Ophthalmology Times

(Image Credit: AdobeStock/Med Photo Studio) Marie Elise Wistrup Torm, MD, and colleagues reported that when they combined multiple non-invasive imaging methods, they were able to visualize prominent microscopic abnormalities earlier and in more detail in patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR) compared with conventional fundus imaging devices.1 Torm is from the Department of Ophthalmology, Center for …

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(Image Credit: AdobeStock/syahrir) Youssef Abdelmassih, MD, and colleagues from the Pediatric Ophthalmology Department, Rothschild Foundation Hospital, Paris, reported that pediatric patients with Marfan syndrome with a long axial length are more likely to have a retinal detachment develop after lens surgery.1 The investigators undertook this retrospective case-control study to determine the risk factors for a …

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Ahead of this year’s ARVO meeting, the Eye Care Network team spoke with industry leaders who are scheduled to present at the conference. Ahead of her presentation on Sunday, we spoke with Professor Shahina Pardhan, BSC, PhD, MBCO, H DHealth Brad, who is the Director of the Vision and Eye Research Institute, School of Medicine, …

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At this year’s ARVO meeting, Paolo Silva, MD, presented data on Protocol AA on behalf of the DRCR Retina Network and the effect of diabetic retinopathy lesion location and severity on the risk for progression in the long term. Video Transcript: Editor’s note: The below transcript has been lightly edited for clarity. Paolo Silva, MD: …

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(Image Credit: AdobeStock/Alexandra) A recent study found 2 noteworthy outcomes: NVK002 (low-dose atropine 0.01%, Vyluma Inc.) maintained myopia control during a fourth year of dosing and discontinuation did not cause rebound myopia progression, according to first author Karla Zadnik, OD, PhD, from Ohio State University, Columbus. She presented her results at the Association for Research …

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David A Berntsen, OD, PhD, FAAO, sat down to discuss his presentation at this year’s ARVO meeting held in Seattle, Washington, about axial growth after discontinuing soft multifocal contact lens wear in the BLINK2 study. Video Transcript Editor’s note – This transcript has been edited for clarity. Hattie Hayes: Hi, my name is Hattie Hayes, and …

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(Image Credit: AdobeStock/Alessandro Grandini) Over the ages, writers and scientists alike have considered the eyes as a window into the soul. Jayashree Kalpathy-Cramer, PhD, sees them as a window into human health. Kalpathy-Cramer, professor of ophthalmology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, was granted $300,000 from The Michael J Fox Foundation to examine …

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