February 19th 2024
Early keratoconus screening advocated
Medical Crossfire®: Expert Perspectives in Geographic Atrophy – How Can We Prepare for a New Era of Treatment?
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(CME Credit) Addressing Healthcare Inequities Diabetic Retinal Vascular Disease: How Can We Address Ethnic Disparities within the Clinic?
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(COPE Credit) Addressing Healthcare Inequities Diabetic Retinal Vascular Disease: How Can We Address Ethnic Disparities within the Clinic?
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Application of Recent Data in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Diabetic Macular Edema: Managed Care Insights and Strategies
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(COPE Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Restoring the Surface – Impact of Preservatives and Novel Formulations in First Line Treatments for Dry Eye Disease
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(COPE Credit) Analyzing Novel Tear Stimulating Treatments for Special Populations in Dry Eye Disease
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(CME Credit) Community Practice Connection™: Paradigm Shifts in Presbyopia – Understanding Advances in Topical Treatment Innovations
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(CME/CNE Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Restoring the Surface Impact of Preservatives and Novel Formulations in First Line Treatments for Dry Eye Disease
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(CME/CNE Credit) Analyzing Novel Tear Stimulating Treatments for Special Populations in Dry Eye Disease
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(CME Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Improving Management of MGD-Associated Dry Eye Disease—A Look to the Future of Treatment
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(COPE Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Improving Management of MGD-Associated Dry Eye Disease—A Look to the Future of Treatment
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18th Annual Controversies in Modern Eye Care
May 4, 2024
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May 7, 2024
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(COPE Credit) Community Practice Connection™: Paradigm Shifts in Presbyopia – Understanding Advances in Topical Treatment Innovations
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(CME Credit) Learning About the Lid – Optimizing Recognition, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Demodex Blepharitis & Blepharoptosis
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2nd Annual IKA Keratoconus Symposium: Front to Back and Everything in Between
May 18-19, 2024
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(COPE Credit) Learning About the Lid – Optimizing Recognition, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Demodex Blepharitis & Blepharoptosis
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(COPE Credit) Clinical Crossroads: Navigating Neurotrophic Keratitis – The Importance of Avoiding Pitfalls and Ensuring Early Intervention
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Neurotrophic Keratitis Management: How Early Intervention Can Make a Difference
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(CME Credit) Virtual Case Studies™ in Cataract Surgery: Selecting Surgical Techniques and Preventing Intra-Operative Complications
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(CME Credit) Clinical Crossroads: Navigating Neurotrophic Keratitis – The Importance of Avoiding Pitfalls and Ensuring Early Intervention
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17th Annual Controversies in Modern Eye Care
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Thyroid Eye Disease: The Masquerading Eye Disorder—A Guide to Collaborative Care and Accurate Diagnosis
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(CME Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Saving Sight—The Expanding Role of the Optometrist in Retinal Disease Care
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(COPE Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Advances in Geographic Atrophy – Optimizing Diagnosis, Monitoring Progression, and Increasing Communication with Transformative Treatment on the Horizon
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(CME Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Keeping an Eye on Evolving Management Strategies for nAMD and DME
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(COPE Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Saving Sight—The Expanding Role of the Optometrist in Retinal Disease Care
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(CME Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Advances in Geographic Atrophy – Optimizing Diagnosis, Monitoring Progression, and Increasing Communication with Transformative Treatment on the Horizon
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(COPE Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Keeping an Eye on Evolving Management Strategies for nAMD and DME
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What’s New in MGD Beyond Heating and Squeezing?
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Pivotal trial results for vernal conjunctivitis drug released
February 15th 2008Results of a pivotal phase III trial of a cyclosporine A product for the treatment of vernal conjunctivitis (VKC) in children showed that the drug improved symptoms and signs of the orphan disease, and tolerability was excellent, according to the manufacturer.
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Olopatadine beneficial for perennial allergic conjunctivitis
February 15th 2008A pooled analysis of three randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled, conjunctival allergen challenge trials demonstrates that once-daily treatment with olopatadine 0.2% (Pataday, Alcon Laboratories) is equally effective for improving ocular itching caused by exposure to indoor or outdoor allergens.
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Could yogurt solve allergy problems?
August 15th 2007The hygiene hypothesis suggests that smaller family sizes as well as the use of antibiotics and vaccines has led to an allergy epidemic. Probiotics could reverse that epidemic and reduce the risk of developing atopic diseases and, potentially, nasal and ocular symptoms of respiratory allergies.
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Manage allergy symptoms to improve refractive outcomes
February 15th 2007Las Vegas-Identification and pretreatment of allergy patients can improve refractive surgical outcomes, said Deepinder K. Dhaliwal, MD, at a continuing medical education symposium at the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting. About 20% to 30% of refractive surgery patients have associated allergies, she added.
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Focus on preventing corneal complications
February 15th 2007Las Vegas-Ocular allergies affect up to 40% of the pediatric population, and this high prevalence has ramifications beyond providing symptom relief, said Terry Kim, MD, during a continuing medical education symposium here at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
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Beta blocker still option as initial or adjunctive IOP-lowering medication, physician says
January 15th 2007Baltimore-Beta blockers continue to play an important role as an ocular hypotensive agent for both primary and adjunctive treatment, and when a beta blocker is indicated, the novel formulation of timolol maleate 0.5% ophthalmic solution with potassium sorbate (Istalol, ISTA Pharmaceuticals) is a good choice, said Alan L. Robin, MD.
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Trabeculectomy with MMC, glaucoma implant considered equally viable choices
January 15th 2007Las Vegas-In pediatric eyes with uncontrolled aphakic glaucoma and no history of previous surgical intervention, trabeculectomy with mitomycin-C (MMC) and placement of an Ahmed glaucoma implant (AGI, New World Medical) result in comparable outcomes with respect to successful IOP control and rate of complications, according to the findings of a prospective, randomized study undertaken at the Shaheed Beheshti Medical University, Tehran, Iran.
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Preserved medications may have detrimental effects in glaucoma patients with concurrent OSD
January 15th 2007Ocular surface disease (OSD) in patients with glaucoma is surprisingly common, yet it remains an under-recognized condition by eye-care specialists. Among patients with severe OSD, approximately two-thirds concurrently are afflicted with glaucoma (range, 42.9% to 88.4%).1 OSD encompasses a myriad of ocular conditions, including keratoconjunctivitis sicca.
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Lux Biosciences receives FDA clearance for uveitis drug
December 5th 2006Jersey City, NJ-Now that the 30-day waiting period has ended for the investigational new drug application filed by Lux Biosciences Inc. for the development of LX211 in uveitis, the company will begin three controlled, double-masked clinical trials of the next-generation calcineurin inhibitor in early 2007. The studies collectively will enroll more than 500 patients in North America and Europe.
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Vitamin A deficiency returns to an unsuspecting audience
December 1st 2006Houston-Intestinal surgeries-such as gastric bypass, resections of the large and small bowel, and gallbladder removal-may interfere with the intestine's ability to absorb vitamin A, resulting in the potential for severe deficiencies and compromised vision.
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Signs of pellucid marginal degeneration should rule out refractive surgery
November 10th 2006Pellucid marginal degeneration is a subtle condition that could lead to corneal ectasia following laser eye surgery. Although it is atypical and rare, clinicians should learn how to identify pellucid and screen patients for it preoperatively, said Yaron S. Rabinowitz, MD, director of ophthalmology research, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles.
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Sealed capsule irrigation device helps prevent PCO development in small eyes
November 1st 2006Stockholm, Sweden-The Perfect Capsule (Milvella), a sealed capsule irrigation device, seems to be very useful in very small eyes for preventing posterior capsular opacification (PCO), according to Maria Kugelberg, MD, PhD.
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FDA approves B&L plasma treatment of GP contact lenses
October 15th 2006Las Vegas-Bausch & Lomb has received U.S. FDA approval to add a cold oxygen plasma treatment to the manufacturing process of gas permeable (GP) contact lenses made with Boston materials. B&L made the announcement recently at the American Optometric Association Congress and Annual American Optometric Student Association Conference.
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Safety favorable with pediatric primary IOL implantation
October 15th 2006Charleston, SC-Pediatric cataract surgery with IOL implantation and primary posterior capsulectomy plus vitrectomy is associated with a satisfactory outcome, especially in children operated on after their first birthday, said Rupal H. Trivedi, MD, MSCR.
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Boston's Dr. Grosskreutz awarded glaucoma prize
October 1st 2006New York-Cynthia L. Grosskreutz, MD, PhD, co-director of Glaucoma Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, and assistant professor of ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, received the New York Academy of Medicine's 2006 Lewis Rudini Glaucoma Prize for the discovery of an enzyme that contributes to nerve cell death in the eye in glaucoma.
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Remote imaging system increases doctor's reach to premature infants
September 15th 2006Palo Alto, CA-Darius Moshfeghi, MD, pediatric retina specialist at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Palo Alto, CA, and one of just a few physicians in California's Bay Area trained to diagnose retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), is using technology to bring his expertise to premature babies without having to travel to see them.
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FDA approves B&L plasma treatment of GP contact lenses
September 15th 2006Las Vegas-Bausch & Lomb has received U.S. FDA approval to add a cold oxygen plasma treatment to the manufacturing process of gas-permeable (GP) contact lenses made with Boston materials. B&L made the announcement recently at the American Optometric Association Congress and Annual American Optometric Student Association Conference.
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Children's reading problems can be complicated to decipher
September 15th 2006La Jolla, CA-Screening for problems that affect school performance can be a challenge, according to David B. Granet, MD, who posed the question: "Who evaluates whether patients understand what they see?" Dr. Granet explained the task of pediatric ophthalmologists.
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Should IOP be adjusted for corneal thickness alone?
September 15th 2006While the Goldmann applanation tonometer is a very accurate instrument for measuring IOP compared with previous instruments, ophthalmologists now know that central corneal thickness (CCT) is much more variable than was believed when the instrument was developed.
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Coming home in the evening, I sometimes feel compelled to share with my daughter and spouse something I learned at work that day. This is always a mistake. Invariably my wisdom is greeted with a quick retort from my teenage daughter: "Dad, stop talking." My darling wife and love of my life is more generous; after expressing interest and asking a few questions, she tells me where I have gone wrong. Sometimes this results in an argument, as it did on this evening.
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Book helps kids prepare for eye surgery
August 15th 2006As a pediatric ophthalmologist, Mark Silverberg, MD, relies on special tactics and tools to make his young patients feel at ease. Dr. Silverberg is pleased to have a new book to share with kids and their families that tells the story of eye surgery from a child's perspective, in simple terms with illustrative photographs.
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