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ORLANDO — Virtual Field is now known as Carrot as part of a rebrand aimed at broadening the company’s focus beyond virtual reality-powered visual field testing.
“The original mission was to really rethink the way that visual field exams were done, and the company accomplished that,” Jeremy Barlow, CEO of Carrot, told Healio in an interview at Vision Expo. “We felt like Virtual Field, while an incredible name for the time, was becoming a little limiting for us because of our much broader offering today and our much larger ambitions that we have for the future.”

NEW ORLEANS — Results presented here showed patients older than 50 years of age experienced favorable outcomes, satisfaction rates, return to activity level and low failure rates after ACL reconstruction.
“In some circles, as patients get older in their 50s, 60s and beyond, there is a little bit of hesitation of doing an ACL reconstruction,” Kirk A. Campbell, MD, associate professor of orthopedic surgery at NYU Langone Health, told Healio about results presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting. “However, our study clearly shows that these

Roughly one-third of U.S. adults — or more than 82 million people — cut back on basic needs such as food, utilities or transportation to pay for health care in the past year, according to new Gallup surveys.
One survey of nearly 20,000 U.S. adults conducted from June through August 2025 found that 62% of uninsured Americans made at least one sacrifice to pay for health care, including 32% who borrowed funds and 24% who prolonged their medication, Gallup reported.
Slightly more than half of households earning less than $24,000 per year responded this way, but Gallup noted that health care

In this video, James Song, MD, FAAD, Co-CMO, spoke about whether early intervention in psoriasis can lead to better treatment outcomes, a topic he presented at Maui Derm 2026.
Song, director of clinical research at Frontier Dermatology in Mill Creek, Washington, discussed findings from the GUIDE study. The study examined the impact of early disease intervention and prolonged dosing interval of guselkumab (Tremfya, Janssen) in super responders.
“Early intervention does seem to matter, at least according to this study,” Song told Healio.

In this video, James Song, MD, FAAD, Co-CMO director of clinical research at Frontier Dermatology in Mill Creek, Washington, discussed studies presented at Maui Derm 2026 that examined high-impact psoriasis sites.
Song said that guselkumab (Tremfya, Janssen), risankizumab (Skyrizi, AbbVie) and other common psoriasis therapies “worked quite well” in high-impact psoriasis sites, such as the scalp, face, intertriginous areas and nails. Safety and tolerability were also consistent with their phase 3 data, according to Song.
“It’s always nice to have additional data to use these therapies on those

A recent advancement in minimally invasive spine surgery, unilateral biportal endoscopy integrates the principles of both microscopic and endoscopic techniques.
It utilizes two independent portals — one for visualization and one for instrumentation — which grants wider maneuverability and improved ergonomics. Compared with conventional microdiscectomy, unilateral biportal endoscopy (UBE) provides enhanced illumination and magnification while reducing tissue trauma. Indications for UBE lumbar discectomy are symptomatic lumbar disc herniation, radiculopathy or neural compression unresponsive to

In a video interview, James Song, MD, FAAD, Co-CMO, director of clinical research at Frontier Dermatology in Mill Creek, Washington, spoke about updates in the pediatric psoriasis space presented at Maui Derm 2026.
Song said there is “consistent efficacy, safety and tolerability” of guselkumab (Tremfya, Janssen) and apremilast in pediatric patients.
“For guselkumab, they do have to be greater than 40 kilograms to qualify for the dose, whereas for apremilast, it will be weight-based,” he told Healio. “Also, apremilast now has a once-a-day extended-release option for patients who prefer to take

In a video interview, James Song, MD, FAAD, Co-CMO, discussed a presentation from Maui Derm 2026 in which he spoke about therapies in the pipeline for psoriasis.
Oral therapies have not always been as effective as systemic biologic therapies in psoriasis, Song, director of clinical research at Frontier Dermatology in Mill Creek, Washington, told Healio. However, Song said there are an oral peptide and two second-generation oral TYK2 inhibitors showing potential as “first-line agents if and when they get approved.”
“I’m confident in saying that by 2027, we will have three oral options that truly

ORLANDO — Myopia control is not just for children with progressive myopia; it can be applied to adults and pre-myopes as well, according to a speaker at Vision Expo.
“[There are] two things I want you to be thinking about,” Shalu Pal, OD, FAAO, FSLS, FBCLA, who practices in Toronto, told Healio. “One is pre-myopes and how do we get [them] to slow their onset of developing myopia. ... The other end of the spectrum is thinking about adults.”
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Twenty percent to 40% of adults in their 20s may still progress aggressively, she said, and axial length can also continue to progress.
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