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SALT LAKE CITY — In this video, Christine Curcio, PhD, FARVO, discusses how her research into the role of drusen deposits in age-related macular degeneration may make earlier intervention possible.
Recent evidence has raised questions regarding the value of the traditional high-dose corticosteroids and optic nerve decompression approaches used for traumatic optic neuropathy.
Vandals cut fiber-optic lines, causing outage for Spectrum Internet subscribers The soaring price of copper makes networks tempting targets for thieves.
Historically, optic nerve involvement has been excluded from MS diagnostic criteria, but its inclusion in the new iteration is expected to significantly accelerate time to diagnosis.
Semaglutide, widely used to treat diabetes and obesity, was associated with more than double the risk of developing neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) in older patients with ...
She was diagnosed with optic nerve hypoplasia as a baby—but getting that initial diagnosis was far from easy.
June 6 (Reuters) - Novo Nordisk's (NOVOb.CO) popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs Wegovy and Ozempic may in very rare cases cause a serious eye condition that can lead to vision loss, the ...
The electrical energy produced was then funneled to the optic nerve where it was processed by the brain. Testing involved implanting the nanoprostheses in the eyes of mice with bioengineered ...
People with incomplete cervical spinal cord injuries showed improvements to their hand and arm movements after receiving a targeted form of vagus nerve stimulation ...
At ARVO 2025, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Danielle Gauthier talked about her poster on autosomal dominant Alzheimer disease in relation to optic nerve head drusen.
A vitamin supplement that improves metabolism in the eye appears to slow down damage to the optic nerve in glaucoma. The researchers behind the study have now started a clinical trial on patients.
The lawsuit said about four months later, Engel was diagnosed with nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, or NAION, a condition in which a loss of blood flow to the optic nerve causes ...