Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A study published in 2023 that analyzed more than 23 million births found that the proportion of premature ...

Prevent Blindness is launching a new ROP focus group and data study, plus offering expert videos and family resources.

Mydriatic microdrops during retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) screening were noninferior to standard drops, which have been associated with cardiorespiratory and gastrointestinal adverse events, a ...

Prevent Blindness is Conducting a New ROP Focus Group and Data Study, as well as Offering Helpful Resources Including Web Pages, Videos with Medical Experts, and ROP Patient and Parent Testimonials to ...

A study funded by the National Eye Institute found telemedicine was an effective strategy to screen for retinopathy of prematurity, a potentially blinding disease affecting premature infants. More ...

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) occurs when abnormal blood vessels grow over the retina and may lead to blindness in premature babies. The eye disease is a concern as more babies are surviving due to ...

An artificial intelligence technology can accurately and independently detect 100% of severe cases of a blindness-causing condition that affects prematurely born babies, according to new research from ...

Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) is the leading cause of preventable childhood blindness globally. As medical advances allow more premature and extremely premature infants to survive, the number of ...

Anemia is a common condition in premature infants, particularly those at risk for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). While the relationship between anemia and ROP risk remains complex, recent studies ...