Pediatric Ophthalmology News

• Kid With Glasses: Many Children Live Far from Pediatric Eye Doc Researchers found that 90% of counties in the United States are without a pediatric ophthalmologist, according to a new study.
  Medscape Medical News, January 30, 2023
• Primary Care Screening Cost-Effective for Catching Amblyopia The additional health benefits of universal school screening and mandated optometric examinations do not justify the expense entailed, according to researchers.
  Medscape Medical News, January 12, 2023
• Ophthalmologists Win Eye Surgery Scope of Practice Battle California governor Gavin Newsome recently vetoed legislation -- opposed by ophthalmologists -- that would have allowed optometrists to perform laser and scalpel eye surgeries.
  Medscape Medical News, October 19, 2022
• AAO 2022 Study Links Poor Physical Fitness to Children's Eye Allergies Children who were less physically fit and lived in urban settings are more vulnerable to ocular allergies.
  Medscape Medical News, October 04, 2022
• Children's Vision Problems Often Go Undetected The National Survey of Children's Health found that in 2016-17 a quarter of children were not regularly screened for vision problems.
  Kaiser Health News, June 09, 2022
• Researchers Pinpoint Causes of Foveal Hypoplasia This may allow clinicians to make quicker and more accurate diagnoses and prevent some complications.
  Medscape Medical News, April 14, 2022
• Common Eye Disorder in Children Tied to Mental Illness Misaligned eyes in children are associated with an increased prevalence of mental illness, results of a large study suggest.
  Medscape Medical News, March 18, 2022
• Ophthalmologist Who Developed Medical Botox Dies at 89 He found the drug, once a poison and a weapon, to be effective for treatment of obscure eye diseases before it became the blockbuster fix for wrinkles and treating excessive perspiration.
  Medscape Medical News, December 20, 2021
• AAO 2021 Distance Learning May Cause Convergence Insufficiency Children may be experiencing more convergence insufficiency as a result of looking at screens for distance learning mandated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Medscape Medical News, November 16, 2021
• ASRS 2021 Newborns With SARS-CoV-2 Show Ocular Injury Signs of eye disease are appearing in newborns infected with SARS-CoV-2.
  Medscape Medical News, October 12, 2021
• Handheld Device Can Detect Amblyopia in Children As Young As 2 The screening device is able to detect amblyopia quickly and accurately.
  Medscape Medical News, October 04, 2021
• EURETINA 2021 Aflibercept Matches Laser for Retinopathy of Prematurity Aflibercept appears to work as well as laser photocoagulation for retinopathy of prematurity — at least in the short term.
  Medscape Medical News, September 21, 2021
• Poorer Teens Are More Likely to Have Lingering 'Lazy Eye' Researchers linked lower socioeconomic status and cognitive scores to higher rates of amblyopia, a condition that can become permanent if not treated early in childhood.
  Medscape Medical News, September 17, 2021
• iPhone Flash Helps Nurse Identify Her Infant Son's Retinoblastoma An inadvertent flash exposed an unusual glow in her son's right eye. Now, a smartphone app can help parents identify possible eye disorders early.
  Medscape Medical News, August 27, 2021
• Allergic Conjunctivitis Severely Affects Children's Quality of Life Physical, emotional, social, and especially school functioning were all affected. Parents also experienced large effects on quality of life.
  Medscape Medical News, June 15, 2021
• Children's Book Could Help Catch Color Vision Deficiency Creators of a new children's book aim to help identify children with color vision deficiency.
  Medscape Medical News, May 25, 2021
• Infantile Hemangiomas: Accurate Diagnosis Is Crucial Infantile hemangiomas affect 5%-10% of 1-year-olds, of whom 20% have multiple lesions. They're more common in females by a 3-to-1 margin.
  Medscape Medical News, March 15, 2021
• JIA Arthritis and Uveitis Flares 'Often Run Parallel' Children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis–associated uveitis are significantly more likely to experience a flare in their eye disease if their arthritis is also worsening.
  Medscape Medical News, October 29, 2020
• ASRS 2020 Ophthalmologists Called to Catch Cancers Earlier Advances in the management of common eye cancers have highlighted the need for early treatment, experts say.
  Medscape Medical News, July 17, 2020
• Alert FDA Approves First Treatment for Thyroid Eye Disease The monoclonal antibody teprotumumab reduces proptosis and related eye problems in patients with thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy.
  FDA Approvals, January 22, 2020