Optometry News

BARCELONA, Spain — In this Healio Video Perspective from the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting, Farhad Hafezi, MD, PhD, speaks about cross-linking applied to femto-CAIRS for the treatment of keratoconus.

Although myopia progression among Hispanic and Black children was similar over 3 years, significant differences in the prevalence of astigmatism and anisometropia were reported between groups, according to researchers.

Patients with type 2 diabetes and more severe peripheral neuropathy appeared to be at greater risk for developing dry eye disease, according to a study published in Optometry and Vision Science.

The 2024 election is one of the most consequential elections in recent history, and as physicians, we have a responsibility to vote.

BARCELONA, Spain — In this Healio Video Perspective from the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting, Pavel Stodulka, MD, PhD, discusses the Perfect Lens procedure.

Oral gildeuretinol acetate did not meet the primary endpoint of geographic atrophy lesion growth rate in a phase 3 study, according to a press release from Alkeus Pharmaceuticals.

According to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, more consistent international data are necessary to fully understand myopia and its underlying mechanisms.

ATSN-201 received orphan drug designation from the FDA for the treatment of X-linked retinoschisis, according to a press release from Atsena Therapeutics.

ANI Pharmaceuticals finalized its acquisition of Alimera Sciences, according to a press release.

BARCELONA, Spain — In this Healio Video Perspective from the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting, Richard Lewis, MD, speaks about femtosecond laser image-guided high-precision trabeculotomy, or FLigHT.