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I think we’ll all agree technology is great and wonderful. We wouldn't be where we are as a profession without technological advances and the vast improvements these technologies provide in caring for our patients. Yet as with any new technology, sometimes it is difficult to discern its boundaries.

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Walter Whitley, OD, MBA, FAAO, weighs in on the importance of staying in the know of innovations in treatment options for the sake of patient care.

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Miriam Korik, OD, and Justin Kwan, OD, FAAO, discuss the shift of myopia management from a specialty to a vital aspect of primary care optometry, emphasizing the need for more practitioners to integrate effective strategies and collaborate for better patient outcomes.

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Screen time affecting millennials’ eye health.

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Eye physicals should be full-scope

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Dr David Kading explores various treatment options for MGD, including thermal pulsation and light-based therapies such as low-level and intense pulsed light (IPL).

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Marc Taub, OD, MS, FAAO, FCOVD, took a moment to speak to Optometry Times about exciting, dynamic technology that can improve experience in vision therapy rooms.

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An ocular wellness regimen doesn’t need to be complicated—simply wipe, spray, and warm

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Steve Ferrucci, OD, FAAO, discussed the detection and treatment of geographic atrophy during his AAOpt 2024 lecture, "Imaging Techniques and Emerging Therapies for Geographic Atrophy."

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Examine the anterior segment for risk factor identification and early diagnosis.

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A few optometrists share which innovations in optometry they were most excited about in 2024.

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New contact lens releases moisturizers during wear to maintain homeostasis

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Mohammad Rafieetary, OD, FAAO, FORS, Dipl ABO, ABCMO, details the ease of genetic testing when diagnosing patients or reassessing a patient's diagnosis.

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Adenoviral conjunctivitis (Ad-CS) has never been so popular a topic as it is right now. With over 26 million viewers tuning in to watch the Olympics, Americans have watched Bob Costas’s unilateral conjunctivitis worsen, then become bilateral. His ocular condition prompted many commentators to remark, “Can’t someone help him?”

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Adenoviral conjunctivitis (Ad-CS) has never been so popular a topic as it is right now. With over 26 million viewers tuning in to watch the Olympics, Americans have watched Bob Costas’s unilateral conjunctivitis worsen, then become bilateral. His ocular condition prompted many commentators to remark, “Can’t someone help him?”

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Adenoviral conjunctivitis (Ad-CS) has never been so popular a topic as it is right now. With over 26 million viewers tuning in to watch the Olympics, Americans have watched Bob Costas’s unilateral conjunctivitis worsen, then become bilateral. His ocular condition prompted many commentators to remark, “Can’t someone help him?”

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Drs Clark Chang and Tracy Lynn Schroeder Swartz give an overview of their Optometry's Meeting talk on detecting keratoconus early, providing tips for the proper technology to use and how to properly detect high-risk patients.

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Sports concussions continue to make the news as long-term effects continue to emerge. Katherine K. Weise, OD, MBA, FAAO, explains how concussions and optometry are related and how ODs can help assist patients who suffer side effects of sports concussions.

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Studies allow optometrists to tell patients that there is hope.

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Stuart Richer, OD, PhD, provides an overview of his AOA 2022 presentation titled, "Alzheimer's disease: diagnostic criteria, prevention, and lifestyle management."

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Some ODs find diagnosing demodex to be a challenge. Nick Pondelis of Tufts Medical Center explains how imaging may be helpful in successfully diagnosing and treating demodex at ARVO 2018 in Honolulu.

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Patients with diabetes may need to add a dry eye workup to their health assessments. Scott Schwartz, OD, from Detroit, MI, discusses his poster, “Does diabetes make a difference in dry eye,” at ARVO 2018 in Honolulu.

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Refractive surgery options continue to evolve. Jake Weber, student at Southern College of Optometry, compares newer refractive surgery devices to traditional refractive surgery weighing the pros and cons at ARVO 2018 in Honolulu.

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Al Kabat, OD, FAAO, professor at Southern College of Optometry, discusses his research of the available lid cleansers on the market and how they perform at eradicating demodex in vitro at ARVO 2018 in Honolulu.

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Tracy Doll, OD, FAAO, details portions of the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society Lifestyle Report, which discussed certain risk factors that we may have for development of ocular surface dryness or dry eye.

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A rapid-fire, top-level review of what happened in optometry in 2023.

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Corneal filaments frequently recur after removal, and resolution occurs only by treating the patient’s underlying inflammation. This case illustrates the need to move to atypical therapies, such as N-acetylcysteine.

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Richard Carvajal, MD, associate professor at Columbia University Medical Center, discusses one drug potential to treat ocular melanoma at ARVO 2018 in Honolulu.