Study Shows How Exercise Leads to Healthier Retinal Vasculature in Kids

The parameters used may become helpful additions to cardiovascular risk scores.

DR Patients Prioritize A1c Control Over Yearly Monitoring Visits

Study also shows that reductions in the five-year blindness risk were very valuable to these individuals.

Promising Vision Outcomes Seen in FEVR Patients

The hereditary disorder can cause severe damage, but in an average follow-up of over nine years, visual outcomes were relatively fair.

Prevalence of DR Rises, While Dilated Exam Rates Decreased

Screenings went down in all populations except non-metropolitan statistical area communities, showing that a greater understanding of health disparities in these areas is needed.

Revealing Retinal Mysteries: Utilizing Genetic Testing to Solve a Curious Case

A 72-year-old white male presented for his bioptic driving recertification.

Retinal AEs from Pentosan Polysulfate Persist After Therapy Cessation

The majority of eyes exhibited macular cRORA after one year, with some developing new-onset atrophy several years later.

Most Common Causes for Nystagmus in Infants are Albinism, Inherited Retinal Diseases

The main tools to identify these diagnoses included clinical ophthalmologic examination and electrophysiology in combination with genetic testing.

Empagliflozin Could Potentially Lower DR Progression

Initiation of this SGLT2 inhibitor was associated with reduced development of the nonproliferative form.

Exercise Found to Confer Beneficial Microvasculature Effects in Children

One new study elucidates that those who were more active had wider arterioles and narrower venules.

Nitric Oxide in Vyzulta Shown to Increase Retinal Vessel Density

This finding did not correlate with IOP reduction, leading researchers to believe it may result from the drug improving macular microcirculation.

May 2-3, 2025