Narrative review identifies emerging associations between gut microbiota and pediatric eye conditions.
Early gut bugs may shape your child's eye health for life
This narrative review examines associations between gut microbiota dysbiosis and pediatric ophthalmic conditions including myopia and allerg…
New research suggests that the tiny bugs living in a child's gut could be the hidden reason behind their eye problems.
Cochrane review finds very low-certainty evidence on IGF-1 for ROP in preterm infants.
Premature Babies and Eye Disease: A Hopeful Treatment Hits a Wall
This Cochrane systematic review synthesized evidence from two RCTs on IGF-1 for retinopathy of prematurity in preterm infants. It found no s…
A promising hormone-based treatment for a leading cause of infant blindness has been tested in clinical trials, but the evidence is too thin…
ROP incidence declined over 10 years in Chinese preterm infants, with no Type 1 cases in larger infants after 2018
Why a Common Cause of Premature-Baby Blindness Is Steadily Disappearing
A single-center retrospective study of 603 premature infants undergoing ROP screening in Sichuan, China, found overall ROP incidence decline…
A serious eye disease causing blindness in premature babies is becoming much rarer, with recent data showing severe cases disappearing in in…