The Cornea and the Cataract

Here’s a recent and welcome trend that’s part of the “long tail” of ophthalmic surgical innovation: addressing mild corneal surface abnormality before cataract surgery to optimize long-term visual outcomes.

What Does the Future Look Like for Independent Optometry?

A number of trends are converging to put pressure on independent optometrists. If independent optometry is to survive, the practice of the future can’t look like the practice of today.

Can CRISPR Be Used to Cure Retinitis Pigmentosa?

While there is currently no cure for retinitis pigmentosa, that could change within the next 10 years due to revolutions in CRISPR technology that may…

Going Small with Big Results: The VisAbility Micro-Insert System

The VisAbility Micro-Insert from Refocus Group is the first and only presbyopic procedure performed outside the visual axis.

by Jennifer Zweibel

The Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System

Five-year safety and performance results from the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System Clinical Trial showed that the device offered navigational vision to many…

Vision, Balance, and the Horizons of Optometry

Eyes do more than see; ocular-vestibulomotor connections help anchor the body in space, facilitating stable imagery as well as smooth ocular and extraocular movement. Research is revealing that this ambient visual process may hold the key to…

The AAO’s IRIS Registry

The American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Intelligent Research in Sight Registry is the largest clinical specialty database in the world, and it is quickly becoming an invaluable resource for individual ophthalmologists, researchers, and industry.

Future Social: Thoughts on Where the Internet Is Taking Optometry

Social media will continue to change the way optometrists communicate — with each other and patients. It will also increasingly impact practice revenue, in both expected and unexpected ways.

Port Delivery System Effective for Wet AMD Patients in LADDER Trial

Patients with age-related macular…

Glaucoma Tomorrow

The functionality of IOP-lowering drainage devices may be greatly increased in the near future due to the work of Dr. Lee and his team, who have begun using magnetic technologies to keep these devices from being clogged and adjust flow resistance.