Ophthalmology News

• SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine Might Trigger Corneal-Transplant Rejection Two older women who underwent a Descemet's membrane endothelial keratoplasty transplant and later received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine have presented with symptoms and signs of endothelial graft rejection, according to a UK report.
  Reuters Health Information, May 12, 2021
• Not Every Full-Thickness Macular Hole Needs Surgical Repair Some full-thickness macular holes can close without surgery, according to a new case series.
  Reuters Health Information, May 11, 2021
• Positive Antiretinal Antibody Tests Common in Patients Without Autoimmune Retinopathy Most patients with positive antiretinal antibody test results do not have autoimmune retinopathy, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, May 07, 2021
• New Clues Show How the Immune System Fights COVID-19 Scientists have focused on antibodies the immune system makes to protect people from one part of the coronavirus spike, but now they report that antibodies can shield in other areas too.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2021
• ARVO 2021 Varenicline Nasal Spray Efficacious for Dry Eye Nasal spray reduces signs and symptoms of dry eye disease in phase 3 trial.
  Medscape Medical News, May 07, 2021
• Topol Talks: COVID-19 Variants Are Innocent Until Proven Guilty Medscape Medical News Editor-in-Chief Eric Topol, MD, addresses the ability of current and future COVID-19 vaccines to combat SARS-CoV-2 variants and other obstacles to pandemic "containment."
  Medscape Medical News, May 07, 2021
• ARVO 2021 COVID-19 Confinement May Have Caused Myopia in Kids The COVID-19 pandemic may have contributed to a myopia pandemic.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2021
• ARVO 2021 COVID Delay of nAMD Treatment Less Harmful than Expected Does this suggest that ophthalmologists are overtreating their patients?
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2021
• ARVO 2021 Vaping Linked to Visual Impairment An association between e-cigarette use and visual impairment raises questions about the safety of vaping.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2021
• ARVO 2021 Faricimab Could Save Injections for AMD and DME Faricimab is more durable than current treatments and could reduce the number of injections needed to treat macular degeneration and diabetic macular edema.
  Medscape Medical News, May 04, 2021
• Only 1 in 3 US Adults With Diabetes Receive ADA-Recommended Care In 2017-2018, only one in three received all of five care elements recommended by the American Diabetes Association.
  Medscape Medical News, May 04, 2021
• Teleglaucoma Program Reliable, Patient Satisfaction High A teleglaucoma program targeted at US veterans showed high reliability and high patient satisfaction in a new pilot study.
  Reuters Health Information, April 30, 2021
• Physician Sexual Misconduct: Stronger Action Needed, FSMB Says The Federation of State Medical Boards working group has issued a set of recommendations on sexual misconduct toward patients by physicians.
  Medscape Medical News, April 29, 2021
• Treatment Not Always Needed to Prevent Vision Loss From IOP Not all patients with elevated intraocular pressure need pressure-reducing treatment to prevent glaucoma-related vision loss, according to new data from a large 20-year cohort study.
  Reuters Health Information, April 27, 2021
• Should Clinicians Be Required to Get COVID-19 Vaccines? Some healthcare workers are required to get annual influenza vaccines. Should there be a similar mandate for COVID-19 vaccination?
  Medscape Reader Polls, April 28, 2021
• Cancellation of Care Came Mostly From Patients Early in Pandemic However, much more care was postponed or canceled because patients feared going to medical offices and hospitals.
  Medscape Medical News, April 26, 2021
• Feds Investigating Telehealth Charges in Upsurge With telehealth restrictions eased during the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual care has become more common, but it can also be misused, and one pattern is already under investigation.
  Medscape Medical News, April 26, 2021
• Data Confirm Benefit of Teprotumumab for Thyroid Eye Disease Pooled clinical-trial data show that teprotumumab improves eye bulging and double vision in patients with active thyroid eye disease, with most patients having long-lasting responses.
  Reuters Health Information, April 22, 2021
• Intravitreal Anti-VEGFs Not Linked to Major Cardiovascular AEs Intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) drugs were not associated with an increase in major adverse cardiovascular events in a new systematic review and meta-analysis.
  Reuters Health Information, April 22, 2021
• Cubans Turn to Herbal Remedies, Barter Amid Medicine Scarcity Even as Cuba races to develop its own COVID-19 vaccine, the country is suffering acute shortages of basic medicines amid its worst economic crisis in decades.
  Reuters Health Information, April 20, 2021