Individuals who have healthier lifestyle scores and lower inflammation are more likely to have better retinal neurovascular health.

SMILE surgery is associated with favorable visual and refractive outcomes in patients with different types of astigmatism, a study shows.

Patients with Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy with particular genetic markers are at higher risk for surgery and vision loss.

Optimizing copper, manganese, and vitamin B12 during pregnancy can help lower the risk for high blood pressure and hypertension in midlife.

Treatments for dry eye disease, neuroendocrine tumors, chronic spontaneous urticaria, Barth syndrome, and migraine are under review.

COVID-19 vaccination in early pregnancy (≤20 weeks of gestation) is not associated with increased prevalence of major structural birth defects.

Although most manufacturer reports of medical device adverse events are reported on time, a considerable proportion are submitted late.

Adults express a mild preference for messages written by artificial intelligence (AI) versus humans in patient-clinician communication, but they have higher satisfaction with a human disclosure.

Music therapy can lower blood pressure, and help relax and ease anxiety for a patient who is about to undergo an ocular procedure.

Decreases in exclusive cigarette smoking and increases in exclusive electronic cigarette use were seen among US adults from 2017 to 2023.

A number of US adults have suboptimal five-year sleep duration trajectories, with these trajectories associated with an increased risk for all-cause mortality.

High adherence to a Mediterranean diet was significantly associated with sleep duration, sleep quality, and chronotype.