Eye Care Professionals

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.

03/30/2026

Brain stimulation found to improve vision recovery after stroke https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-brain-vision-recovery.html

Scientists at EPFL have developed an innovative, non-invasive brain stimulation therapy to significantly improve visual function in stroke patients who have suffered vision loss following a stroke. The approach could offer a more efficient and faster way to regain visual function in such cases.

03/29/2026

Rapid Visual Decline in Geographic Atrophy May Be Influenced by Several Factors

A post hoc analysis of data from the Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 identified several risk factors for rapid, clinically significant visual declines in patients with geographic atrophy.

03/28/2026

Apply for Pediatric Ophthalmology Grants from KTEF

Applications are open until January 15 for grants of up to $100,000 for pediatric ophthalmology research from the Knights Templar Eye Foundation.

03/27/2026

Horizontal Palpebral Fissure May Predict Facial Asymmetry in Microphthalmia/Anophthalmia

Of the measurements used in subjective analyses of facial asymmetry in patients with unilateral congenital microphthalmia/anophthalmia, horizonal palpebral fissure appears to be the best predictor of

03/26/2026

2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: What to know about the rule https://www.aoa.org//news/advocacy/federal-advocacy/2026-medicare-physician-fee-schedule-what-to-know-about-the-rule

03/25/2026

Virtual reality tool may offer easier vision testing, early research shows https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-virtual-reality-tool-easier-vision.html

Could a virtual reality headset offer a cheaper, easier, and more comfortable method of testing a person's vision, particularly among patients with a degenerative eye condition called geographic atrophy? It's a question that ophthalmologists like Jesse Smith, MD, an associate professor in the Univer...

03/24/2026

Weekly Journal Update — November 12, 2025

Trends in neovascular AMD presentation and treatment, sleep apnea and glaucoma progression, vitrectomy after successful pneumatic retinopexy, a new asymmetric trephine for DMEK, retinal nerve fiber la