Today's Spotlight
The Do's & Don'ts of Oral Medication
The use of oral medications in optometry broadens our scope of practice and provides care that is more comprehensive for our patients. While topical medications treat a wide variety of ophthalmic disorders, we need to recognize when oral medications are a better option. Familiarize yourself with when oral medications are indicated and the proper dosing schedule.
Today's Spotlight
Four Reasons Contact Lens Wear Isn’t a Problem with COVID-19
Despite conflicting reports, lens wearers are just as safe as ever, as long as patients adhere to proper wear and care instructions.
Today's Spotlight
Screening Measures
“Education and intensive schooling may have a larger contribution to the increase in myopia prevalence than screen time,” the paper explains. Screen use in some ways is merely a substitution for other near work, such as reading or pen-and-paper educational activities.
Today's Spotlight
Don’t Blame Pharma
Everyone is blaming each other for healthcare costs, and the lack of transparency allows each entity to get away with the accusations. With more transparency, we’ll clearly see where the bad actors reside and make appropriate changes.
Today's Spotlight
The Rebate Racket
Rebates are, at best, wacky. At worst, they are a plot to destroy your will to live. Still, rebates are the feel-good film of the year… the Christmas movie where the girl takes over her sick mother’s hardware store and then learns that people can buy hammers and nails online much cheaper than she can buy them wholesale. Don’t worry, she’ll fall in love with the delivery drone and live happily ever after.
The News Feed
Eyecare Providers Can Limit COVID-19 Exposure
April 02, 2020
More than Half of DR Patients Skip Appointments
April 02, 2020
Posture Instability Tied to Changes in Fusional Vergence
April 02, 2020
Anti-VEGF Eyes at Risk for Progression to GA
April 01, 2020
Tears Hold Key to Simple Sjögren’s Diagnosis
April 01, 2020
Daily Disposables Lower Tear Osmolarity
April 01, 2020
VR May Explain Vision Problems from Glaucoma
March 31, 2020
Widefield OCT-A Successful in DR Detection
March 31, 2020
Technology Can Improve Keratoconus Staging
March 31, 2020
Tear Protein Markers Help ID Dry Eye
March 30, 2020
RNFL and Choroid Thinning Found with Malnourishment
March 30, 2020
GA Lesions Impair Choriocapillaris Flow
March 30, 2020
DED Associated with Lower Vitamin D
March 27, 2020
Macular Thickness Linked to Parapapillary Atrophy in Myopes
March 27, 2020
Seemingly Fine CL Wearers May Have Health Woes
March 27, 2020
Expect Macular Thickening in Early DR Eyes Post-op
March 26, 2020
IOP Readings Over Bandage Lenses Possible
March 26, 2020
TBI’s Visual Effects Explained
March 26, 2020
Scleral Lens Reservoirs Harbor Inflammatory Markers
March 25, 2020
Anti-VEGF Treatment On the Rise for DME
March 25, 2020
Multimodal Imaging Exposes Drusen Prevalence
March 25, 2020
Warming Masks Can Ease CL Discomfort
March 24, 2020
More US Adults at High Risk for Vision Loss
March 24, 2020
Glaucoma Surgery Post-op Reoperations Low
March 24, 2020
Lupus Patients at Greater Risk of Ocular Issues
March 23, 2020
Melatonin Secretion Linked to Cataract Surgery
March 23, 2020
New VF Cluster Map Corresponds With BMO-MRA
March 23, 2020
Industry Experts Band Together to Help OD Practices Recover
March 22, 2020
Autologous Serum Efficacy Clarified
March 20, 2020
Reading Ability Measures ERM Peel Success
March 20, 2020
Anti-VEGF: The Longer, the Better
March 20, 2020
COVID-19: Hand-Washing Crucial for CL Wearers
March 19, 2020
Study Identifies DME Patients at Risk for Vision Loss
March 19, 2020
Fibrous Scarring Most Common in Classic CNV
March 19, 2020
Could Plaquenil Treat COVID-19 Illness?
March 18, 2020
Macular Vessels Key to Early Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
March 18, 2020
Delaying Enucleation in Retinoblastoma May Be Risky
March 18, 2020
Ortho-K May Keep Patients in Contacts
March 17, 2020
Fenestrated Scleral Lenses Increase IOP
March 17, 2020
Be Vigilant for Corneal Changes in Down Syndrome
March 17, 2020
New Questionnaire Tracks Dry Eye Treatment
March 16, 2020
Scheimpflug Imaging Helps Track FECD
March 16, 2020
Choroid Thickness Linked with VA
March 16, 2020
Systemic Omega-3s Don’t Impact Dry Eye
March 13, 2020
AI May Soon Predict The Need For Corneal Surgery
March 13, 2020
Anti-VEGF Met with Limited Outcomes
March 13, 2020
Dementia: A Barrier to Eye Care
March 12, 2020
Contact Lenses Disrupt Corneal Cells in Mild Dry Eye
March 12, 2020
IOP Screening Under 40: Cheap and Effective
March 12, 2020
PROSE Scleral Device Beneficial For LSCD
March 11, 2020
Look Inside The Current Issue
Features
Four Steps to Make Premium IOLs Worth the Cost
Cataract patients have high demands. Here’s how clinicians can use today’s technologies and techniques to meet them.
How—and Why—to Choose Dry Eye Drugs
Properly pairing a patient with a pharmaceutical requires an understanding of the individual’s underlying condition and overall health.
Modifying Your Glaucoma Regimen: When, Why and How
Managing this disease requires careful consideration of myriad factors. Here’s how you can structure your approach.
Steroid Wars: New Drugs Challenge Old Habits
Here’s how novel delivery systems and updated formulations may one day overcome the current challenges inherent in topical steroid prescribing.
The Do's & Don'ts of Oral Medication
Understanding when and how to prescribe oral medications will help optometrists provide optimal patient care.
What OCT Can Offer Your Specialty Lens Fits
This technology is especially useful for customizing the design and troubleshooting any associated conditions.
Departments
Chew on This
A dental abscess may be the cause of a patient’s preseptal or orbital cellulitis.
A Peek at the Pinhole
This simple test can quickly categorize a patient’s reduced vision as either refractive or pathological. Here’s what else it can do.
Don’t Blame Pharma
Industry bears the brunt of the public’s anger for healthcare costs, but the true culprits are more elusive.
Finding the Nerve
A patient with CN VII damage can’t get her lid to cover her cornea in one eye.
Living in a Purple State
A patient with a compromised immune system has a strange visual presentation. Can her peripheral retina explain why?
Out of Rhythm
While amiodarone is highly effective, long-term use is associated with concerning ocular side effects.
Pigmentary Glaucoma, Revisited
New pharmaceutical options may help manage secondary disease.
Protect Your PK Patients
Scleral lenses can improve vision for these eyes if the right precautions are taken.
Screening Measures
A meta-analysis challenges the belief that digital devices turbocharge myopia. But that doesn’t let kids off the hook.
Spring—and Pollen—is in the Air
Are you ready for ocular allergy season? New testing could make it a breeze.
The Rebate Racket
Whoever thought asking patients to mail in proof-of-purchase to get money back on their contact lenses was a good idea?
With Disc Edemas, Act Fast
Treatment is dependent upon the cause of the issue. It’s on you to identify it.
Continuing Education
March 2020 • 2.00 Credits
The Do's & Dont's of Oral Medication
February 2020 • 2.00 Credits
Differentiating Problems of the Eyelids and Ocular Adnexa
January 2020 • 2.00 Credits
Dry Eye Epidemiology in Practice
November 2019 • 2.00 Credits
Overcoming Secondary Glaucomas
Additional Publications
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New Discoveries in Glaucoma Care & Treatment
Sponsored by Bausch + Lomb. Highlights from the annual scientific meeting. Women in Optometry - March 2020
Making Strides in Blepharitis Treatment
Ophthalmic Product Guide - February 2020
2020 Conference Planner
Preventing the Vision-threatening Complications of Diabetes
Jobs
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Review of Cornea & Contact Lenses
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Four Reasons Contact Lens Wear Isn’t a Problem with COVID-19
Despite conflicting reports, lens wearers are just as safe as ever, as long as patients adhere to proper wear and care instructions. -
How to Get Ahead of Presbyopia
Intervening earlier on is key in successfully working through this inevitable condition. -
Presbyopia Treatment: Current and Future Options
Make sure you’re in the know about long-term solutions for the condition. -
Little Eyes, Big Solutions
Pediatric specialty contact lenses make a world of difference in this younger patient population. -
When Presbyopia & Astigmatism Collide
A multitude of contact lens options exist for the independent correction of astigmatism and presbyopia. Let’s discuss the options when these occur simultaneously. -
Multifocal Optics Explored
Recent research may give insight on how to better implement these lenses for presbyopic patients.
Women in Optometry
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Take Good Care of Yourself
You’ve taken the kids for their checkups and scheduled your parents’ doctor visits. You even went along to make sure they understand what was happening.
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WO Marketing Diamonds
Nikki Iravani, OD, is always on the lookout for a great marketing tip.
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Women In Optometry Theia Awards Recognized Nine ODs
Nine women ODs were honored during the fourth annual Theia Awards of Excellence from Women In Optometry magazine.
