Color-Tinted Lenses for a Wide Range of Health Issues: Current Info...
These days, patients are largely in-the-know about the advantages of blue-light-blockers for insomnia and digital eye strain, but they may not be aware of...
Beyond the Itch: A Guide to Navigating Ocular Allergy Season
Spring has sprung, and with it comes a wave of itchy, watery eyes for many of your patients. Ocular allergies, affecting an estimated 20%...
Light Therapy in Focus: Advancing Treatment Options for ODs
Phototherapy, also known as syntonics, has been used by optometrists since the 1920s to treat chronic headaches, stress, trauma, and concussions. It has also...
The Menopause Effect: Latest Insights for ODs
In recent years, U.S. healthcare providers have increasingly recognized the significant impact of menopause. More resources are being compiled and shared, and institutions are...
Managing Diabetic Eye Disease: Strategy and Patient Education
The most recent report from the CDC (released in 2021) reveals that nearly 12% of the U.S. population has diabetes. Diabetic retinopathy (DR), a...
Digital Eyestrain: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Optometric Recommendations
Digital eyestrain (DES) is a vision condition that optometrists are diagnosing more frequently due to people spending prolonged periods of time viewing digital computers,...
The Role of Optometrists in Detecting Systemic Diseases
Optometrists are often the first healthcare providers to detect signs of systemic diseases during routine eye exams — a lot of pathology involves the...
Problematic Cosmetic Trends: Latest Insights and Recommendations
According to Cosmetics & Toiletries, a peer-reviewed cosmetic science publication, three out of the four most-used makeup items are applied to the eye area:...
Refractive Error Explained: A New Method in Treating the Myopic Eye
A new method to measure refractive error called GRAS (Gullstrand Refractive Analysis System) by Hessler et al. can be used to analyze the components...
A Practical Guide to Presbyopia Drops: From Vuity and Qlosi to...
Pharmacologic treatments for presbyopia promise to give patients freedom and flexibility in the midst of busy careers and active lifestyles. They're non-invasive, they're adjustable,...
