Distinctive vascular changes in the retina and choroid linked to retrograde flow in the ophthalmic artery due to chronic total occlusion of the carotid artery

• by Ling Feng, Xiaofeng Tan, Le Cao, Hang Wang, Yueyue He, William Robert Kwapong, Hong Chen, Bo Wu

• April 20, 2026

Blindness Linked to Higher Loneliness Scores

Analysis of more than 61,000 patients found higher odds of elevated loneliness scores among those reporting blindness and those with diabetic retinopathy, but not among patients with glaucoma or age-related macular degeneration.

• by Andrea Surnit

• June 28, 2026

• 4 min

GLP-1 RAs Associated With Small ION Risk Increase

In an observational US target trial emulation, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist initiation was associated with about 3 to 4 more ischemic optic neuropathy cases per 10,000 patients over 18 months than two comparator drug classes.

• by Andrea Surnit

• July 13, 2026

• 5 min

Retinal Features May Reveal Depression

In a UK Biobank cohort, thinner ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer and macular measurements were associated with incident depression over more than a decade of follow-up, while no independent association emerged for anxiety disorders.

• by Andrea Surnit

• June 11, 2026

• 4 min