Glaucoma

WAILEA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2024, I. Paul Singh, MD, discusses how new opportunities in drug delivery can help limit reliance on patient compliance in glaucoma treatment.

Artificial intelligence offers incredible opportunities in medicine, helping us cut through petabytes of data to define trends in disease and potentially discover new treatments.

H. Dunbar Hoskins Jr., MD, a former executive vice president of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, died on Jan. 27. He was 84 years old.

Despite a decrease in total Medicare-allowed payments for laser trabeculoplasty across the U.S. and in three key states from 2015 to 2018, there was an increase in payments by optometrists vs. ophthalmologists, according to research.

Individuals with glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration or cataract have a higher risk for both falls and fractures, according to research on a large cohort published in JAMA Ophthalmology.

Though “promising” as a low-contact form of IOP monitoring, drive-thru measurement using iCare tonometry may overestimate IOP, and significant changes should be confirmed in a clinic, according to research published in Journal of Glaucoma.

Patients receiving ocular steroid injections may be at higher risk for developing glaucoma or ocular hypertension, even without prior diagnosis or treatment, according to research published in BMJ Open Ophthalmology.