See Kelly Nichols' 10 Step approach to ensure a complete Dry Eye Disease diagnosis in Optometric Management's September 2011 Issue: Pinning Down Dry Eye By Kelly K. Nichols, OD, MPH, PhD Diagnosing dry eye disease is essential for many reasons — most importantly, to optimize patients' ocular health. Dry eye diagnosis and … [Read more...]
Presurgical Hyperosmolarity Predicts Refractive Outcomes
October 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
At the recent European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Annual Congress in Vienna, prominent LASIK surgeon, Dr. Eric Donnenfeld, presented data from a multi-site refractive surgery center study designed to determine how pre- and post-LASIK tear osmolarity levels relate to rates of Dry Eye Disease ("DED") and DED … [Read more...]
How Important is Water to Dry Eye?
October 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
See Kelly Nichols' comments on the relationship between water and dry eye disease in Optometric Management's September issue. How Important Is Water to Dry Eye? Here's what research tells us about water, computers and arid climates. At a recent lecture, an optometrist asked me, “Why don't lecturers ever mention hydration in … [Read more...]
AOA Newsletter Focuses on Dry Eye Disease
September 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The August issue of the American Optometric Association’s CLCS newsletter is devoted to ocular surface and dry eye disease, reflecting how the optometric community is now starting to embrace dry eye disease. Contact Lens and Cornea Section chairman LaMar Zigler, pointing to the value of building a dry eye diagnosis and treatment … [Read more...]
Omega 3′s and Omega 6′s. What’s the right Balance?
July 19, 2011 By 2 Comments
From the ASCRS meeting last week in Chicago, Eyeworld reports on the benefits of omegas in dry eye therapy. Physicians say more clinical research is needed on the topic. http://www.eyeworld.org/article.php?sid=3385 So what is the right balance of Omega 3's and Omega 6's when recommending supplements to dry eye patients? … [Read more...]
Medscape’s Ophthalmology Best Evidence features “Tear Osmolarity in the Diagnosis and Management of Dry Eye Disease” (AJO) as the top rated article
July 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Medscape's Ophthalmology Best Evidence highlights clinically-relevant journal articles that impact the practice of Ophthalmology. Featured citations are selected via a rigorous journal review process by physicians. View the full article from the American Journal of Ophthalmology. You can view this article and others on the … [Read more...]
Dry Eye Syndrome To Become Most Common Eye Disease in Baby Boomers
June 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Dry eye expert Dr. David Kisling reports that Dry Eye Syndrome will be the most prevalent eye disorder the Baby Boomer generation faces in the future. Shifting demographics in an aging population will result in a tidal wave of dry eye problems by 2030. Read on to discover why this epidemic growth of dry eye disease is threatening … [Read more...]
Effect of tear hyperosmolarity and signs of clinical ocular surface pathology upon conjunctival goblet cell function in the human ocular surface.
May 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Tear Osmolarity continues to be investigated internationally with the TearLab device. This abstract from IOVS.ORG discusses tear osmolarity and it s relationship to ocular surface disease and goblet cell function. IOVS.ORG Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual … [Read more...]
sPLA2-IIa Amplifies Ocular Surface Inflammation in the Experimental Dry Eye
May 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
More and more research is focusing on the biomarkers found in tears as this interesting abstract discusses sPLA@-IIa which is a biomarker for inflammatory diseases in humans and is found in high levels in tears. IOVS is publishing what we have seen to be the first report of its involvement in ocular surface inflammation and also … [Read more...]
Screening for Dry Eye With Newly Developed Ocular Surface Thermographer
May 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
From American Journal of Ophthalmology an interesting abstract discusses an Ocular Surface Thermographer being used for Dry Eye Disease Screener showing a decrease in ocular surface temperature in dry eye patients compared to … [Read more...]
