Prevent Blindness voices support for reintroduction of EDVI Act

Published on May 9, 2025
The Early Detection of Vision Impairments for Children Act (EDVI), or HR 2527, would allow the federal government to award grants and cooperative agreements to eligible states and communities for children's vision care initiatives.
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Estrogen May Protect Against Optic Nerve Neurodegeneration

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This study observed a dose-dependent relationship between age at menopause and RNFL thickness among women. Female patients who entered menopause before age 45 had an RNFL thickness of 121.0µm compared with 122.5µm in those who experienced menopause after age 50. Photo: Jarett Mazzarella, OD, and Justin Cole, OD. Click image to enlarge.  Recent research has explored the poten

ARVO 2025: Perfuse Therapeutics announces positive results from phase 1/2a trial of PER-001, an intravitreal implant for glaucoma

May 9, 2025
The first-in-class endothelin antagonist intravitreal implant aided in increasing ocular blood flow and improved both visual function and anatomic structure, according to the company.