Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Healio’s top items from this year’s American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting included pearls for navigating secondary dry eye disease as well as data for low-dose atropine as a myopia treatment in children aged 3 to 17 years.

NEW ORLEANS — Electroretinograms can help predict progression of diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma by providing objective information about visual function, according to Nate Lighthizer, OD, at Academy ’23.

Age-related macular degeneration is one of the leading causes of blindness in the United States. It is an age-related degeneration, so it primarily affects our senior population.

In this Healio Video Perspective, Theodore Leng, MD, FACS, discusses the real-world use of faricimab for neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

Healio spoke with Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, about recent advancements in geographic atrophy.

Healio spoke with Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, about the importance of geographic atrophy awareness and diagnosis.

The complement component 5 inhibitor avacincaptad pegol may have potential as a treatment to reduce geographic atrophy lesion growth and slow progression of disease, according to a study published in The Lancet.

CMS assigned a permanent, product-specific J-code for Syfovre for the treatment of geographic atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration, according to a press release from Apellis Pharmaceuticals.

Having a ninth grade son, I get to hear a lot of teen slang. For example, “no cap” means no kidding, and when he lands a trick on his skateboard, he calls it a “W” for win.