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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — In eyes with severe injury, even when there is no light perception vision, there is no justification for primary enucleation.“Unless the eye is completely destroyed, surgeons should never give up,” Ferenc Kuhn, MD, PhD, said at the Retina World Congress.

SAN DIEGO — Though patients with inflammatory bowel disease have impaired humoral response after SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations, cellular responses were maintained and comparable to those of health care workers, according to study results. “We believe that the results of our study are overall reassuring and provide mechanistic explanation for the lack of higher COVID complications in our

The FDA has granted priority review to Reata Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s new drug application for omaveloxolone to treat patients with Friedreich’s ataxia. According to a company press release, the NDA is supported by positive safety and efficacy data from the MOXIe part 2 trial as well as supporting data from MOXIe part 1 and MOXIe extension trials.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Epiretinal membranes, or ERMs, in retinal vein occlusion do not share the same OCT angiography characteristics described for idiopathic ERMs but instead reflect the changes typical of vascular pathologies.A study presented at the Retina World Congress looked for the first time at these specific features.

Seizure- and epilepsy-related emergency department visits decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with pre-pandemic levels, with the largest drop seen among young children, per a study in MMWR. “Seizures generally account for approximately 1% of all emergency department visits,” Sanjeeb Sapkota, MBBS, MPH, of the Center for Global Health at the CDC, and colleagues wrote.

A recent study published in JAMA Oncology found that cancer death rates remained highest among Black men and women compared with other racial and ethnic groups.

Mucosal melanoma — or melanoma in the mucous membranes — differs from cutaneous melanoma in its genesis, its treatment and its severity. Sometimes called a “hidden cancer,” mucosal melanoma is often more deadly than cutaneous melanoma. It is difficult to diagnose and often not found until the later stages, making treatment and survival more difficult.

Among children of all racial and ethnic groups, Hispanic/Latino, American Indian and Asian children developed chalazion at a higher rate, and those with meibomian gland disease or blepharitis were more likely to develop chalazia on multiple occasions.“Identifying those at higher risk of chalazion formation, recurrent chalazion and chalazion requiring surgery (often including general

CorneaGen issued product recalls for certain corneal and scleral patch grafts, according to press releases from the FDA.

United Therapeutics Corp. announced that the FDA has approved the Tyvaso dry powder inhaler for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension and pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease to improve exercise ability.Tyvaso DPI represents a new formulation and inhalation device for inhaled treprostinil and is the only dry powder inhaler approved by the FDA for use in PAH