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To identify factors associated with accelerated retinal aging based on machine learning predictions of age using fundus images from teleretinal screening of diabetic patients. … [Read more...] about Factors Associated with Machine Learning-Based Predictions of Retinal Aging using Teleretinal Screening Images from Patients with Diabetes

Patients with uveitis who are taking corticosteroid or immunosuppressive agents can be at increased risk for developing endophthalmitis following cataract surgery. … [Read more...] about Uveitis and Corticosteroid or Immunosuppressive Use Are Risk Factors for Postsurgical Endophthalmitis

The ongoing opioid epidemic highlights health care’s role in fueling the crisis as well as the highly addictive nature of opioids.Even a single exposure to opioids can increase the risk for dependence (Sun et al.; Thao et al.).Although postoperative opioid prescriptions in ophthalmology are typically low dose and written without refills, the specialty is not spared from … [Read more...] about Opioid use for corneal cross-linking: Potential concerns and drug stewardship

Pegcetacoplan injections slowed progression of geographic atrophy but had no impact on visual acuity in a real-world setting, according to a study published in Vision.“GA and [neovascular age-related macular degeneration] often coexist in the same eye; approximately a quarter of all new diagnoses of nAMD have concurrent GA, and approximately 25% of GA cases without nAMD at … [Read more...] about Pegcetacoplan slows GA progression with no change in vision loss

More than a year into the second Trump administration, the CDC is still operating without a permanent director — which, former CDC officials said, puts national health and safety at risk.“This is dangerous,” Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, who served as CDC director during Barack Obama’s two-term presidency, told Healio. “Americans deserve health advice from health experts, not … [Read more...] about CDC carries on without a permanent director