WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — Nighttime visual disturbances are a common experience for many patients, with a number of potential contributing factors, according to a speaker at Hawaiian Eye 2026.
Jay S. Pepose, MD, PhD, of Pepose Vision Institute, said that common causes include higher-order aberrations, which may cause small, angular diversions of light, and scatter, caused by a broader distribution of light across the retina.
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“You can get internal reflections within a lens implant, and then, of course, in multifocal or depth of focus lenses, you could have more than one image superimposed on

HHS confirmed with Healio on Monday that Deputy HHS Secretary Jim O'Neill is no longer the acting CDC director.
HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon said via email that O’Neill’s final day at the CDC was Friday, but Nixon offered no official statement regarding O’Neill’s departure, nor did he answer questions regarding the agency’s leadership plan going forward. 
The White House also did not respond to a request for comment on O’Neill leaving the CDC.
With O’Neill out — and no permanent replacement named — the CDC remains without a leader more than a year into the second Trump administration. And

Results showed the combination of customized 3D planning and personalized implants for treatment of adult spinal deformity led to minimal offset between planned and achieved alignment targets and significantly reduced reoperation rates.
“In complex deformity cases where alignment is critical, translating preoperative goals into postoperative outcomes remains a persistent challenge,” Justin S. Smith, MD, PhD, lead study author from the department of neurosurgery at the University of Virginia, said in a press release. “When paired with 3D preoperative planning, patient-specific

As physicians approach retirement and contemplate a stage of life when they will not be earning a paycheck, they typically begin to consider Social Security as part of their post-career income planning.
Not surprisingly comes the simple question that has a much more complex answer: When is the optimal time to begin claiming benefits from Social Security?
In this article, we will begin to answer this important planning question.
As you likely expect, the answer is not “always wait until age 70” or “always claim at 62,” as this will largely depend on your personal circumstance. Deciding when to

SAN DIEGO — Although a growing body of evidence suggests a positive impact of GLP-1 receptor agonists in treating MS, questions of health, access and equity remain, according to a speaker at ACTRIMS.
“Even though GLP-1s were initially studied for their role in insulin secretion regulations, we now know that they have actions across different organs, and they are also widely expressed in the brain, raising the possibility that they may have direct [central nervous system] effects,” Afsaneh Shirani, MD, board certified neurologist at Saint Luke's Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute and the

A type of diabetes first identified more than 70 years ago is now receiving a resurgence of attention as a result of a new name and an international working group.
At the World Diabetes Congress in April 2025, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) proposed classifying malnutrition-related diabetes as “type 5 diabetes.” As described in a consensus report published in The Lancet Global Health, type 5 diabetes is a form of diabetes that is tied to malnutrition or undernutrition occurring in early childhood or adolescence. Relative to type 2 diabetes, people with type 5 diabetes have more

In patients with dry eye disease, Miebo before cataract surgery had no impact on the accuracy of preoperative measurements and predicted refractive error, according to a study published in Ophthalmology and Therapy.
Patients who received Miebo (perfluorohexyloctane ophthalmic solution, Bausch + Lomb) also had significant improvements in signs and symptoms of dry eye disease both before and after cataract surgery.
“We were excited to do this study because there had been a prior study looking at how perfluorohexyloctane would work in healthy eyes that had biometry, and it showed that it had no

Adults with atopic dermatitis and chronic hand eczema saw early and sustained improvements in skin and quality of life measures with tralokinumab compared with placebo, according to a poster presented at the Maui Derm meeting.
“Hand involvement in atopic dermatitis patients involves most of our atopic population, especially in adults, and this is something that is absolutely devastating for patients because it affects all aspects of their life,” Linda Stein Gold, MD, director of dermatology clinical research at Henry Ford Health, told Healio. “It becomes difficult to take care of yourself —

Adults with pituitary neuroendocrine tumors were referred to a neurosurgeon from a wide range of specialties, calling attention to the need for more education, researchers reported in Clinical Endocrinology.
In a population-based cohort study, researchers collected referral data for 520 adults who underwent surgery for a pituitary neuroendocrine tumor in Northern Ireland from January 2000 to July 2019.
“The results of this study demonstrate that many health care professionals will encounter patients with pituitary neuroendocrine tumors and should be aware of the signs and symptoms which may

Neither medical management nor revascularization improved cognitive decline associated with asymptomatic carotid stenosis, suggesting neurologic injury from significant stenosis may be irreversible, a speaker reported.
The results of the carotid revascularization and medical management for asymptomatic carotid stenosis trials, CREST-2, were presented at the International Stroke Conference.
“We and many others in the past have shown that prior to revascularization, there is diminished cognition in patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis,” Ronald M. Lazar, PhD, endowed chair and director to