Outdated laws prevent optometrists from offering procedures for which they are fully trained and qualified to perform. SB 36 changes that.

There was a notable decrease in common ophthalmic procedures among Medicare beneficiaries during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published Feb. 6 in JAMA Ophthalmology.

The COVID-19 pandemic led to a 17.9% overall reduction in the rate of common ophthalmic procedures among Medicare beneficiaries, with laser peripheral iridotomy showing the steepest decline. The ...

Ophthalmologists can safely perform interventions like cataract surgery without worrying that their patients will face an increased risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) following the procedure, ...

The surgery known as LASIK — Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis — is under the lens of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which is causing controversy among eye experts. The FDA released a ...

A common eye test could expel tear droplets up to a meter away from the patient, potentially spreading viruses that cause COVID-19 and other pathogens. In Physics of Fluids, scientists from the Indian ...

Surgical confusions—for instance, operations involving the wrong site, the wrong patient or the wrong procedure—occur infrequently in eye surgery procedures, according to a report in the November ...

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