Eye Care Professionals

08/30/2025

Evidence gaps remain for AI eye imaging devices approved for patient care https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-06-evidence-gaps-ai-eye-imaging.html

Regulator-approved AI models used in eye care vary widely in providing evidence for clinical performance and lack transparency about training data, including details of gender, age and ethnicity, according to a new review led by researchers at UCL (University College London) and Moorfields Eye Hospi...

08/29/2025

Weekly Journal Update — June 18, 2025

Cost of digital devices for treating amblyopia, retinal thinning patterns in glaucomatous eyes with myopia, endophthalmitis risk after microincision vitrectomy, accuracy of Barrett True vs Barrett Uni

08/28/2025

In Children, Retinopathy Associated With MEK Inhibitor Use Appears to Be Rare

A single-center retrospective observational study assessed the incidence of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MEK) inhibitor–associated retinopathy in children who received MEK inhibitor therapy.

08/27/2025

Committee spotlight: AOA’s Meetings & Member Experiences Committee https://www.aoa.org//news/inside-optometry/member-spotlight/committee-spotlight-aoas-meetings-and-member-experiences-committee

08/26/2025

Gene therapy successfully lowers eye pressure in mice, offering reversible alternative to daily glaucoma drops https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-06-gene-therapy-successfully-lowers-eye.html

Gene editing could be used to treat millions of glaucoma patients. Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness, characterized by high pressure inside the eye. Patients often rely on daily eye drops to lower intraocular pressure, but the drops may cause significant complications including bradycardia, m...

08/25/2025

Untreated IOP Can Lead to Normal-Tension Glaucoma Progression

Maintaining low intraocular pressure (IOP) should be a priority when treating patients with myopic normal-tension glaucoma, as this can help stabilize disease progression.

08/24/2025

Creating a Stable Cyclodialysis Cleft May Help to Overcome POAG Surgical Limitations

A single-center prospective case series evaluated the 2-year efficacy and safety of cyclodialysis cleft creation with use of a scleral allograft reinforcement following cataract surgery.

08/23/2025

Week in Review: Glaucoma Diagnosis and Mental Health, Stroke Risk With Anti-VEGF Injections for Neovascular AMD

Reduced mental health is seen in patients with newly diagnosed glaucoma and certain anti–vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) agents for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) may mod

08/22/2025

Improvements in Online Patient Blepharoplasty Information Are Needed

This study evaluated decision-making recommendations in online patient blepharoplasty educational materials and assessed the readability of these materials.

08/21/2025

AOA’s 24/7 media advocacy puts eye exams on everyone’s radar https://www.aoa.org//news/inside-optometry/aoa-news/aoas-24/7-media-advocacy-puts-eye-exams-on-everyones-radar

08/20/2025

Emerging field of oculomics might revolutionize the detection, prediction and monitoring of disease https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-06-emerging-field-oculomics-revolutionize-disease.html

Can you imagine reporting for surgery and having an eye scan at the front desk that can reveal if you have heart disease, dementia, or even cancer?

08/19/2025

Weekly Journal Update — June 11, 2025

Benefits of cataract surgery at all stages of AMD, effect of digital therapeutics on axial growth in children with amblyopia, diabetes medication and risk of DME development, neuro-ophthalmic manifest