Glaucoma News

MARCO ISLAND, Fla. — A study tested the hypothesis that Leonardo da Vinci’s paintings utilizing the sfumato technique may be perceived differently by people with central vision loss vs. peripheral vision loss.

Patients with ocular hypertension may undergo visual field tests every 6 months if they are at high or medium risk for progression to primary open-angle glaucoma, and every 12 months if they are at low risk, according to a study.

Patients on systemic immunosuppressive therapy experienced diminished IOP reductions a year after receiving selective laser trabeculoplasty compared with those who were not immunosuppressed, according to a study.

MARCO ISLAND, Fla. — Two-year follow-up of the ROMEO study showed efficacy of the Omni surgical system in reducing IOP and medication use over the long term in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma.

MARCO ISLAND, Fla. — A survey distributed in a Haitian church in South Florida proved useful for assessing glaucoma knowledge of the community, according to a poster at the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium.

As a neuroscientist, biochemist and molecular biologist, I’m interested in the biosynthesis and regulation of neurotrophic factors, including nerve growth factor and brain-derived neurotrophic factor.

MARCO ISLAND, Fla. — In this Healio Video Perspective, Monique M. Barbour, MD, MHA, FAAO, discusses why Iyuzeh is a promising new treatment for open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension.

Differences in IOP values and biomechanical parameters between the first and second eye measured, as well as by device used, were significant but not likely to affect outcomes in clinical or research settings, according to study results.

When you tell a patient that complications for their upcoming surgery are “rare” or that it is “uncommon” for their disease to result in blindness, do you know what you’re actually telling them?

Higher levels of niacin intake were associated with a decreased risk for glaucoma among participants in the 2005-2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, according to study results published in the Journal of Glaucoma.