Optometry

Independent medical practices continue to adopt electronic health record technology at an increasing rate.

Understanding the cause of elevated IOP in patients with uveitis is the basis for developing a rational treatment plan.

The premium sunglasses business is very trendy.

Leading refractive surgeons agree wavefront-guided ablation is a significant advance in laser vision correction, but have different opinions about its role in treating myopic eyes with low higher-order aberrations.

A record number of ophthalmologists hit the hallways on Capitol Hill last month to urge their legislators to protect Americans' access to eye care and boost funding for eye research.

The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology closed its 2012 annual meeting with more than 12,500 participants – its largest attendance ever.

Using interferon alpha-2b systemically for the treatment of refractory uveitic cystoid macular edema may be helpful in carefully selected patients.

The corrections following phacoemulsification and IOL implantation that are achievable today are a far cry from those commanded in the 1970s when 20/40 corrected bilaterally was considered an accomplishment following implantation of the early IOLs.

Losing staff is a devastating experience.

As outgoing president of the ASCRS, Edward J. Holland, MD, can be recognized for a number of accomplishments and the introduction of several new initiatives.

As a rule, the latest and greatest new technology first becomes available to the haves in this world, and only much later, if at all, to the have-nots.

Adoption of electronic health record technology has been slow, particularly among ophthalmologists.

Many agents have been investigated in clinical trials for neuroprotection in glaucoma, but none has proven efficacy, and so IOP control continues to be the mainstay strategy for preventing glaucoma progression.

Epimacular brachytherapy was described as "interesting and encouraging" at the 2-year time point for treating exudative age-related macular degeneration that had been previously treated with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor injections.

Topical branded nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are safe to use in patients with evaporative dry eye syndrome and in those with meibomian gland dysfunction.

Results from randomized controlled clinical trials investigating populations covering the spectrum from ocular hypertension to advanced glaucoma provide clear evidence that for most patients, glaucoma is an IOP-sensitive optic neuropathy for which lowering IOP is effective in slowing or arresting progression.

Ophthalmologists should not order routine genetic tests for patients with common disorders like age-related macular degeneration until there are specific therapeutic interventions available to treat the disease based on the genetic information.

The acceleration of research focused on dry eye over the past several decades has led to an increase in knowledge regarding the pathophysiology of the disease.

Dry eye comes in a variety of guises and, once diagnosed, may require various therapeutic options.

The world of glaucoma management in 2012 is feeling the impact of not only a variety of challenges, but also new opportunities.

Many ophthalmologists may be dropping the ball when treating moderate dry eye, which could result in progression to more severe stages of disease.

Having the ARVO meeting in any of various locations enables the group to accommodate more program options and have a variety of hotel options nearby.

FDA investigators say counterfeit vials of Roche/Genentech's bevacizumab that have turned up in U.S. medical practices for the second time in 2 months have no active ingredient.

Tear osmolarity is well correlated to visual function, and may also be a key marker of dry eye disease

Ophthalmologists expressed a little more optimism than primary-care physicians, when asked to evaluate the financial state of their practices in a national survey conducted in 2011.

The golden rule, a maxim the author learned in kindergarten, remains crucial to his practice of medicine today.

It is vital to identify and prevent dry eye and blepharitis pre-surgery because these conditions can affect IOL calculations and more.

The tear layer approach is effective in the diagnosis and treatment of dry eye syndrome.

Though advances have been made in achieving better functional vision in some patients with ocular injuries, the overall rates of improvements in visual acuity have remained static for three decades.

In this quartery column in association with Ophthalmic Women Leaders, Beiting launches the series with five pearls for anyone seeking more exposure from the podium.