A group of panelist from AOA discuss what they do with new keratoconus patients in their practice. (Video)
Iveena Delivery Systems, a Salt Lake City-based biotech, was awarded a $225,000 grant from the National Eye Institute to expand their research into a topical…
Recent articles have analyzed cornea crosslinking (CXL) in the pediatric population. When the procedure was first described fourteen years ago, the treatment was reserved for…
An important paper on the genetics of keratoconus was recently published in the journal Ophthalmic Genetics. Scientists based at the University of Antwerp (Belgium) offered…
Watch Part 2 – an extended interview with World KC Day Ambassador, Tommy Pham! Learn more about how living with KC, CXL and Contact lenses…
Tommy Pham of the St. Louis Cardinals talks about living with keratoconus and not letting it stop him from reaching his goals.
AEVR hosted the first ever World Keratoconus (KC) Day congressional briefing, which featured research into novel treatments. KC is not a rare disease, as was…
About half of the children of a person with KC may inherit the gene. Of those who carry the gene, a smaller subset will actually…
Blinking cleans the ocular surface of debris and flushes fresh tears over the ocular surface. Each blink brings nutrients to the eye surface structures keeping…
People living with keratoconus may attribute symptoms of weariness to their vision problems, but researchers have identified a connection between keratoconus and obstructive sleep apnea.
Purpose: To report eyes with keratoconus that progressed during pregnancy. https://journals.lww.com/corneajrnl/Abstract/2011/09000/Pregnancy_induced_Progression_of_Keratoconus.9.aspx
Teens, children, and even infants sometimes require corneal transplants, although most such surgeries are performed in adults. Australian researchers led by Keryn A. Williams, PhD,…