Dr Jeffrey Bloom

07/28/2026

Going Swimming? How to Keep your Eyes Safe: Q&A with Pediatric Optometrist.

As temperatures rise and people head to the pool or large bodies of water to cool off, Emma Stahr, OD, an instructor at the University of Colorado Anschutz Department of Ophthalmology and a pediatric optometrist at Children's Hospital Colorado, prepares to see children and teens experiencing adverse...

07/21/2026

New Research Suggests Maternal Asthma May Heighten Risk of Retinopathy of Prematurity.

Premature infants of mothers with asthma may be more likely to need treatment for a serious and potentially vision-threatening eye condition known as retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), according to research conducted by alumni and faculty of the University of Colorado Anschutz Department of Ophthalmo...

07/17/2026

Lab-Grown Retina Gives Gene Change Clue to Rare Childhood Eye Condition.

A study using tiny retinas grown in a lab has revealed how subtle changes in a key growth-controlling protein can lead to a condition causing serious eye defects from birth.

07/04/2026

Happy 4th of July!
Wishing you and your loved ones a safe, joyful, and memorable Independence Day.

07/03/2026

How Sugar Fuels Sight: Glucose Metabolism Linked to Epigenetic and Gene Expression Changes in the Retina.

National Eye Institute (NEI) scientists have found that the way the retina metabolizes glucose directly controls which genes get switched on and off in light-sensing photoreceptors.

06/26/2026

America`s Fastest-Growing Sport has an Eye Injury Problem Few Older Players See Coming.

Pickleball-related eye injuries are on the rise in the United States, according to a study published in the journal Eye and led by Houston Methodist.

06/21/2026

Happy Father’s Day! Thank you to all the wonderful fathers!

06/19/2026

Experiments Advance Efforts to Restore Vision with Transplanted Neurons.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have successfully demonstrated that disrupting an eye structure long suspected of blocking the growth and survival of transplanted nerve cells may help restore vision in people with optic nerve damage.

06/12/2026

Low-dose Eye Drops can Manage Adult Myopia for 24 hours.

Groundbreaking research from the University of Houston shows that a single low-dose atropine eye drop can produce daylong effects in managing myopia, or nearsightedness, which affects roughly one-third of U.S. adults.

06/09/2026

Transplanted Neural Stem Cells Help Preserve Vision in Retinal Degeneration.

Cedars-Sinai investigators working to optimize a cell-based treatment for retinitis pigmentosa have uncovered how transplanted neural stem cells interact with host retinal cells to preserve vision. The findings, published in Nature Communications, may guide future research toward strategies to treat...