Optometry News

A gene editing therapy showed safety and improvement in cone photoreceptor function in patients with CEP290-associated inherited retinal degeneration due to an IVS26 variant, according to a phase 1/2 study.

The AMA adopted new policies on broader Medicare and Medicaid health care coverage during its annual House of Delegates meeting.

Daily supplementation of lutein via marigold extract increases serum concentration to levels associated with a lower risk of developing age-related eye disease, according to study results published in Nutrients.

PARK CITY, Utah — In this Healio Video Perspective from Clinical Trials at the Summit, Fred Guerard, CEO of Opthea, shares updates on the COAST and ShORe trials.

The AMA announced a new policy that supports requirements for drug and device sponsors to develop diversity action plans so that women and sexual and gender minorities are adequately represented in their clinical trials.

SEATTLE — In this video, Eleonora M. Lad, MD, PhD, discusses how targeting abnormalities in Bruch’s membrane in patients with age-related macular degeneration may aid in the development of treatments.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Music can improve the experience of surgeons, especially residents, in the operating room, according to a study presented at Kiawah Eye.

The AMA House of Delegates adopted two new policies aiming to reform prior authorization and the burden it causes patients and physicians.

Catch up on the top five items in dry eye disease from May.

Some individual meibomian gland metrics may structurally change over a period of hours or days, according to research published in Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics.