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1 week ago | 
healio.com | Justin Cooper |Christine Klimanskis
Key takeaways:Deseyne lenses are embedded with bioactive substances that are gradually released to improve hydration. The lenses will be available for myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism. The FDA approved the Deseyne daily disposable contact lens, which steadily releases bioactive substances that improve hydration and aid comfort, according to a press release from Bruno Vision Care. Paul M.
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1 week ago | 
healio.com | Alex Young |Christine Klimanskis |Emily Schehlein |Aakriti Garg Shukla
To tackle problems like sustainability and climate change, a lot of heads need to come together. EyeSustain has been holding monthly meetings since its inception in 2022. Emily M. Schehlein, MD, said attendance is always significant. “It’s important to make sure that everyone is an active part of the organization,” she said. “People are very dedicated, and everyone participates.
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1 week ago | 
healio.com | Michela Cimberle |Christine Klimanskis |Nancy M. Holekamp |Rodrigo Gonzalez |Rodrigo González
Key takeaways: One presenter said at-home OCT has the potential to improve outcomes in neovascular AMD through personalized care. Another said there are still barriers to overcome with monitoring programs. SEVILLE, Spain — Home monitoring of neovascular age-related macular degeneration, an interesting concept with many potential benefits, has entered the retina space in the U.S. with the Scanly Home OCT monitoring program from Notal Vision.
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1 week ago | 
healio.com | Uday Devgan |Christine Klimanskis
Pars plana vitrectomy is a safe and effective surgery that is essential in the treatment of a variety of posterior segment pathologies including retinal detachments, diabetic retinopathy and macular lesions. But performing a vitrectomy, particularly with the use of intraocular gas, can induce cataracts, even in younger patients.
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1 week ago | 
healio.com | Scott Edmonds |Christine Klimanskis
I have a new best friend. But first, a little background. I have an impressive library of health care books that I have collected over the years. My optometry collection includes Clinical Refraction by Irving Borish, Sir Stewart Duke-Elder’s System of Ophthalmology and, of course, all of Lou Catania’s Primary Care of the Anterior Segment editions. These books were my best friends in optometry school and my early career. With the advent of the internet, I found a new friend in Dr. Google.
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healio.com | Moira Mahoney |Christine Klimanskis
Key takeaways:Researchers did not find evidence that treatment gains from dual-focus myopia control contact lenses were lost after treatment ceased. Myopia progression at year 7 was greater in younger patients. Regardless of duration of treatment, children who stopped wearing dual-focus contact lenses for myopia control maintained prior treatment gains, with eye growth rates similar to those of untreated myopic eyes, according to a study.
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2 weeks ago | 
healio.com | Michela Cimberle |Christine Klimanskis
Key takeaways:One specialist argued that, in the future, gene therapy technologies will be the favored option for wet AMD. Another emphasized that there are still challenges and limitations that need to be overcome. SEVILLE, Spain — Gene therapy is an area of intensive research and development in the retina space, with promising prospects and significant challenges. The benefits and pitfalls of gene therapy were discussed by two specialists at the Congress on Controversies in Ophthalmology.
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2 weeks ago | 
healio.com | Stephen Slade |Christine Klimanskis
It is hard to believe that 17 years have passed since Zoltan Z. Nagy, MD, PhD, performed the first femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery procedure worldwide. At the time, the main advantages of the procedure over conventional cataract surgery included greater predictability and reproducibility of the capsulotomy and corneal incision (Nagy et al.). Laser cataract surgery has evolved since 2008.
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2 weeks ago | 
healio.com | Mitch Ibach |Christine Klimanskis
Key takeaways: Doctors must educate patients that early corneal cross-linking is the best chance of maintaining good vision. Cross-linking cannot restore best corrected vision that has already been lost. In eyes with keratoconus, no contact lens — whether soft, gas permeable or scleral — can arrest progression of the underlying disease process, even when it does achieve the goal of helping the patient see better.
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2 weeks ago | 
healio.com | Michela Cimberle |Christine Klimanskis
Key takeaways:One presenter said there is sufficient evidence supporting atropine to slow myopia progression. Another said inconsistent study designs do not support atropine as the standard of care. SEVILLE, Spain — Whether atropine should be the standard of care for halting myopia progression was a hot topic discussed at the Congress on Controversies in Ophthalmology.
