Jul 10, 2023

Glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide, is a complex human disease, with both genetic and environmental determinants. The availability of large-scale, population-based cohorts...

Jul 10, 2023

To examine the current causes of intraocular lens (IOL) explantation, compare various IOL explantation techniques, and assess the visual outcomes and complications.Retrospective comparative case serie...

Jul 10, 2023

Environmental factors favoring myopia development are still being studied and there is accumulating evidence for a significant role of nearwork. Recently, reading standard black-on-white text was foun...

Jul 10, 2023

Meibomian glands (MGs) secrete lipid (meibum) onto the ocular surface to form the outermost layer of the tear film. Proper meibum secretion is essential for stabilizing the tear film, reducing aqueous...

Jul 10, 2023

Meibomian glands (MGs) secrete lipid (meibum) onto the ocular surface to form the outermost layer of the tear film. Proper meibum secretion is essential for stabilizing the tear film, reducing aqueous...

Jul 10, 2023

Sex hormones impact inflammatory and immune-mediated diseases. During IVF (in vitro fertilisation) treatment, circulating estrogen levels increase dramatically (10-50x) alongside changes in other horm...

Jul 10, 2023

Sex hormones impact inflammatory and immune-mediated diseases. During IVF (in vitro fertilisation) treatment, circulating estrogen levels increase dramatically (10-50x) alongside changes in other horm...

Jul 10, 2023

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists are effective treatments for type 2 diabetes, effectively lowering glucose without weight gain and with low risk for hypoglycemia. However, their influence on...

Jul 10, 2023

To assess the global burden and economic inequalities in the distribution of blindness and vision loss between 1990 and 2019.A secondary analysis of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Fa...

Jul 10, 2023

To evaluate the association between contrast sensitivity function (CSF) and glaucomatous structural damage in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG).A cross-sectional study was performed with 103 patients...

Jul 03, 2023

A 62-year-old woman with mild myopia presented to her local optometrist for a routine examination and was found to have intraocular pressure (IOP) of 30 mm Hg in both eyes and cupped nerves. She had a...

Jul 03, 2023

To compare changes in ocular aberrations in children wearing orthokeratology (ortho-k) lenses with a back optic zone diameter (BOZD) of 6 mm (6-MM group) or 5 mm (5-MM group) and their associations ...

Jul 03, 2023

Pseudognaphalium affine (P. affine), a medicinal plant, has long been used to treat various diseases due to its astringent and vulnerary effects. These therapeutic benefits are largely attributed to h...

Jul 03, 2023

Despite accumulating evidence indicating a key role of interferon-γ (IFN-γ)-producing immune cells in ocular infection and immunity, little is known about the direct effects of IFN-γ on resident co...

Jul 03, 2023

Despite accumulating evidence indicating a key role of interferon-γ (IFN-γ)-producing immune cells in ocular infection and immunity, little is known about the direct effects of IFN-γ on resident co...

Jul 03, 2023

Increasing evidence supports a role for inflammation in the early development and progression of retinal complications caused by diabetes. We recently demonstrated that the stress response protein reg...

Jul 03, 2023

The catabolic process of autophagy is arousing the attention of researchers studying diabetic retinopathy (DR), but the role and molecular mechanism of autophagy in DR are still unclear.An in vivo dia...

Jul 03, 2023

The catabolic process of autophagy is arousing the attention of researchers studying diabetic retinopathy (DR), but the role and molecular mechanism of autophagy in DR are still unclear.An in vivo dia...

Jul 03, 2023

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a significant risk, mostly causing blindness, kidney failure, heart attack, stroke, and lower limb amputation. A Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) can assist healthcare...

Jul 03, 2023

The efficacy of antenatal corticosteroids on neonatal preterm complications wanes beyond 7 days after treatment. The neurodevelopmental effects of longer treatment-to-birth intervals have not been ade...