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Vascular endothelial growth factor levels are significantly higher in the aqueous humor of diabetes mellitus patients and glaucoma patients who used prostaglandin agents

Aqueous Humor VEGF Levels Up With Prostaglandin for Glaucoma

Findings for patients with diabetes, patients with glaucoma who used prostaglandin agents
For eyes experiencing substantial visual loss after macular laser photocoagulation treatment for diabetic macular edema

Aflibercept Rescues Vision After Laser for Diabetic Macular Edema

Improves visual and anatomic outcomes among eyes experiencing visual loss after laser DME treatment
Severe dry eye symptoms and ocular pain at baseline are associated with persistent severe dry eye symptoms one year later

Severe Symptoms, Ocular Pain Linked to Dry Eye Persistence

Non-ocular factors such as sleep disturbance, metal health status also linked to symptoms at one year
Imaging using fluorescence confocal microscopy analysis in the reflectance mode and with an "en face" scanning can control tumor margins of eyelid basal cell carcinoma to optimize surgical management

Confocal Microscopy Aids Surgical Removal of Tumors From Eyelid

Current study evaluated reflectance mode, horizontal scanning for removal of eyelid basal cell carcinoma
For patients with retinitis pigmentosa

Risk of Pedestrian Collisions ID’d in Peripheral Visual Field Loss

Risk of collision highest from pedestrians at angle of 45 degrees from patient with retinitis pigmentosa
Vitreous levels of alphaB-crystallin are significantly higher in eyes of patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy compared to the eyes of controls without diabetes

Higher AlphaB-Crystallin Levels Linked to Diabetic Retinopathy

Findings imply that alphaB-crystallin may be involved in diabetic retinopathy angiogenesis
A case of Kingella kingae keratitis in an HIV-positive adult male is described in a letter to the editor published online Dec. 12 in Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology.

Kingella kingae Keratitis Described in HIV-Positive Adult

Patient was 52-year-old HIV-positive male with one week of orthokeratology lens use for myopia
Variation exists across neonatal intensive care units regarding implementation of screening and treatment of retinopathy of prematurity

Screening, Treatment of ROP Varies Across NICUs

Retinopathy of prematurity screening and treatment mainly performed by pediatric/retina specialists
Preeclampsia is associated with increased risk of maternal retinal disease

Preeclampsia Linked to Risk of Maternal Retinal Disease

Risk was higher for severe and early-onset preeclampsia versus mild or late-onset disease
Regular cannabis users appear to experience a slight delay in their retinal ganglion cell signaling

Regular Cannabis Use May Affect Retinal Ganglion Cell Function

May disrupt, delay signal transmitted along the visual pathway via the optic nerve