Cornea/External Disease News

Sonoma Pharmaceuticals and EMC Pharma have entered into a co-marketing agreement to expand their eye care product lines, according to a press release.

Screening for keratoconus should be part of all pediatric eye exams. While this disease typically manifests around puberty, there can be signs of progressive keratoconus much earlier in some cases.

On Aug. 14, the WHO declared the clade I mpox virus outbreak in Africa to be a public health emergency of international concern.

CARLSBAD, Calif. — In this Healio Video Perspective from the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium, Diane M. Hilal-Campo, MD, discusses Twenty/Twenty Beauty, the first ophthalmologist-formulated eye makeup line.

For quite a few years now, we have been hearing the same stats about the prevalence and characteristics of dry eye disease patients in the U.S.

Prevent Blindness marked September as Sports Eye Safety Month, highlighting data showing that more than 32,600 sports-related eye injuries were treated in the U.S. in 2023, with the highest rate of injury in pool and water sports.

Under a new distribution agreement with Santen SA, Bruder Healthcare will market Eyeleve MGD, the preservative-free ophthalmic emulsion previously sold in the U.S. as Retaine MGD, the company announced in a press release.

Diagnosis and treatment of corneal neuropathic pain may require a multidisciplinary approach, including comprehensive ocular assessment as well as medical and mental health history examinations, according to a report published in Eye.

Acanthamoeba keratitis appeared to be a relatively rare disorder with similar incidence around the world, according to a study published in Ophthalmology.

CARLSBAD, Calif. — In this Healio Video Perspective from the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium, Sandy Zhang-Nunes, MD, of Keck Medicine of USC, discusses light laser therapy as a cosmetic therapy and treatment for inflammation.