Eye Care Professionals

03/13/2026

Childhood blindness: Recommended realignment of prevention, medical treatment in development cooperation https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-childhood-medical-treatment-cooperation.html

International health policy and German development cooperation focus primarily on preventive measures. This is evident, for example, in diseases such as childhood blindness, which can be prevented through vaccinations or vitamin A supplements. However, eye diseases such as cataracts and glaucoma can...

03/12/2026

Higher Levels of Some Inflammatory Markers Are Seen in Complicated Orbital Cellulitis

Inflammatory markers have the potential to determine the severity of orbital cellulitis when patients first present with the disease.

03/11/2026

Combining Frontalis Flap and Levator Advancement May Improve Pediatric Ptosis Outcomes

In children with congenital ptosis and poor levator function, combining frontalis flap with external levator advancement could provide better postsurgical outcomes than frontalis flap alone.

03/09/2026

Laser eye treatment shows potential for halting dry macular degeneration progression in animal models https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-laser-eye-treatment-potential-halting.html

Around a third of people over the age of 80 suffer from age-related macular degeneration (AMD), with an estimated 20 million Americans aged 40 and older currently living with AMD. Most cases are the dry form of the disease, which progresses slowly, eventually resulting in sufferers losing the abilit...

03/08/2026

Who is more likely to lose vision due to high brain pressure? https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-vision-due-high-brain-pressure.html

If untreated, a disorder of high brain pressure called idiopathic intracranial hypertension can lead to vision loss. But this disorder can develop without noticeable symptoms, making it hard to catch. A new study looks at how these vision problems develop and proposes a way to predict who will devel...

03/07/2026

Weekly Journal Update — October 29, 2025

Antiviral therapy for cytomegalovirus-positive uveitis, gas tamponade use during macular hole repair, optic disc density may predict VF progression, FLACS in primary angle-closure disease, hormonal co

03/06/2026

A “Hook-and-Lift” Technique Can Safely Extract Large Extraconal Orbital Tumors

This retrospective study evaluated the safety and outcomes of a minimally invasive “hook-and-lift” technique to remove large, firm, well-defined extraconal orbital tumors (>25 mm in maximum diameter)

03/05/2026

AI outperforms human experts in detecting glaucoma https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-ai-outperforms-human-experts-glaucoma.html

Artificial intelligence (AI) might be able to help doctors make glaucoma screening widely available, a new study says.

03/04/2026

Week in Review: Visual Improvement in AMD With a Wireless Photovoltaic Retina Implant, Sharp Increases in Pickleball-Related Ocular Injuries

A small study found marked visual improvements in patients with advanced AMD with the use of a system combining glasses and a wireless photovoltaic chip implant, and the increased popularity of pickle

03/03/2026

Fancy dress contact lenses can cause infections, ulcers, even blindness—how to keep your eyes safe this Halloween https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-contact-lenses-infections-ulcers-eyes.html

With Halloween just around the corner, thousands will be shopping for fancy dress contact lenses to go with their costume. The appeal is clear, as their endless colors and shapes allow you to radically change how you look—who wasn't scared by the white and yellow eyes of the girl in The Exorcist?

03/02/2026

Changing the game https://www.aoa.org//news/clinical-eye-care/public-health/changing-the-game

03/01/2026

Age-related macular degeneration: Robot delivers ultra-precision injections with rapid setup times https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-age-macular-degeneration-robot-ultra.html

Many surgeons admit that medical robots can now operate with greater precision than human specialists. However, the complex preparation required for robotic surgery still takes far too long. But a new robotic assistant for eye surgery for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) developed by Prof. Moh...