Optometry News

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — In this Healio Video Perspective from the Retina World Congress, Ash Attia, PhD, of Bionic Vision Technologies discusses a novel suprachoroidal retinal prosthesis for retinitis pigmentosa.

Topcon Healthcare has partnered with Microsoft Corp. to create “Healthcare from the Eye,” an AI-powered solution developed to improve health care by prescreening patients for systemic and neurological diseases via a noninvasive eye scan.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — In this Healio Video Perspective from the Retina World Congress, Jay S. Duker, MD, of EyePoint Pharmaceuticals discusses lead product Duravyu.

SEATTLE — If ChatGPT were to take an ophthalmology board-style exam, it would not pass, even if given feedback and a second chance, according to a poster presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting.

SEATTLE — Glaucoma patients tend to overestimate their level of adherence to medical therapy, according to a study comparing self-reported medication adherence scores with electronic health record, or EHR, system data.

Analyzing cellular mechanisms of ortho-k in myopia control may help identify factors that would explain highly variable individual responses to treatment, according to research in Optometry and Vision Science.

Cost, insurance, transport and accessibility, eye health literacy and communication were identified as major barriers to eye care among U.S. adults, with telemedicine cited as a possible solution, according to a systematic review in Cureus.

SEATTLE — Patients with age-related macular degeneration in a veteran population experienced an increase in inactive disease after treatment with faricimab, according to a poster presented here.

SEATTLE — Despite a high prevalence of visual impairment among older patients, some make improvements year-over-year, according to a study.

SEATTLE – Persistent vision changes were found to be a symptom of severe forms of long COVID and were associated with worse clinical manifestations, according to a poster presentation.