna Frostegård, MD, PhD, of Annexin Pharmaceuticals discuss a phase 2a trial of ANXV for the treatment of retinal vein occlusion.

MELT-300 demonstrated in a pivotal phase 3 study positive topline results in IV- and opioid-free procedural sedation for patients undergoing cataract surgery, according to a press release from Melt Pharmaceuticals.

Healio | OSN is proud to announce new board positions for Nicole R. Fram, MD, Kendall E. Donaldson, MD, MS, and Audrey R. Talley Rostov, MD.

NEW YORK — In this Healio Video Perspective from OSN New York, Karolinne M. Rocha, MD, PhD, discusses the management of extreme astigmatism.