Archive for December 2024

In the September 2024 edition of the Journal Ophthalmology, Dr. Siar Niazi and colleagues published a study about glaucoma in patients with diabetes. Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists include now famous medications such as Ozempic. They compared the rate of developing glaucoma in people with diabetes who were on these medications to the rate of developing…

I have written about this before, but I saw a new article about it, so I decided to revisit the topic. In the July 2024 edition of the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Paola Rivera and colleagues published a study showing that patient anxiety is reduced by playing music in the operating room. I…

It is known that, over the years, astigmatism changes. It changes from what is called “with-the-rule astigmatism” to “against-the-rule astigmatism.” Who made up “the rule,” anyway? I don’t know. =) Dr. Ken Hayashi and colleagues published a study in the July 2024 edition of the journal Cornea that showed that, at least in a Japanese…

Last week, I wrote about a study that showed that aspirin was not really helpful in macular degeneration. This week, we will focus on diabetic retinopathy. Diabetes can cause problems in the retina; this is why patients with diabetes are advised to have dilated eye exams. If there is bleeding or are blood vessel changes…