Jordana Joy, Associate Editor

Cecelia Koetting, OD, FAAO, DipABO, and Madeline Yung, MD, detailed the prevalence of the conditions, diagnostic tools, and treatment options.

Dr Rachelle Lin highlights the urgent need for early intervention in childhood myopia, discusses associated retinal and systemic risks, and emphasizes the long-term impact of axial length control in reducing serious ocular complications.

Rachelle Lin, OD, MS, FAAO, and Quan Đông Nguyễn, MD, MSc, presented available treatment options and what is coming down the pipeline for retinal conditions.

The expansion will allow the company to double the number of intraocular lenses manufactured every year to 4 million.

Brimochol PF’s combination of brimonidine and carbachol produces a “pinhole effect,” which is intended to improve depth of focus and sharpen near and distant impact.

The lens has been introduced to select practices across the US, with broad commercial availability planned for in May.

The novel corrective eye drop can be prescribed through pharmacy partners BlinkRx or Medvantx.

Catch up on the top stories in optometry during the week of March 31-April 4.

The new lenses are designed for young presbyopes, ranging in age from their late 30s to mid-40s, who may be either existing spectacle wearers or non-wearers.

Melissa Tawa, OD, FAAO, provides insights to take glaucoma management from reactive to proactive in presentations given at CRU 2025 in Napa, California.

Rachelle Lin, OD, MS, FAAO, details her presentation on inherited retinal diseases at CRU 2025.

Cecelia Koetting, OD, FAAO, DipABO, and Madeline Yung, MD, discussed emerging treatment and patient care options for those with presbyopia during CRU 2025.

Jennifer Li, MD, details a talk she gave alongside Melissa Barnett, OD, FAAO, FSLS, FBCLA, at CRU 2025 in Napa, California.

Deb Ristvedt, DO, details a handful of presentations on glaucoma she gave during CRU 2025 in Napa, California.

Cecelia Koetting, OD, FAAO, DipABO, weighs in on patient assessments, staining pattern insights, and diagnostic tips for patients who may have dry eye disease.

The organization will have resources available including fact sheets, shareable social media graphics, and educational videos and web pages.

Melissa Barnett, OD, FAAO, FSLS, FBCLA, discusses keratoconus management, diagnosis, and other key insights at CRU 2025.

Cecelia Koetting, OD, FAAO, DipABO, details a talk she gave among optometrists and ophthalmologists at CRU 2025.

Alongside Rachelle Lin, OD, MS, FAAO; Nguyễn, MD, MSc, detailed what treatments are currently available for retinal vascular diseases, including neovascular age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy.

Catch up on the top stories in optometry during the week of March 24-March 28.

CRU Cofounder John Gelles, OD, gives his first impressions on how the conference is going thus far in Napa, California.

The study compared the quantity and quality of tissue-resident memory T cells in HSV-1 infected corneas that did or did not develop herpes stromal keratitis.

The recall was conducted out of an abundance of caution after the company received reports of complications. The cause of said complications could not be immediately explained.

A mobile clinic will visit the Grove Hall branch of the library system to check patients' eyes for distance, reading, and color.

The new service will work to reduce waiting times for glaucoma assessments, monitoring, and treatment.

The retrospective cohort study included adults with POAG from 12 tertiary-care health systems participating in the SOURCE Ophthalmology Big Data consortium in the US.

Researchers developed eye drop formulations 17-mer and H105A, both containing a short peptide, to administer to mice in the form of a drop on the eye’s surface.

In April 2021, WCO partnered with CooperVision to introduce its myopia management standard of care, defining evidence-based standard of care comprising of mitigation, measurement, and management.

Catch up on the top stories in optometry during the week of March 17-March 21.