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Babies born very early have retinas that are still developing. In some of them, the blood vessels of the retina grow abnormally, a condition called retinopathy of prematurity, or ROP. Severe ROP can threaten sight.… Read More »Premature Babies and Their Eyes: Why the Timing of Early ROP Changes the Outlook

Diabetic retinopathy, damage to the small blood vessels of the retina, usually causes no symptoms until it is advanced. Standard screening relies on a dilated exam or retinal photographs, which find the disease once visible… Read More »Can a Scan Catch Diabetic Eye Damage Earlier? What a Review of 21 OCTA Studies Found

Diabetic retinopathy causes preventable vision loss, yet most treatments are used only after damage appears. Fenofibrate, a pill used to lower blood fats, has drawn interest because earlier heart trials hinted at eye benefits, and… Read More »Fenofibrate and Diabetic Eye Disease: What Randomized Trials Show, and What They Do Not

Coastal sun and wind make pterygium a familiar diagnosis in Malibu. A new systematic review asks how often tissue that looked like ordinary pterygium on the slit lamp turns out to harbor ocular surface squamous… Read More »When a Pterygium Is Removed, Pathology Sometimes Finds Something Else

A pterygium is a wing-shaped growth of tissue that can creep from the white of the eye onto the cornea. Sun, wind, and dry coastal air along Malibu make it a familiar finding. When surgery… Read More »Pterygium Surgery: Why an Inferior Conjunctival Flap Can Matter

In Malibu, sun, wind, sand, and saltwater are part of daily life, and so is pterygium. Sometimes called “surfer’s eye,” a pterygium is a fleshy, wedge-shaped growth that spreads from the white of the eye… Read More »Why Removed Pterygium Tissue Is Worth a Closer Look

Diabetes is the leading cause of new blindness in working-age adults, yet many people with diabetes skip their yearly eye exam. Medical Xpress reported that AI screening is helping more people with diabetes get sight-saving… Read More »AI Eye Screening Helps More People With Diabetes Protect Their Sight