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Honoring optometry and ophthalmology residents: The 2023 Excellence in Eye Care Resident Recognition AwardsNominations for the 2023 awards will close July 31, 2023.
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Study determines drowning victims' corneas safe for transplantationThe study, based out of India, successfully transplanted 32 of 34 corneas harvested from drowning victims.
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Why you can’t separate refraction from pathologyI’ve been thinking a lot about technology lately and how it’s going to-um, scratch that-how it already is impacting eye care.
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Managing cases of dry eye: Expect the unexpected2 cases illustrate the importance of ocular surface optimization.
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Grasp the dos and don'ts of electronic medical recordsAdding electronic medical records to a practice is a huge undertaking.
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Handling patients who want you to adjust glasses purchased onlineGone are those simple days when nearly all patients purchased glasses from their eye doctors’ offices. Online eyewear vendors have exploded onto the scene, and the fallout includes the doctor/patient relationship.
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New protocols and technological processes may offer advanced characterization for choroidal nevusAlthough the differential diagnosis of pigmented fundus lesions is limited, the distinctions among these lesions are not always clear.
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Cut out the cigarettes for the sake of the optic nerveRecent research gives clinicians another reason to encourage cessation.
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Pharmacologic weight loss for diabetes management: The good, the bad, and the uglyThis article outlines which medications may be best to take to mitigate the onset of type 2 diabetes through weight loss, in addition to lessening sugar intake and other eating habits.
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Will the SMILE procedure replace LASIK?The femtosecond laser has brought many significant advances to eye surgery. For more than a decade, it has been used to create lamellar corneal flaps for laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK), and more recently this laser is used to precisely perform several steps in cataract surgery.
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Drawing the Rynerson red line: A new method to identify gland diseasesEvaluating and managing lid margin disease and meibomian gland dysfunction.
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SECO 2023: Drugs of the futureMilton M. Hom, OD, FAAO, FACAAI (Sc), shares key takeaways from his SECO 2023 presentation, "Drugs of the future."
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OCT in pediatric eye diseaseEye disease is relatively uncommon in children. When it is present, however, optometrists may find the tasks of selecting tests, obtaining findings, and interpreting results to be more difficult.
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Why Blink and Opternative are a disaster waiting to happenI think we’ll all agree technology is great and wonderful. We wouldn't be where we are as a profession without technological advances and the vast improvements these technologies provide in caring for our patients. Yet as with any new technology, sometimes it is difficult to discern its boundaries.
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AOA 2023: Diving into new data on MiSight contact lenses for myopia managementAt AOA Optometry's Meeting 2023, in Washington, DC, Justin Kwan, OD, FAAO, provides updates on the latest at CooperVision, including new data on MiSight myopia management contact lenses and information on their ortho-K software, Visavy.
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Dry eye and flares: make education a priorityEnsure successful symptoms management with your patients.
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Treatment Approaches for MGDDr David Kading explores various treatment options for MGD, including thermal pulsation and light-based therapies such as low-level and intense pulsed light (IPL).
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AOA 2023: Improving patient experience in vision therapy rooms with new technologyMarc Taub, OD, MS, FAAO, FCOVD, took a moment to speak to Optometry Times about exciting, dynamic technology that can improve experience in vision therapy rooms.
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Protect patients’ eyes by encouraging a three-step ocular wellness regimenAn ocular wellness regimen doesn’t need to be complicated—simply wipe, spray, and warm
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Peripupillary prognosticators of glaucomaExamine the anterior segment for risk factor identification and early diagnosis.
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New ways to keep dry eye patients comfortable in contact lensesNew contact lens releases moisturizers during wear to maintain homeostasis
