May 15, 2025
The eSight GO
By: Jeffry Gerson, OD, FAAO- Medical Director for the Macular Degeneration Association When we were at our recent in-person seminar in Denver, we had the opportunity to have a representative…
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May 15, 2025
Valeda® Light Delivery System: The First FDA-Approved Treatment for Dry AMD
By: Jeffry Gerson, OD, FAAO- Medical Director for the Macular Degeneration Association Photobiomodulation (PBM) is a new treatment that was recently approved (November 2024) by the United States Food &…
May 15, 2025
Your Gut and Your Eyes: How a Healthy Gut Microbiome Can Help Protect Your Vision
by Julie Poteet, OD, MS, CNS, FOWNS If you’re living with macular degeneration, you’ve likely heard about vitamins, antioxidants, and eating leafy greens to protect your eyes. But did you…
May 12, 2025
Q&A: Katherine Talcott, MD, on exploring a potential connection between autoimmune diseases and AMD
May 11, 2025, By Sydney M Crago Katherine Talcott, a retina specialist at Cole Eye Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, presented at the Retinal World Congress 2025 meeting. In her presentation…
May 11, 2025
Happy Mother’s Day
Wishing all the moms a wonderful day.
May 2, 2025
“The effect of a specific vitamin supplement containing L-methylfolate (Ocufolin forte) in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration”
By: Tatjana Josifova a,*, Katarzyna Konieczka b,c, Andreas Sch€otzau d, Josef Flammer b a Eye Clinic Orasis, Department for Medical and Surgical Retina, Reinach, Switzerland b Department of Ophthalmology, University…
Apr 22, 2025
A Young Man with the Heart of Gold- Running for Rita- Update
Running for Rita update Maxim finished the Half Marathon in 1 hour and 49 minutes. “Race day was amazing—such a…
Apr 22, 2025
Treating dry eye disease may reduce migraine severity
By: Moira Mahoney Fact checked by: Christine Klimanskis, ELS Key takeaways: Treatment with ocular lubricants reduced Headache Impact Test scores in adults with migraine and dry eye disease. No significant…
Apr 17, 2025
One Day Only- Matters of Vision! 2025 Denver-Aurora, CO
Matters of Vision! 2025 Denver-Aurora, CO. The Macular Degeneration Association will host a Free educational program on Saturday, May 10th. Registration required- Call (855) 962-2852 to reserve your seat(s)- Limited…
Apr 17, 2025
Vantage Biosciences doses first patient in phase 2 study of VX-01, oral therapy for nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy
Author(s): Martin David Harp Key Takeaways Vantage Biosciences has begun a phase 2 trial for VX-01, targeting moderate to severe NPDR without CI-DME. The study is double masked, randomized, placebo…
Apr 6, 2025
Long-Term Visual Outcomes of Patients With nAMD Treated With Anti-VEGF Therapy Lost to Follow-Up
This is interesting and important. The bottom line: If you are getting treated for wet AMD and stop going to follow-ups, you are proven not to do as well as…
Mar 31, 2025
The Aira App: On Demand Expert Assistance
With the Aira app, people with vision loss connect to vetted, live, expertly trained assistants. Using the camera on your smartphone, they walk you through whatever task you’re struggling to…
Mar 26, 2025
Researchers develop eye drops that slow progressive vision loss in mice
March 24, 2025 By Jordana Joy, Associate Editor Researchers developed eye drop formulations 17-mer and H105A, both containing a short peptide, to administer to mice in the form of a drop…
Mar 24, 2025
Beyond Food: The Mediterranean Diet as a Holistic Approach to AMD Management
Join Our FREE Webinar! Topic: Beyond Food: The Mediterranean Diet as a Holistic Approach to AMD Management When: March 26, 2025, at 12 PM EDT Duration: 1 hour Learn how…
Mar 24, 2025
Retinal vein occlusion (RVO) patients to participate in a paid market research study
Opinions Link Research is looking for retinal vein occlusion (RVO) patients to participate in a paid market research study, sharing their opinions on this condition and treatments taken…
Mar 24, 2025
Bausch + Lomb publishes study results on early patient-reported outcomes with Miebo in patients with DED
March 20, 2025, By Jordana Joy, Associate Editor Patients reported that Miebo significantly reduced overall symptoms severity at the primary endpoint of change from baseline in the severity of overall dry…
Mar 18, 2025
Astaxanthin (AstaReal®) Improved Acute and Chronic Digital Eye Strain in Children: A Randomized Double‑Blind Placebo‑Controlled Trial
New Research Astaxanthin (AstaReal®) Improved Acute and Chronic Digital Eye Strain inChildren: A Randomized Double‑Blind Placebo‑Controlled Trial Karen A. Hecht· Megha Marwah· Vincent Wood· Yasuhiro Nishida· Austin E. Bach· Jeffry…
Mar 18, 2025
Cigarette smoking linked to reduced choroidal vascularity
Author(s): Lynda Charters Key Takeaways Cigarette smoking significantly reduces choroidal vascularity, as indicated by a decreased choroidal vascularity index (CVI). Smoking increases oxidative stress, affecting vascular endothelium and reducing retinal…
Mar 14, 2025
Ozempic is making some patients go blind: ‘Will Ozempic survive this? We’ll see’
By Sarah Caesar | Fact-checked by Barbara Bekiesz | Published March 10, 2025 Industry Buzz “[It’s] important to consider gradually tapering patients onto these drugs. Slowly lowering blood sugar, rather than doing so rapidly, may help reduce…
Mar 14, 2025
Can Vitamins Help Slow Down Macular Degeneration?
Macular degeneration is a progressive eye condition that has no cure. In some cases, a specific combination of nutrients found in supplements called AREDS 2 can slow its progression. Age-related…
Mar 11, 2025
The human impact of geographic atrophy
Author(s): Ophthalmology Times Staff Reports Fact checked by: Sheryl Stevenson Key Takeaways GA significantly impacts patients’ independence, with many reducing activities like driving and hobbies, affecting their sense of self…
Mar 10, 2025
Adverum Biotechnologies initiates phase 3 ARTEMIS trial evaluating ixoberogene soroparvovec (Ixo-vec) in patients with wet AMD
Author(s): Martin David Harp Ixo-vec utilizes a proprietary vector capsid, AAV.7m8, carrying an aflibercept coding sequence under the control of a proprietary expression cassette and is designed to be administered…
Mar 4, 2025
Astaxanthin (AstaReal®) Improved Acute andChronic Digital Eye Strain inChildren: ARandomized Double‑Blind Placebo‑Controlled Trial
“Our very own medical director, Dr. Jeffry Gerson, is involved with eyecare beyond macular degeneration.” See the latest publication he has been working on: ABSTRACT Introduction: This study assessed the…
Mar 4, 2025
GA lesion location plays role in vision-related quality of life
By: Anthony DeFino Fact checked by: Christine Klimanskis, ELS Key takeaways: Vision-related quality of life is primarily dependent on the eye with better vision. An analysis found the inner lower…
Mar 4, 2025
Older patients with DME have weaker response to anti-VEGF treatment
By: Alex Young Fact checked by: Christine Klimanskis, ELS Key takeaways: Improvement in visual acuity and central subfield thickness from baseline decreased with older age. Weak treatment response in both…
Mar 3, 2025
“Using Artificial Intelligence to Investigate the Real-world effect of Anti-complement Medications on Retinal Photoreceptor Survival in Patients with Geographic Atrophy”
Principal Investigator: Jeremiah Brown, Jr., MS, MD It is notable that the rate of progression of geographic atrophy varies amongst patients, amongst lesion types, and amongst lesion patterns. Some patients are…
Mar 3, 2025
Food as medicine: The role of nutrition in eye health
March 3, 2025 By Carrie Roitstein, OD, cPNP, INHC Fact checked by Jordana Joy, Associate Editor Creating a healthier population will require extended efforts by optometrists. The idea of using food as…
Feb 18, 2025
Moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea tied to higher odds for neovascular AMD
By: Cassandra Jenkins Fact checked by: Heather Biele Key takeaways: Individuals with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea had increased odds of having neovascular AMD. Nocturnal hypoxia may be a…
Feb 17, 2025
COPHy The 16th Annual Congress on Controversies in Ophthalmolgy
COPHy VOD Unlock unparalleled access to the world of ophthalmology! ComtecMed VOD platform is your gateway to the exclusive annual World Congress on Controversies in Ophthalmology (COPHy). With lectures and debates…
Feb 17, 2025
MIND diet ranked no. 1 for brain health
Published February 3, 2025 | Originally published on Newswise: Health Food A diet created by researchers at Rush is ranked among the top diets for 2025 by U.S. News & World Report. Best Diets…