Today's Spotlight
The New New
So, the country is slowly but surely evolving from the hide-in-your-attic, the-sky-is-falling, why-should-I-pay-for-a-year’s-supply-of-contact-lenses-when-we-are-all-going-to-die mentality.
Today's Spotlight
Rescuing the Retina
The retina is one of the great opportunities for our profession, with exciting developments improving our ability to help patients with sight-threatening pathologies.
Today's Spotlight
Profit and Loss
Optometry is one of the few remaining professions with a still-vibrant culture of single-doctor private practices, giving its practitioners a chance to live out the classic “hang a shingle” mode of making a living. Or at least it used to be a thriving part of optometry. More ODs are turning away from private practice ownership and opting instead to choose a paycheck over a P&L statement.
Today's Spotlight
End of the Line for EBMD
Over the years our understanding of EBMD has matured, as has our ability to diagnose and manage it. Here, we review causes, symptoms and treatments.
Today's Spotlight
Spot the Subtleties
A 76-year-old Caucasian female with moderately advanced open-angel glaucoma, OD>OS was initially seen in 2007, at which point she was undiagnosed. At that visit, her optic nerve appearances warranted further evaluation, which confirmed she was a glaucoma suspect without frank structural and functional glaucomatous damage.
The News Feed
Resistance Training Causes IOP Spikes
June 16, 2021
Low Vision Rehabilitation Improves Quality of Life
June 16, 2021
IOP Lowering Correlated with Increases in Vessel Density
June 16, 2021
ORS Resident Case Report Contest Winners Announced
June 15, 2021
ETDRS: Not Enough for Glaucoma
June 15, 2021
Oral Antibiotic Uses for Blepharitis Appears Iffy
June 15, 2021
Consolidated Visual Fields Can Save Clinic Time
June 14, 2021
Account for Cilioretinal Arteries on OCT Imaging
June 11, 2021
Glaucomatous Disc Hemorrhage Accelerates Central VF Loss
June 10, 2021
Sclerals Show Promise in Treating Infectious Keratitis
June 10, 2021
Amp Up Your Sunglasses Game
June 10, 2021
Common Terms Help Optimize Outcomes for Wet AMD Patients
June 09, 2021
Fine-tuning OCT to Better Represent African Americans
June 09, 2021
New Fundus Cameras Document Retinal Status in a Snap
June 08, 2021
How Amblyopia Impairs Children’s Everyday Function
June 08, 2021
UWF Imaging Earns Good Marks in Detecting Early DR
June 08, 2021
High Graft Survival for Corneal Transplants
June 07, 2021
Minority Youth Less Likely to Undergo Diabetic Eye Exams
June 07, 2021
Depression Common Among Patients with Visual Impairment
June 04, 2021
Outer Retinal Layer Thickening Precedes Neovascular AMD
June 04, 2021
More Options for Astigmats
June 04, 2021
Optic Nerve Anatomy Holds Clues to Visual Field Defects
June 03, 2021
Genetic Test Assesses Risk of Keratoconus
June 02, 2021
Jury’s Still Out on Epi-on CXL Benefits Over Epi-off
June 02, 2021
High Myopes at Elevated Risk for Cataract Complications
June 02, 2021
Alcohol Exacerbates Dry Eye in Women
June 01, 2021
YouTube Contact Lens Videos Earn Mixed Reviews
June 01, 2021
TNS Safe Treatment for Ocular Pain
June 01, 2021
Big Screen Camera Handles Small Pupil Patients
May 28, 2021
Rate of GA Enlargement Determined
May 28, 2021
Older OSA Patients More Likely to Develop CSCR
May 26, 2021
Closer CS Test Needed for Patients with Low Vision
May 26, 2021
Study Identifies New Factor in PDR Assessment
May 25, 2021
Look Inside The Current Issue
Features
Be a Retina Referral Rock Star
ODs can—and should—take the lead on screening and monitoring routine cases, only sending to specialists the patients that truly need advanced care.
Understanding Today’s Progressives
Help patients choose and use these lenses with fewer hassles and greater success.
Diagnosis of Bilateral, Combined Hamartomas of the Retina and Retinal Pigment Epithelium in a Pediatric Patient
All individuals with these lesions require careful eye examinations and a detailed case history.
Get Serious About Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists may present an effective option for early intervention.
Multimodal Imaging of Choroidal Melanoma with Submacular Fluid
While rare, arm yourself with the techniques needed to detect this dangerous condition.
Retina Care: The Next Wave
Fifteen years into the anti-VEGF era, protocols are evolving to improve outcomes, reduce treatment burden or both. Here’s what’s new and what’s coming soon.
Stroke of the Eye: Are You Prepared?
When retinal arterial occlusion strikes, you and the patient have only a few hours to act if you want the best odds of preserving vision.
What to Do When It’s Not AMD
Learn how to identify and diagnose the multitude of other macular dystrophies and degenerations.
Departments
Five Easy Pieces
Follow these steps to increase your dry eye diagnostic accuracy.
Burn, Baby, Burn
It is essential to determine the nature of a chemical injury when faced with this ocular emergency.
Don’t Feed the Hand that Bites You
Manage your glaucoma patients to the best of your ability before initiating a referral that may ultimately do more harm than good.
IOP Control: Time to Play Offense?
Interventional glaucoma allows optometrists to minimize the treatment burden for our patients.
Profit and Loss
Who wins and who loses as optometrists choose employment over entrepreneurship?
Rescuing the Retina
Innovations are expanding optometry’s role in care as specialists find themselves overburdened and demand piles up.
Space: the Final Frontier
Where appropriate, work cheiroscopic tracing into your workup to get a better handle of the case in your chair.
The Plot Thickens
When a patient’s clinical outlook changes radically, so too should your approach to differential diagnosis.
Through Thick and Thin
Drug improves endothelial function but also yields corneal edema.
Upcoming Events
Continuing Education
June 2021 • 2.00 Credits
What To Do When It's Not AMD
May 2021 • 2.00 Credits
Get to Know HZO
April 2021 • 2.00 Credits
A New Consensus on Keratoconus
March 2021 • 2.00 Credits
How to Conduct a Good Dry Eye Assessment
Additional Publications
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2021 Clinical Perspectives on Patient Care
Supported by Bausch + Lomb
The annual supplement from Drs. Melton, Thomas and Vollmer tackles questions from the profession on a multitude of clinical responsibilities. Find out how they approach dozens of ocular diseases here! Helping Parents Find Confidence in Myopia Management Using Clinical Data
Menicon Celebrates Milestone: 70th Anniversary
Remote Refraction
Foundations in Glaucoma
Telemedicine Protocols: Best Practices for Adopting Telemedicine in the Dry Eye Practice
Review of Cornea & Contact Lenses
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Keep Presbyopes Sold on Multifocals
Experts offer pearls on combating comfort, vision and price concerns to reduce lens dropout. -
Slowing Myopia Progression with Multifocal Lenses
Integrating this service into practice is beneficial for both patients and ODs. Here’s a primer. -
Seeing Multifocal Optics More Clearly
As the presbyopia population grows, so does the number of multifocal contact lenses. That gives you more options—but also more to master. Here’s an overview. -
ARVO 2021 Highlights: Abstract Review
Learn how new discoveries can help clinicians preserve vision. -
Material Gains: 50 Years of the Soft Contact Lens
A closer look at the evolution of lens materials and what comes next. -
Manufacturing a Brand-New Industry
From humble origins, soft contact lens production ramped up as continual innovations paved the way for a half-century of progress.
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.
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