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Focus On: The Johns Hopkins Sinus Center
May 31, 2018
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Research Story Tip: Adult-Proven ‘Smart’ Diagnostic Tool for Diabetic Retinopathy Also Works for Kids
Diabetic retinopathy — a disorder characterized by damage to the small blood vessels lining the retina (light-focusing area) of the eye and a leading cause of vision loss worldwide — has been on the rise in recent years as the number of children and adolescents diagnosed with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes increases.
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Study Highlights the Need for Workplace Eye Safety Awareness
Open globe injuries occur when the outer membranes of the eye are breached due to trauma. Who is at risk, and what measures can be taken to prevent these often devastating injuries?
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Common Cause, Uncommon Mission
The Wilmer Eye Institute provides untold opportunities for those with shared and overlapping interests to pool their talents, ideas and ideals to advance science and patient care. Following are the stories of two extraordinary clinician-scientists — one, a vitreoretinal surgeon, and the other, a pediatric ophthalmologist — with a shared interest in genetic eye diseases. Together, the two co-founded the Genetic Eye Disease Center at Wilmer, a unique center dedicated to meeting the complex needs of patients with genetic eye disease.
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Artificial Iris Implant Restores Visual Function
Karolinne Rocha, M.D., performs MUSC Health's second artificial iris implant after performing first in country after FDA approval in 2018.
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COVID-19 Story Tip: Expanded Dashboard Tool Ranks Accessibility of State Vaccine Websites
The Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center has updated the COVID-19 Vaccine Prioritization Dashboard, a tool to help people with disabilities get vaccinated and arm advocates and policymakers with data to improve the disability community’s inclusion in the vaccination effort.
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Johns Hopkins Research Suggests Ways to Improve the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit
A new study from Johns Hopkins researchers offers caution about the limitations of the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit, finding that up to 25% of older adults at risk for falls still were prescribed a medication that is considered high risk for that condition.
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How Could Intravitreal VEGF Target Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration More Effectively?
Could a New lntraocular Treatment Platform Offer Hope for Patients with Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration?
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How a Routine Eye Exam Found a Brain Tumor and Saved a Patient’s Life
What began as a routine eye exam turned into a collaboration between the USC Roski Eye Institute and the USC Brain Tumor Center to save a patient’s life.
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A Revealing Biopsy for Sjogren’s Syndrome
HeadWay April 6, 2015
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Hopkins researchers chart a course for AI-aided diagnosis of degenerative eye conditions
An interdisciplinary team discovers that machine diagnostics using deep learning can match the performance of human ophthalmologists
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Artificial Corneas: A Glimmer of Hope Through the Cloud
Sightline Special Edition Annual Report 2014