Lynda Charters

Consumer inSights Q3 2024 shows shifts in eyewear spending: continuing preference for budget options, primarily in-store.

Higher prevalence rates were also found among university students and administrative workers.

74% of participants dosed with LNZ100 achieved 3 or more lines of improvement 3 hours post-treatment.

Entering the final lap to 2024 American Academy of Optometry annual meeting.

Dry eye increases susceptibility to psychiatric disorders and chronic pain syndromes, investigators reported at the 2024 American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

Visual impairment has been consistently identified as a “robust risk factor” in the development of dementia.

Related macular dystrophies (MDs) include Sorsby’s fundus dystrophy, Doyne honeycomb macular dystrophy, and autosomal dominant radial drusen.

Changes associated with Alzheimer's disease extend beyond the brain, according to a new study.

Study authors defined hyperreflective retinal foci as “isolated punctiform elements of small dimensions, 30 μm or smaller, with intermediate reflectivity (similar to that of the nerve fiber layer) and without a shadow cone.”

Because the inner retinal function is thought to affect the emmetropization process, study authors suggested that caffeine may be involved in ocular growth.

Iris freckles are the most common melanocytic iris lesions, and UV sunlight is a well-known promoter of melanogenesis. Another study reported a higher rate of iris freckles in patients with UV-associated skin cancer.

CVD could impact physicians' ability to identify choroidal melanoma from choroidal nevus.

Las Vegas, Nevada is where the latest in eyewear and fashion will meet a focus on education.

Recent studies that have reported that active and healthy living can reduce IOP.

The primary endpoint of the 4-month study was the proportion of patients with clinically significant improvements in the contrast sensitivity.

Investigators conducted a cross-sectional study from December 2016 to March 2024 in patients with acute infectious conjunctivitis.

Study investigators found that the injuries ranged from deep thermal burns to full-thickness corneal or scleral lacerations, with one case of traumatic cataract.

Specular microscopy showed that the ocular symptoms in the patients who had had COVID-19 included conjunctival hyperemia, foreign body sensation, tearing, ocular secretion, and chemosis.

Jessilin Quint, OD, MBA, FAAO, and Selina McGee, OD, FAAO, weigh in on meibomian gland dysfunction and dry eye disease what to consider when choosing symptom management options.

Estimating the number of such visits in the US may help guide research and clinical efforts to optimize outcomes, according to the researchers.

As many as 14 risk factors have now been found for dementia.

Comanagement is a key component for treatment of disease.