Glaucoma

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.

SEATTLE — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ARVO meeting, Mengyu Wang, PhD, discusses vision and language modeling for better glaucoma screening.

The AI-based software startup company iHealthScreen has been awarded a U.S. patent for its iPredict glaucoma detection system, the company announced in a press release.

Sight Sciences received a positive jury trial verdict of $34 million in a patent infringement case against Alcon and its Hydrus microstent, according to a press release.

Older age, female sex and low comorbidity score were associated with high adherence to glaucoma treatment, as was adherence in the first 2 years of treatment, according to a study conducted in Denmark and published in BMJ Open Ophthalmology.

BOSTON — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, Kin Sheng Lim, MD, discusses a randomized controlled trial on endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation, or ECP, for primary open-angle glaucoma.

BOSTON — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, Richard A. Lewis, MD, chief medical officer of ViaLase, provides an update on femtosecond laser image-guided high-precision trabeculotomy for the treatment of glaucoma.

Patients with glaucoma who underwent cataract surgery in combination with the Omni surgical system had lower IOP and used fewer medications at 24 months compared with outcomes with other devices, according to a study.

Higher consumption of ultraprocessed foods, particularly sweets, was associated with an increased risk for glaucoma, a study published in Nutrients showed.