Eye Care Professionals

06/23/2026

Eye-surgery laser could be adapted for other organs, say scientists https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-eye-surgery-laser-scientists.html

Scientists in Scotland have shown that a type of laser already similar to the one currently used in routine eye surgery could one day help surgeons remove unwanted tissues, such as tumors, with unprecedented accuracy.

06/22/2026

New strategies help slow myopia progression in children and teens https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-strategies-myopia-children-teens.html

By 2050, an estimated 50% of the world's population will be nearsighted, and nearly a billion people will suffer from severe myopia. To understand this alarming trend, Langis Michaud is doing a thorough review of medical literature on the subject.

06/21/2026

Cenegermin Shows Real-World Efficacy for Refractory Neurotrophic Keratopathy

A single-center study saw efficacy of cenegermin for neurotrophic keratopathy across a range of disease stages and etiologies, but the drug appeared to be especially successful in eyes with more sever

06/20/2026

Celebrating excellence in optometry https://www.aoa.org//news/inside-optometry/aoa-news/celebrating-excellence-in-optometry

06/19/2026

New approach offers hope for people with rare eye cancer https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-approach-people-rare-eye-cancer.html

Researchers at Queen Mary's Barts Cancer Institute have found a more active approach to monitoring and treating people with a rare eye cancer (known as uveal melanoma) that has spread to the liver could help some patients to live longer.

06/18/2026

Top ONE Network Videos of 2025

From a method of assessing visual acuity in younger children to fixing a case of intraoperative floppy iris syndrome, here’s a look at 2025’s most popular 1-Minute Videos, Surgical Videos, Basic Skill

06/17/2026

Weekly Journal Update — January 21, 2026

First-line SLT vs eyedrops for glaucoma, initial anti-VEGF injection frequency and nAMD, low vitamin D and risk of proliferative vitreoretinopathy, refractive performance of two light-adjustable lense

06/16/2026

Routine eye screening provides a window to heart health in type 2 diabetes https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-routine-eye-screening-window-heart.html

Recent findings have shown that routine eye screening could also be used for early detection of underlying heart disease in people with type 2 diabetes.

06/15/2026

Corneal Endothelial Cell Therapy May Be an Option for Treating Corneal Edema

Injection of a Rho-associated protein kinase (ROCK) inhibitor and cultured corneal endothelial cells could offer a nonsurgical alternative to corneal transplantation.

06/14/2026

NHS patient records used to create first map of diseases linked to eczema https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-nhs-patient-diseases-linked-eczema.html

Analyzing patient health care notes recorded during millions of medical appointments at GPs and hospitals across England has allowed researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) to map the entire spectrum of diseases linked to atopic eczema for the first time.