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Lower resilience tied to poorer medication adherence in glaucoma patients

18 Mar 2022 by

The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the adherence to ocular hypotensive medication among patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), according to a study. Such reduction is potentially driven by lower psychometric measures of resilience and more confrontational coping strategies.

18 Mar 2022

Ocular biometrics help predict progression of primary angle closure disease

17 Mar 2022

Use of ocular biometric measurements can stratify patients with early angle closure at risk for more severe disease, according to a study.

17 Mar 2022

Coffee cuts retinopathy risk in diabetes mellitus

13 Mar 2022

In patients with diabetes mellitus, high daily consumption of coffee may decrease the risk of diabetic retinopathy (DR), reveals a recent Korea study.

13 Mar 2022

Thyroid eye disease drug linked to hearing problems

08 Mar 2022

Patients treated with teprotumumab for thyroid eye disease frequently develop otologic symptoms, and those who already have hearing problems prior to treatment are at heightened risk of progressing to sensorineural hearing loss, a study reports.

08 Mar 2022

Noninfectious uveitis relapse lower with infliximab vs adalimumab

21 Feb 2022

Among patients with sight-threatening noninfectious uveitis (NIU), those treated with infliximab are less likely to relapse than those who received adalimumab, a study has found.

21 Feb 2022

Genetically elevated FT4 levels tied to higher age-related macular degeneration risk

19 Feb 2022

Patients who have genetically elevated free thyroxine (FT4) levels are at heightened risk of age-related macular degeneration, according to the results of a Mendelian randomization study.

19 Feb 2022

Habitual alcohol drinking poses increased glaucoma risk

17 Feb 2022

Individuals with habitual alcohol consumption are at risk of developing open-angle glaucoma, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis.

17 Feb 2022

Decreased mean, diastolic arterial pressure tied to faster RNFL loss

16 Feb 2022

Lower mean (MAP) and diastolic arterial pressure (DAP) during follow-up significantly correlate with faster rates of retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) loss when adjusted for intraocular pressure (IOP), reports a study.

16 Feb 2022

Stroke may occur before/after central retinal artery occlusion

15 Feb 2022

A 2.2-percent risk of symptomatic ischaemic stroke has been observed 15 days before and after a central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO), suggests a recent study, noting that such risk is slightly lower than that for most studies from tertiary centres.

15 Feb 2022

Blue light-filtering intraocular implants do not influence insomnia

11 Feb 2022

For individuals who underwent cataract surgery, the use of blue light-filtering intraocular lenses (BF-IOL) does not appear to reduce the incidence of insomnia, a study reports.