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The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new lower-dose vaccine for active immunization against COVID-19 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
A glaucoma diagnosis may increase a patient’s levels of anxiety, and depression, decreasing overall mental health scores.
Patients with diabetes who utilize GLP-1 RAs for 6 months or longer are twice as likely to develop neovascular age-related macular degeneration.
GLP-1 agonists may help reduce acetazolamide dosage in patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension without changing clinical outcome.
A study shows the ways in which brolucizumab can provide superior AMD therapy to some patients compared with aflibercept.
Health care data breaches that compromised protected health information more than doubled from 2010 to 2024 in the US, data suggest.
US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said this week that he may no longer allow government scientists to publish research in top medical journals.
Federal health officials have pulled back a key recommendation that pregnant women get the COVID-19 vaccine — causing sharp criticism from doctors and other experts.
Direct selective laser trabeculoplasty is not yet noninferior to SLT in lowering IOP, but secondary endpoints show promise.
As of mid-May, this variant has been identified in nearly 11 percent of sequenced samples reported worldwide. The WHO has designated this variant as a “variant under monitoring,” and currently ...
Following cataract surgery patients have a lower risk of dementia, although, this protective effect is diminished in those with CMD.
The top US health agency will no longer recommend the COVID-19 vaccine for healthy children and pregnant women.