AllAboutVision.com releases free patient handout for practitioners
San Diego, CA—To help eyecare professionals encourage their patients to make eye health a priority, AllAboutVision.com has released a 2014 checklist to offer to your patients to ensure ocular health....
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Taking a proactive approach to ocular surface conditions
I had the extraordinary opportunity to spend a day with a group of colleagues who have focused their professional careers on the study of the ocular surface. Sponsored by Alcon, the advisory group...
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Managing the non-surgical aspect of comanagement
n previous installments, I have written about the meaning and definition of comanaging our patients. The lines between a surgical management and non-surgical management are more defined in states...
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Rebutting mesozeaxanthin findings
We read with interest, and some surprise, Dr. Stuart Richer’s article in Optometry Times entitled “The third carotenoid-mesozeaxanthin (Z-RS) and who needs to consume it.” In this article, Dr. Richer...
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Dr. Bowling: Snake oil scam claims to restore vision
Dr. Ernie BowlingIf talk of online eye exams has gotten the optometric profession’s dander up, then what I’m about to share with you will send an OD’s blood pressure into the stratosphere.More from Dr....
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The evolution of tear substitutes
In an ongoing effort to ameliorate the discomfort and blurred vision that stems from dry eye, tear substitutes have undergone numerous improvements to enhance their efficacy and safety to the ocular...
View ArticleOcular complications caused by systemic medication may fly under the radar
Las Vegas—For those who have heard men joking about "smurf vision," it's no surprise the unintended effects some pharmaceutical drugs can have on other parts of the body. But while physicians are...
View ArticleOcular complications caused by systemic medication may fly under the radar
Las Vegas—For those who have heard men joking about "smurf vision," it's no surprise the unintended effects some pharmaceutical drugs can have on other parts of the body. But while physicians are...
View ArticleLid hygiene kit designed for management of lid margin diseases
Take-home: The Cliradex Complete Advanced Lid Hygiene Kit is a new product that may help manage symptoms of lid margin diseases. The kit’s Cliradex Advance Care gel—whose main component is...
View ArticleExamining medications that impact systemic and ocular health
Bill Townsend, OD, FAAO, recently gave a presentation at the American Academy of Optometry's Academy 2014 in Denver, CO, titled "Good drugs, bad reactions." Dr. Townsend sat down with Optometry Times...
View ArticleFDA approves drug for ocular allergy itch relief
FDA has approved olopatadine hydrochloride ophthalmic solution (Pazeo, Alcon, a division of Novartis) 0.7% for the treatment of ocular itch relief related to eye allergies. Pazeo is a 1-drop daily...
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Successful contracted socket rehabilitation
Toronto—The ocularist has various tools available for managing the contracted anophthalmic socket, but success in these difficult cases ultimately requires a team effort, according to Michael C. Webb,...
View Article3 steps to improve ocular health of dry eye patients
Take-home message: Patients with dry eye can be kept healthy—and happy—by diagnosing properly, following specific treatment plans, and providing excellent communication. By Paul S. Koch, MD, Special...
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