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The 2020 Podcast: How Micro Prism Can Change Your Life and...
This week on the 2020 podcast, Dr. Harbir Sian explores the challenges and misconceptions surrounding binocular vision (BV) in optometry. For many optometrists, BV...
Top Optometry News: XDEMVY, MIEBO, IZERVAY, Ray-Ban Meta, Teleoptometry and More
Drs. Jennifer Lyerly, Jaclyn Garlich, and Darryl Glover share their experiences and insights from clinic life to the latest optometry news. They explore topics ranging from the 'Don't Say Doctor' Bill's impact on optometry to the groundbreaking treatments for geographic atrophy, the impact of MIEBO, Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses, XDEMVY, and more optometry news.
Hyperopia and the correlation with AMD.
A new study examined the relationship between AMD and refractive error.
The study details:
The study examined 196 eyes (of 98 patients) in a Turkish population, all whom...
What your patient might ask you…
Can you predict how myopic my child will become?
A new study says it can.
The details:
The study used health record refraction data for almost 130,000 Chinese children...
Did your cataract surgeon graduate over 25 years ago?
A new study says they still do a solid job. The study published in JAMA Ophthalmology found that being a "late-career" surgeon, meaning out of school for...
Might want to double check your med list.
In a new study, researchers checked patients' blood serum concentrations for various medications and found that over half of them were taking medications not listed...
We are getting holistic over here.
A recent study showed that primary open angle glaucoma patients who meditated were able to lower their eye pressure by 25%.
The study details:
A total of 90...
The PRO-CON study.
The question:Â If my patient has wet AMD in one eye, would prophylactic intravitreal injections in the other eye prevent wet AMD from developing?
Why did...
Study examining metformin use and AMD.
The question:Â Can metformin use decrease the risk of AMD?
Maybe. New research from Taiwan examined the data of over 68,000 patients diagnosed with diabetes from 2001-2013....
The LADDER study.
The question:Â Can we use a port system to deliver anti-VEGF for wet AMD instead of doing monthly injections?
In the LADDER trial (Long-Acting Delivery of...