Catch up on what happened in optometry during the week of January 6-January 10.

The educational resources is now being used in 64% of the world's countries, with the US, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, India, Australia, and Canada as the most frequent users.

The module provides eye care professionals access to advanced thickness mapping and data insights for evaluating epithelial and stromal structures.

A recent study evaluated both deep neural networks and aggregation functions to determine ways to improve schizophrenia detection.

The 3-arm, multicenter, randomized, double masked, safety and efficacy study successfully met pre-specified visual acuity primary endpoints with statistically significant near vision improvements recorded at all time points over 8 hours.

Educational material available include downloadable fact sheets, glaucoma financial assistance resources, shareable social media graphics, and a dedicated webpage.

The campaign will spotlight educational resources and share stories of individuals and families living with glaucoma to raise awareness and encourage proactive eye health management.

The primary safety endpoint was carried out through the percentage of patients with shift from normal (at baseline) to abnormal in any electrocardiogram (ECG).

EnVision Summit Cochair Cecelia Koetting, OD, FAAO, Dipl ABO, says that attendees should get ready for more discussion-based panels at this year's conference.

The potential gene therapy candidate is being evaluated for geographic atrophy.

The 98 patients included in the study were from a retina outpatient clinic and were using 0.3% ofloxacin eye drops as prophylaxis against infection.

Khanh Hoang, OD, details how comanagement relationships can be streamlined for the benefit of the patient.

The rationale was that commercial mydriatics administered during retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) screening have been associated with cardiorespiratory and gastrointestinal adverse events.

After reviewing information collected on a patient database, the team suggested telephone prompts for patients with mental health concerns, text message reminders, and online educational tools to improve uptake to increase eye screening attendance.

Catch up on what happened in optometry during the week of December 30-January 3.

Brolucizumab significantly improves anatomic parameters of patients with diabetic macular edema.

Model simulations conducted in part to assess net monetary benefit found that comprehensive eye examinations every 3 years were more cost effective than less frequent examinations.

From contact lens dropout to addressing diabetic retinopathy in rural communities, optometrists choose an area of eye care research that they would expand, given the appropriate resources.