Thinking about mistakes, especially medical mistakes, is uncomfortable. It is certainly more enjoyable to read about a promising new therapy than to scrutinize the reasons that medical mistakes are ...

Optic neuritis is an inflammation of the optic nerve, a bundle of nerve fibers that relays visual information from the eye to the brain. The condition may cause vision disturbances that can resolve on ...

A 71-year-old man was referred by his usual ophthalmologist to the neuro-ophthalmology clinic at Tufts Medical Center for bilateral decreased vision associated with bilateral optic disc edema. His ...

Ophthalmologists, optometrists, and neurologists may be widely overdiagnosing optic neuritis, researchers say. Neuro-ophthalmologists at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, could confirm only ...

Your ability to see the world around you hinges on how well different structures in your eye perform their designated jobs. The optic nerve — actually a bundle of more than one million nerve fibers — ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . One physician said intravenous corticosteroids are useful for treating optic neuritis. Another argued ...

Privosegtor is advancing in the registrational PIONEER program across 2 key optic neuropathies, representing an unaddressed potential market of $7 billion in the U.S. Privosegtor achieved an average ...

OCS-05 demonstrates safety and efficacy in treating acute optic neuritis, receiving FDA IND clearance for clinical development in the U.S. Small sample size of only 36 patients in the Phase 2 ACUITY ...

Riad Sherif, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Oculis, commented: “It is a privilege to collaborate with Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, a world-renowned center for modern neurology, on the Phase 2 ACUITY ...