Vision Loss

In this video David Lynch discusses current treatment options for Friedreich's ataxia patients.

CHICAGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the AAO meeting, Rahul N. Khurana, MD, of Northern California Retina Vitreous Associates discusses phase 2 results for ANX007 for the treatment of geographic atrophy.

What are the odds of a really serious complication from cataract surgery, a complication that would permanently decrease vision?

When I first met 14-year-old Ani in Armenia, I was taken by her name, which matched the first name of my 3-year-old daughter.

A 70-year-old man presented for an urgent visit to the retina clinic for sudden painless vision loss of his right eye.

CHICAGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from the AAO meeting, Alexander S. Fein, MD, of Doheny Eye Institute and Stein Eye Institute at UCLA, discusses managing patients with transient monocular vision loss.

Patients with giant cell arteritis who use anticoagulants demonstrate lower risks for vision loss, stroke and other cranial ischemic complications, according to data published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

An estimated 4.22 million U.S. adults had glaucoma in 2022, and 1.49 million had vision-affecting glaucoma, with “substantial variation” in prevalence by region and demographics, according to a study published in JAMA Ophthalmology.

In this video, Barbara Blodi, MD, discusses results from the ARCHER trial presented at the American Society of Retina Specialists annual meeting.

Healio spoke with Aleksandra Rachitskaya, MD, a vitreoretinal surgeon and associate professor of ophthalmology at Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye Institute, about mental health conditions in patients with age-related macular degeneration.