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Supplementation with marine ω-3 fatty acids falls short of reducing the incidence of dry eye disease, as shown a study.

Patients with dry eye disease (DED) can achieve optimal symptom alleviation with available medications, but getting patients to take their medications remains a challenge due to side effects. Taking the burn or sting out of medications might help, according to a Singapore study.

Macular retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) thickness appears to be a useful prognostic biomarker of long-term cognitive decline in older adults, a study from Korea has found.

Adjuvant therapy with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and low molecular weight heparin in high-risk patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) does not help prevent the development of proliferative vitreoretinopathy, as shown in a study.

Individuals who present with reticular pseudodrusen (RPD) are at high risk of progression to late age-related macular degeneration (AMD), with the risk increase varying by RPD severity, as shown in a post hoc analysis of two clinical trials. The risk of progression is high at low-to-moderate RPD levels and low at high RPD levels.

The use of intravitreal ziv-aflibercept (IVZ) in diabetic macular oedema (DME) improves best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and reduces central macular thickness (CMT), a recent study has found.