Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A study published in 2023 that analyzed more than 23 million births found that the proportion of premature ...

Mydriatic microdrops during retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) screening were noninferior to standard drops, which have been associated with cardiorespiratory and gastrointestinal adverse events, a ...

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is one of the most common causes of severe visual impairment and blindness in children worldwide. Because the blood vessels in the retina are not fully developed, ...

A study funded by the National Eye Institute found telemedicine was an effective strategy to screen for retinopathy of prematurity, a potentially blinding disease affecting premature infants. More ...

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) occurs when abnormal blood vessels grow over the retina and may lead to blindness in premature babies. The eye disease is a concern as more babies are surviving due to ...

PORTLAND, Oregon -- An artificial intelligence technology can accurately and independently detect 100% of severe cases of a blindness-causing condition that affects prematurely born babies, according ...

Lotta Gränse, ophthalmologist and researcher Lund University and Skåne University Hospital has demonstrated that eye drops containing cortisone can ...

Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) is the leading cause of preventable childhood blindness globally. As medical advances allow more premature and extremely premature infants to survive, the number of ...