Glaucoma

The global population in 2024 is just more than 8 billion. One-half of the world’s population, or at least 4 billion people, reside in emerging countries with less well-developed economies and health care systems.

Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery could potentially offer an effective alternative to lifelong use of medications at a global level.

FRANKFURT, Germany — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ESCRS winter meeting, Norbert Koerber, MD, PhD, summarizes the 6-year data of ab interno canaloplasty with the iTrack microcatheter from Nova Eye Medical.

Overdiagnosis and overtreatment are growing problems in glaucoma, and ophthalmologists must work toward finding solutions, according to a lecturer at the American Glaucoma Society meeting.

WAILEA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2024, Renee Bovelle, MD, discusses the benefits of using Iyuzeh to treat glaucoma while not inducing dry eye.

The travoprost intraocular implant demonstrated a reduction in IOP in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension 3 months after a single administration, according to a study published in Ophthalmology.

Modern glaucoma care is all about the patient, according to a speaker at the American Glaucoma Society meeting.

TAMPA, Fla. — In this Healio Video Perspective from Telling It Like It Is, Steven R. Sarkisian Jr., MD, explains why endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation, or ECP, is still a “powerful tool” for glaucoma treatment.

A large language model chatbot matched and even outperformed fellowship-trained ophthalmologists in diagnostic and treatment accuracy of retina and glaucoma cases, according to new research published in JAMA Ophthalmology.

Better lighting was associated with improvements in at-home physical activity levels among older adults with visual impairment, according to a study published in JAMA Ophthalmology.