In this episode of Meeting Mic, we bring you pearls and perspectives from the Association of Vision and Research in Ophthalmology 2026.

Jason Greenfield, MD, MBA, Alon Harris, MS, PhD, FARVO, and Yash Lahoti spoke with Healio about their study, which was designed to look at some of the unknown risk factors for glaucoma. 00:37

Next, Michael Zhu, a medical student at Duke University School of Medicine, told Healio about his presentation about retina imaging and how it may reveal links to Parkinson's disease. 06:12

And, Iris Fang-Yu Hu, MD, discusses her presentation on how using visual prompts helped improve glaucoma detection by a large language model. 08:35

Top headlines from the meetings. 09:31

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Glaucoma, hypertension may be linked to dementia risk

Source: Greenfield J, et al. Artificial intelligence ready and exploratory atlas for diabetes insights: The association between glaucoma, hypertension, and cognitive performance. Presented at: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting; May 3-7, 2026; Denver.

Imaging reveals link between inner nuclear layer thickness, Parkinson's disease

Source: Zhu M, et al. Macular retinal layer thickness in early Parkinson's disease. Presented at: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting; May 3-7, 2026; Denver.

Reference images help AI model detect glaucoma

Source: Hu I, et al. Providing reference images to LLMs improves glaucoma detection from fundus photos. Presented at: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting; May 3-7, 2026; Denver.

Smoking may be modifiable risk factor for myopia-related vision loss

Source: Flitcroft I, et al. Smoke gets in your eyes: Evidence that smoking is the first modifiable risk factor for myopia-related vision impairment. Presented at: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting; May 3-7, 2026; Denver.

Thyroid eye disease shows long-term progression in real-world dataset

Source: Ramesh S, et al. Disease progression in thyroid eye disease: Findings from a large real-world study in the United States. Presented at: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting; May 3-7, 2026; Denver.

In this episode of Meeting Mic, we bring you pearls and perspectives from the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Annual Meeting 2026.

Christopher Lock, MD, discusses key takeaways from the meeting. 00:12

Claire Delpirou Nouh, MD, highlights the meeting's major discussions and presentations. 05:27

Top headlines from the meetings. 08:42

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Improved mortality outweighs cognitive risks in GLP-1 analog use

Source: Thorman IB, et al. Long-term risk of cognitive impairment with GLP-1 analogues in older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Presented at: American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting; April 5-9, 2025; San Diego.

Prolonged seizures negatively impact productivity, quality of life in patients, caregivers

Source: Trinka E, et al. Loss of productivity, seizure worry, and patient and caregiver quality of life associated with prolonged seizures: Results from a global real-world point-in-time study. Presented at: American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting; April 18-22, 2026; Chicago.

Improvements in biological age linked to lower stroke risk, healthier brains

Source: Rivier C, et al. Improvements in biological age acceleration lead to better neuroimaging, clinical and cognitive markers of brain health. Presented at: American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting; April 5-9, 2025; San Diego.

In this episode of Meeting Mic, we bring you pearls and perspectives from Miami Breast Cancer Conference 2026.

Paolo Tarantino, MD, PhD, discusses key takeaways from the meeting. :19

Paolo Tarantino, MD, PhD, highlights the meeting's major discussions and presentations. 3:02

Hope S. Rugo, MD, provides an overview of the inspiring and revelatory information presented at the conference. 4:41

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https://www.healio.com/news/hematology-oncology/20260317/video-oncology-education-key-to-understanding-growing-data-in-breast-cancer-treatment

https://www.healio.com/news/hematology-oncology/20260317/video-discussions-on-her2positive-breast-cancer-treatment-may-alter-way-of-practicing

https://www.healio.com/news/hematology-oncology/20260317/video-trastuzumab-deruxtecan-in-adjuvant-setting-may-be-preferred-in-breast-cancer

https://www.healio.com/news/hematology-oncology/20260325/video-breast-cancer-conference-fuses-data-specialties-in-continuum-of-patient-care

https://www.healio.com/news/hematology-oncology/20260325/video-keynote-speaker-inspires-others-to-push-beyond-the-barriers-in-breast-cancer