Eye Care Professionals

04/11/2026

Anatomy of a breach https://www.aoa.org//news/practice-management/perfect-your-practice/anatomy-of-a-breach

04/10/2026

Reducing inflammation may protect against early age-related macular degeneration-like vision loss https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-inflammation-early-age-macular-degeneration.html

University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have shown that reducing chronic inflammation can significantly protect against age-related macular degeneration (AMD)-like pathology in preclinical models. The findings were recently published in Cell Death & Disease.

04/09/2026

Treatment Can Improve Visual Outcomes of Optic Disc Drusen–Associated Choroidal Neovascularization

Anti-VEGF therapy and laser photocoagulation treatment appear to result in better visual improvements than observation alone in patients with optic disc drusen–associated choroidal neovascularization.

04/08/2026

Week in Review: Opioid Maintenance Exposure and RNFL Thinning, Advantages of Reusable Ophthalmic Laser Lenses, Glaucoma and Increased Mortality

Exposure to opioid maintenance therapy in utero may lead to retinal thinning several years after birth, reusable ophthalmic laser lenses have good safety and environmental profiles, and increased mort

04/07/2026

VSP agrees to new contracting transparency standards as AOA presses for industrywide change https://www.aoa.org//news/advocacy/federal-advocacy/vsp-agrees-to-new-contracting-transparency-standards-as-aoa-presses-for-industrywide-change

04/06/2026

Scientists use stem cells to model rare genetic blindness in children https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-scientists-stem-cells-rare-genetic.html

Researchers at the Eye Genetics Research Unit at Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI) are the first in the world to use stem cells to study one of the genetic causes of Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA)—a rare condition that causes severe vision loss in babies and young children. Their find...

04/05/2026

Caution May Be Warranted When Considering Teprotumumab for Older Patients With TED

While teprotumumab treatment appears to have good short-term efficacy in patients aged ≥75 years, its safety profile and longer-term effects are still unclear.

04/04/2026

Myopia Collective urges Congress to back nation’s first federally funded children’s vision health program https://www.aoa.org//news/advocacy/federal-advocacy/myopia-collective-urges-congress-to-back-nations-first-federally-funded-childrens-vision-health-program

04/03/2026

Flexible organic electrodes convert infrared light into nerve signals in damaged retinas https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-flexible-electrodes-infrared-nerve-retinas.html

In an important step toward visual prostheses, biocompatible electrodes can convert infrared light into nerve impulses, as demonstrated by a team at TU Wien.

04/02/2026

Weekly Journal Update — November 19, 2025

Care lapses and risk of blindness in glaucoma, detecting cataract from retina images, risk of bleb-related infection after MMC-augmented glaucoma surgery, teprotumumab for strabismus in TED, prelamina

04/01/2026

Loss of key visual channel triggers rhythmic retinal signals linked to night blindness https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-loss-key-visual-channel-triggers.html

Rhythmic electrical activity in the retina (known as pathological oscillations) has been observed in several eye diseases, including congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB) and retinitis pigmentosa (RP). These oscillations interfere with the normal transmission of visual information to the brai...

03/31/2026

Two IOLs Appeared to Perform Well After Implantation With the Modified Yamane Technique

A retrospective study conducted in Turkey assessed the real-world performance of two 3-piece intraocular lenses (IOLs) following implantation with a modified Yamane technique.