July 13, 2026

Side Effects: Signals in Strange Places

From breathier speech to breastfeeding history, metamaterial eye coils, and antifibrotic GLP-1 effects in mice, this week’s studies remind us that the most interesting signal is often hiding somewhere clinicians were not looking.

Conexiant

July 07, 2026

Benchmark for Functional Vision Loss Uncovered in Older Adults

A nationally representative US cohort identified a contrast sensitivity threshold associated with self-reported visual disability.

Conexiant

June 09, 2026

Side Effects: Context Is the Diagnosis

This week's research makes one thing clear: who someone is before they get sick — their relationships, their partner's health, the back of their eye — is doing a lot of work medicine is only beginning to account for.

Conexiant

May 29, 2026

Retinal Imaging AI May Flag Brain Health Risk

Authors said AI-driven retinal screening still lacks evidence that it improves patient outcomes.

Conexiant

May 21, 2026

Screen Time Linked to Higher Myopia Odds

Meta-analysis found odds rose most sharply between 1 and 4 hours of daily digital screen exposure before increasing more gradually thereafter

Conexiant

May 15, 2026

Music May Ease Anxiety in Eye Clinics

Background music and multimedia exposure were associated with lower patient-reported anxiety in a quasi-experimental ophthalmology clinic study that used existing clinic audiovisual infrastructure at no additional cost.

Conexiant

May 12, 2026

Astigmatism Up After COVID Restrictions

Researchers identified delayed corneal changes in schoolchildren that emerged after myopia rates had already increased during the pandemic.

Conexiant

May 01, 2026

Retinal Age Model Tied to Disease Risk

Fundus-based tool estimates biologic aging but shows modest gains over prior models

Conexiant

May 01, 2026

Solving the Data Challenge in Ophthalmic AI

At ARVO, Cecilia S. Lee, MD, MS, and Aaron Y. Lee, MD, MSCI, discuss barriers to AI deployment in ophthalmology, including interoperability and model development.

Ophthalmology Management

April 20, 2026

Closing Communication Gaps in Eye Care

Study findings highlight communication barriers in ophthalmology and outline a structured framework designed to support understanding, expectation-setting, and adherence.

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