Contact lens hygiene knowledge and compliance is high — as is awareness of microbial keratitis — but stronger among women than men.
The crystalline lens position may be a useful biomarker in the risk for the development of primary angle closure glaucoma.
Artificial intelligence may help improve diabetic retinopathy diagnosis and grading accuracy with little additional cost.
Extranasal neurostimulation may provide an effective way to treat patients with aqueous-deficient dry eye disease.
Credit: Getty Images Andrew D. Pucker, OD, PhD, identifies mechanisms of action behind various myopia control spectacles and highlights their potential to provide myopia control solutions that are ...
Image Credit: Getty Images Cory Lappin, OD, MS, FAAO, reviews the clinical performances of perfluorohexyloctane and lotilaner ophthalmic solution, and discusses how the drugs have lived up to ...
Image Credit: Getty Images Christopher Putnam, OD, encourages eye care professionals to think outside the box during clinical decision making and consider the multitude of off-label treatments at ...
Image Credit: Kaleb Abbott, OD, MS Kaleb Abbott, OD, MS, FAAO, explains that understanding how nerves affect dry eye and ocular surface damage improves DED treatment, and urges clinicians to rethink ...
Image Credit: Getty Images Jonathan Chen, OD, FAAO, FSLS, urges clinicians not to abandon myopia management in their adult patients, and outlines special considerations for using ortho-k, multifocal ...
Image Credit: Getty Images David A. Damari, OD, FCOVD, FAAO, addresses some of the misconceptions both clinicians and patients have concerning dyslexia and affirms the optometrist’s role in treating ...
For pediatric patients who do not respond well to low-dose atropine, adding highly aspherical lenslet target spectacle lenses appears to aid in myopia management. Highly aspherical lenslet target ...
Clinicians can use anterior segment-OCT to obtain specialty lens fitting measurements, monitor corneal health, and troubleshoot fitting issues. The ability to image both anterior and posterior eye ...