Glaucoma Today

Feb 28, 2025 | glaucomatoday.com | Arsham Sheybani

In the 19th century, pregnant women who delivered in hospital wards attended by physicians and medical students contracted childbed fever at much higher rates than those in other wards attended by midwives. Associated with a high mortality rate, these postpartum infections were costly, without any idea as to the cause or cure. In the 1850s, Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis, MD, noticed this disparity between wards.

Oct 11, 2024 | glaucomatoday.com | Arsham Sheybani

How would you feel if I told you that the luxury perfume you spritzed on your wrist contains sperm whale excrement? You might think you are being tricked, or that you should have been made aware of this fact prior to your investment. The truth is that a critical ingredient in some fragrances, such as those by Jimmy Choo and Yves Saint Laurent, is ambergris, which forms in the intestines of sperm whales. Upon excretion—scientists are unsure from which orifice—ambergris has a foul smell.

Sep 16, 2024 | glaucomatoday.com | Callan Navitsky

In January 2020, I traveled to Canada to capture Eyetube video content and, with that, tied in a visit to observe surgery with Iqbal Ike K. Ahmed, MD, FRCSC. As those who have spent time in Ike’s OR know, it is a full educational experience.

Aug 29, 2024 | glaucomatoday.com | Arsham Sheybani

The first closed mission of the Biosphere 2 project started in September 1991. Intended to study the interactions between life and technology in a closed system, the project helped researchers understand the challenges of sustaining life outside Earth. Eight crew members set out to sustain life through farming and ecologic efforts for 2 years. They maintained ocean systems as well as forests and deserts in a 3.14-acre research facility in Arizona.

Aug 24, 2024 | glaucomatoday.com | Christine Larsen |Zarmeena Vendal |Lorraine M. Provencher |Arsham Sheybani

A few years into practice, I felt like I was having the same conversation with every new glaucoma patient I saw in my office. The first part of the visit involved a series of questions. “When were you first diagnosed with glaucoma?” “What drops have you used?” “Any family history?” I used these inquiries to piece together a history of the patient’s disease with the goal of determining an initial target pressure and a corresponding treatment plan.