May 05, 2025

Links Between HPV and Thyroid Eye Disease

Researchers find “molecular mimicry between HPV capsid protein and key autoimmunity targets in TED,” but further studies are needed to confirm the connection

Conexiant

May 05, 2025

Missed Screenings? Anal Cancer Surge in Women

Rates rising 4.3% in white women over 65, outpacing increases in other demographics.

Conexiant

May 05, 2025

True Heart Age Beyond Birthdays

New research uses cardiac MRI to calculate "functional heart age," showing obesity and other risk factors can age the heart by decades.

Conexiant

May 02, 2025

Digital Monitoring App Improves Asthma Quality of Life in Trial

A digital asthma symptom monitoring app modestly improved patient-reported quality of life, with greater benefits seen in younger adults and those with low self-management skills.

Conexiant

May 02, 2025

Personalizing Eating Disorder Care Advances, Study

A global research team reviewed current treatments for eating disorders and found that while personalization is seen as essential by patients and clinicians, most approaches still lack strong supporting evidence.

Conexiant

May 01, 2025

Glaucoma: A Toxic Relationship

Several studies do establish diabetes as a risk factor for glaucoma, and that diabetes with coexisting glaucoma increases the risk of developing diabetic retinopathy.

Optometric Management

May 01, 2025

Diabetic Retinopathy Management: Preparing Patients

By virtue of being the primary eye care provider, optometrists are often the first to diagnose diabetic retinopathy (DR). As a result, patients both rely on and expect us to provide education on DR and the treatments available to them.

Optometric Management

May 01, 2025

Clinical Trial Update May 2025

Access Retinal Physician's listing of all active clinical trials in AMD, DME, RVO, and uveitis.

Retinal Physician

May 01, 2025

Stem Cell Therapies for Retinal Degenerations

Stem cell therapy harnesses the high regenerative potency of undifferentiated stem cells to replace diseased or dead cells. In recent years, stem cell therapy for retinal diseases has transitioned from preclinical investigation to early phase clinical trials with promising results. Both RPE replacement and photoreceptor transplantation strategies have shown the potential to preserve or restore visual function in conditions like AMD and RP, offering hope for conditions once considered irreversible.

Retinal Physician