Vision loss: Signs, symptoms and technology that can help
By
Roland Mattern
Katelyn Jordan, OD, FAAO
Sep 26, 2024
Vision loss can greatly affect your residents’ or employees’ quality of life and ability to perform normal activities such as reading, connecting with loved ones, or driving. Fortunately, rapid advances...
Free eye disease screening program engaging high-risk adults
Aug 27, 2024
The reasons for not having had an eye examination included no insurance, no reason to, and the cost of the eye examination.
Portable, low-cost eye scanner $20 million closer to coming to you
By
Aaron Dorman
Mar 22, 2024
Eye scanner developers recently received $20 million to produce a low-cost, easy-to-use method to detect and preempt vision loss.
AI outperforms glaucoma, retina specialists for diagnostic accuracy
Feb 28, 2024
Trainees and specialists rated a chatbot’s accuracy and completeness more favorably than those of their specialist counterparts.
Eye diseases tied to higher risk for falls, fractures
Jan 03, 2024
The findings were seen for adults with cataract, age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma.
Deep-learning models can predict conversion to normal-tension glaucoma
Nov 03, 2023
All three algorithms trained on fundus images with clinical features achieved high diagnostic accuracy for NTG conversion.
Mean length of preclinical detectable phase of glaucoma >10 years
Nov 29, 2022
The mean length was 10.7 years by the prevalence/incidence method and 10.1 years by the Markov chain Monte Carlo model method,
AAO: Normal-tension glaucoma tied to higher Alzheimer’s disease risk
Oct 12, 2022
The authors say that people with normal-tension glaucoma should be screened for Alzheimer’s disease.
Ophthalmic conditions linked to increased risk for dementia
Sep 14, 2021
The risk increased in association with age-related macular degeneration, cataract and diabetes-related eye disease, but not glaucoma.
Genetic predisposition and high caffeine intake ups risk of increased intraocular pressure
Jun 17, 2021
High caffeine intake was not associated with an increased risk for higher IOP or glaucoma overall; among those with genetic risk, caffeine consumption increases the risk of glaucoma.
