Optometry News

Taking a leap of faith and leaving a full-time position to open a private practice is not an easy step, but it can be the best decision of an ophthalmologist’s career, according to a speaker at Real World Ophthalmology.

Prevent Blindness has declared June as Cataract Awareness Month, and the organization reports that cataract — the primary cause of vision loss in the U.S. — affects more than 20 million Americans aged 40 years and older.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — In this Healio Video Perspective from Kiawah Eye, Roger Kennedy, director of marketing for BioTissue, announces the launch of the CAM360 AmnioGraft.

After concerns were raised by the Kentucky Optometric Association, the state attorney general on May 10 announced a settlement with Warby Parker for violating Kentucky’s Consumer Protection in Eye Care Act with its online vision test.

Researchers cautioned clinicians to strongly reconsider using low-level red-light therapy in children with myopia, citing safety concerns revealed by a study published in Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics.

Verana Health launched a real-world dataset for patients with uveitic macular edema, according to a press release.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — In this Healio Video Perspective from Kiawah Eye, P. Dee Stephenson, MD, FACS, of Stephenson Eye Associates in Venice, Florida, gives an overview of a “tuck and roll” technique for IOL exchange.

Faster initial capillary density loss was associated with more rapid visual field progression and increased risk for event progression, prompting researchers to suggest the addition of OCT angiography for risk assessment in glaucoma.

There are many digital and in-person options available to grow and update surgical skills, according to a presenter at Real World Ophthalmology.

Opthea has completed enrollment of its phase 3 COAST and ShORe trials, which will investigate the safety and efficacy of sozinibercept in combination with anti-VEGF-A therapy for wet age-related macular degeneration.