Ophthalmology Advisor

🦃 📢 November's FDA Roundup is here... Catch up on latest announcements and approvals from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concerning #Ophthalmology. 👁️ LumiThera Inc: Valeda Light Delivery System - LumiThera, Inc., David Boyer, MD, Retina-Vitreous Associates Medical Group 👁️ Epioxa: Keratoconus - Glaukos Corporation 👁️ FLQ-101: Retinopathy of Prematurity - FELIQS® 👁️ Nipocalimab: Sjögren Disease - Terence Rooney VP, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine Read the full article here ➡️: https://bit.ly/3MeeGJn -------------------------------- #FDARoundup #ValedaLightDeliverySystem #LumiTheraInc #DryAMD #AgeRelatedMacularDegeneration #ValedaTheraoy #USLIGHTSITEIII #NCT04065490 #ClinicalTrials #Epioxa #Keratoconus #Glaukos #CXLTherapy #CornealCrossLinkingTherapy #CXL #FLQ101 #RetinopathyOfPrematurity #ROP #FastTrack #OrphanDrug #tROPhy1 #FELIQS #Nipocalimab #SjögrenDisease #JohnsonAndJohnson #BTD #BreakthroughTherapyDesignation #SjD #FcRnBlocker #PatientOutcomes #EyeHealth #EyeCare #Ophthalmology #Ophthalmologist #EyeDoctor #EyeCareProfessionals #HCSM #Pharma #EyeResearch    

Patients with migraine are more likely to experience open-angle glaucoma (OAG), according to research published in Journal of Glaucoma. Read more: https://bit.ly/4eABwqs #Migraine #OpenAngleGlaucoma #OAG #Ophthalmology #EyeCare #EyeHealth

For patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) who experience extra musculoskeletal symptoms such as acute anterior uveitis, bimekizumab (BKZ) may offer protective benefits, according to study results published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. Read more: https://bit.ly/495FhTH #AxialSpondyloarthritis #axSpA #MusculoskeletalSymptoms #AcuteAnteriorUveitis #Bimekizumab #BKZ #RheumaticDiseases #Rheumatology #Ophthalmology #EyeCare

President-elect Donald Trump has announced his picks for key health positions in his new cabinet. To run the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Trump has turned to David Weldon, M.D., a long-time internist who interrupted his medical career to represent a Florida district for seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives before returning to medical practice. According to The New York Times, some of Weldon’s opinions have been controversial, including endorsing the notion that thimerosal, a preservative used in some vaccines, is a cause of autism in children. That theory has long been discredited by science. In 2007, Weldon also sponsored a failed bill in Congress, which called for vaccine safety research to be conducted by a separate agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Trump has turned to The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine pancreatic surgeon Martin Makary, M.D., to run the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). According to The Times, Makary is, on the whole, supportive of childhood vaccines, although he has voiced concern about certain shots, such as the hepatitis B vaccine for newborns and the need for a third COVID-19 booster for healthy children. He has also been a vocal critic of vaccine mandates, claiming instead that doctors underestimate the power of natural immunity in warding off disease. Trump’s pick to be the new surgeon general is Janette Nesheiwat, M.D. She is medical director of CITYMD, a chain of urgent care centers, and a frequent Fox News contributor, according to The Times. She is on record as being generally supportive of COVID-19 vaccines, once telling Fox News that they were a “gift from God.” But she has also voiced opposition to vaccine mandates. Read more: https://bit.ly/4i84EbC #HCSM #MedLI #HealthCare #HealthCareNews #HealthCareProfessionals #MedicalNews #CDC #FDA #SurgeonGeneral

Fluorescein angiography is a valuable diagnostic tool, but it’s not without its limitations. It’s invasive, for some patients it can cause a severe allergic reaction, and a recent shortage of fluorescein may make it necessary to limit the use of this imaging technology and potentially seek a surrogate marker of inflammation. Artificial intelligence (AI) just may help clinicians accomplish that, according to S. Saeed Mohammadi, MD, FICO, who presented a paper on the topic at the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) 2024 meeting, held in Chicago from October 18 to October 21, 2024. #AAO2024 Read more: https://bit.ly/3AZfDmU #FluoresceinAngiography #AllergicReaction #Inflammation #Uveitis #AI #MedTech #FundusPhotography #NoninfectiousUveitis #Ophthalmology #EyeCare

A polygenic risk scoring system can help predict glaucomatous risk factors, including intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation and changes to the optic nerve vertical cup-to-disc ratio (VCDR), according to a study published in JAMA Ophthalmology. The report, authored by the Australian research team who constructed the polygenic risk scoring system, suggests that use of these scores may sooner identify patients most likely to benefit from more intensive IOP-lowering treatments. Read here: https://bit.ly/492RGaV #PolygenicRiskScoringSystem #Glaucoma #GlaucomatousRiskFactors #IOP #EyeCare #IntraocularPressure #VCDR #Ophthalmology #EyeHealth

Ophthalmology Dx: Teens, Genes, And A Central Retinal Atrophy Presented by Nimesh Patel, MD, Srujay Pandiri, BA, & Francisco Altamirano, MD An otherwise healthy 13-year-old girl presented to the ophthalmology clinic with a complaint of not being able to see well at distance starting 2 to 3 years earlier. The patient denied any other visual symptoms and described normal peripheral, night, and color vision. Her records showed visual acuities of 20/150 in the right eye and 20/100 in the left eye. No family history of retinal disease was noted. What is the most likely cause of this presentation? Read more ➡️ : https://bit.ly/4hXUYjT #Ophthalmology #OphthalmologyDx #VisualSymptoms #VisualAcuities #Retina #RetinalDisease #CentralRetinalAtrophy #EyeCare #MedicalCaseStudy #CaseStudy #EyeHealth #EyeDoctor #MedicalResident #Ophthalmologist #EyeCareProfessional

Greater long-term blood pressure (BP) variability is associated with faster visual field loss, especially for patients with high mean BP and intraocular pressure (IOP), according to a JAMA Ophthalmology report. The study’s authors suggest that blood pressure variability may be a modifier of the association between IOP and visual field loss in patients in glaucoma. Read here: https://bit.ly/3YWCs2w #BloodPressure #BPVariability #VisualFieldLoss #VisualField #IntraocularPressure #IOP #Glaucoma #Ophthalmology #EyeHealth #EyeCare #Ophthalmologist

Among people with African ancestry, body mass index lower than 18.5 (low BMI) is tied to greater risk of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), according to research published in American Journal of Ophthalmology. Read more: https://bit.ly/3CxYhy2 #BodyMassIndex #LowBMI #BMI #PrimaryOpenAngleGlaucoma #POAG #Glaucoma #EyeHealth #EyeCare #Ophthalmology #Ophthalmologist #EyeDoctor

Patients with suspected vitreoretinal lymphoma (VRL) and concurrent central nervous system lymphoma (CNSL) may display a negative test result with brain/spine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) evaluation, while testing positive with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) testing via a lumbar puncture, according to a retrospective, single-center case series published in the Ophthalmology at BMJ. Read more: https://bit.ly/3ADIRI0 #VitreoretinalLymphoma #VRL #Lymphoma #CentralNervousSystemLymphoma #CNSL #MRI #CerebrospialFluid #LumbarPuncture #Ophthalmology #Oncology #EyeCare