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In children with noninfectious uveitis being treated with adalimumab, tapering speed appears to affect the risk of relapse, with a slow, gradual approach emerging as the optimal strategy, according to a multicentre retrospective cohort study.

Children with early-onset atopic dermatitis (AD) face an increased risk of uveitis, as reported in a study.

Complications following cataract surgery appear to be more frequent among patients with prior intravitreal injection (IVI) therapy than among those without, as shown in a retrospective study.

The use of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA), compared with metformin, results in a significant decrease in the incidence of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), ocular hypertension, and the need for first-line glaucoma treatments in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), reports a study.

Two-year treatment with brolucizumab 6 mg every 4 weeks demonstrates noninferiority in mean best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), with superior anatomic outcomes, to aflibercept 2 mg every 4 weeks in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD), as shown in the MERLIN study.

Lung function measures are associated with risk of glaucoma, indicating their potential role as biomarkers for the optic neuropathy with a devastating visual impact, researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Princes of Wales Hospital and Hong Kong Eye Hospital have reported.

The use of semaglutide among individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) appears to carry a modest increase in the risk nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION), according to a retrospective study.

In case of failed corneal transplants, performing subsequent endothelial keratoplasty (EK) instead of penetrating keratoplasty (PK) significantly improves long-term regraft survival and visual outcomes, according to a study from Singapore.

A milder enhancement in the orbital optic nerve appears to result in poorer visual acuity (VA) and visual field recovery among eyes with first myelin oligodendrocyte protein (MOG)-related optic neuritis (ON), a study has found.