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A trio of engineers has developed a smart cane that provides navigation assistance with warning vibrations and spoken directions, enhancing the independence of people with blindness or visual impairments by helping them find a seat in a public space or the right products in a grocery store, among others.

A recent study reports an overall risk of 8.6 percent for hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) retinopathy after 15 years in a large cohort with active surveillance retinopathy screening. Notably, most of these cases are mild, and a higher HCQ dose appears to result in progressively greater risk for incident retinopathy.

The number of optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans must be increased relative to current clinical practice to get a more accurate diagnosis of retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) worsening, according to a recent study.

Users of daily wear (DW) reusable contact lens (CL) have a more than threefold increased risk of developing Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) than those using daily disposable (DD) CL, a study has shown.

Treatment with the NOV03 (perfluorohexyloctane) ophthalmic drop is well tolerated and yields significant improvements in the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease (DED) associated with meibomian gland dysfunction, according to the results of a phase III study.