Optometry News

Filling an opioid prescription after ophthalmic surgery was associated with higher rates of hospitalization, overdose, abuse or dependency, and mortality, according to a study published in Ophthalmology.

BARCELONA, Spain — In this Healio Video Perspective from the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting, Rosa Giglio, MD, shares study results investigating the Tecnis Eyhance IOL from Johnson & Johnson Vision.

EssilorLuxottica has completed its acquisition of an 80% stake in Heidelberg Engineering, according to a company press release.

The FDA approved the enVista Envy full range of vision IOL from Bausch + Lomb, according to a press release.

CARLSBAD, Calif. — Retinal detachment repair in pediatric patients yielded favorable anatomic and visual outcomes compared with no intervention, according to a poster presented at the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium.

CARLSBAD, Calif. — In this Healio Video Perspective from the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium, program chair Anna Momont, MD, encourages ophthalmologists to attend next year’s meeting.

Thank you for joining us today. Welcome to our Healio: Women in Ophthalmology vlog, and today we have Carey Powers from Powers & Company joining us.

BARCELONA, Spain — In this Healio Video Perspective from the Euretina congress, Timothy L. Jackson, PhD, MBChB, discusses phase 2b trial results of sozinibercept for neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

Use of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists was associated with a 19% reduction in risk for glaucoma in patients with type 2 diabetes, with longer use extending the protective association, according to a study in Ophthalmology.

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.