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AAOpt 2024: Simplifying genetic testingMohammad 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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How to manage adenoviral conjunctivitisAdenoviral 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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How to manage adenoviral conjunctivitisAdenoviral 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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How to manage adenoviral conjunctivitisAdenoviral 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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AOA 2024: Decoding early keratoconus: The new management paradigmDrs 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: How they affect optometry, how ODs can helpSports 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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Gene therapy: The future is nowStudies allow optometrists to tell patients that there is hope.
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Alzheimer's disease and optometry: diagnosis, prevention, managementStuart 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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Using imaging to identify demodexSome 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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Diabetes may impact dry eyePatients 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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Advancements in refractive surgery show promiseRefractive 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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The effectiveness of lid cleansers on demodex in vitroAl 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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AAOpt 2024: The TFOS Lifestyle Report on elective medications and proceduresTracy 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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Treating inflammation tackles filamentary keratitisCorneal 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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Drug offers hope in treating ocular melanomaRichard Carvajal, MD, associate professor at Columbia University Medical Center, discusses one drug potential to treat ocular melanoma at ARVO 2018 in Honolulu.
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Placebo may be as good as omega-3s according to DREAM study findingsPenny Asbell, MD, professor of ophthalmology at Mount Sinai in New York, NY, discusses the Dry Eye Assessment and Management Study (DREAM) study and why omega-3s may be no better than a placebo in helping dry eye at ARVO 2018 in Honolulu.
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The methodology and findings of the DREAM studyEric Kuklinski, clinical research coordinator at Mount Sinai in New York, NY, discusses the methodology behind the Dry Eye Assessment and Management Study (DREAM) study and its findings at ARVO 2018 in Honolulu.
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Elevating optometric keratoconus managementWhat to know about evolving guidelines and potential medicolegal risks.
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How a study group can help youStudy groups can help their members via group discussion and sharing. If you’re looking to form or join a study group, find out what leads to success.
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Lessons in leadership from Dori Carlson, OD, FAAOWhy optometrists should embrace leadership for a better tomorrow
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The double standard of clinical care: Do as I say, not as I doMichael Brown, OD, MHS-CL, FAAO reflects on how, sometimes, doctors fail to practice what they preach
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How students learn perioperative careAt the Rosenberg School of Optometry at the University of the Incarnate Word, fourth-years get hands-on experience in care for patients pre- and post-surgery, preparing them for real-world comanaging relationships.
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How diabetes affects your patientsMore than 9 percent of U.S. adults have diabetes, and those patients are sitting in your chair. Find out how diabetes affects your patients’ vision.
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How artificial intelligence can transform eye careIn the near future, eyecare providers will have devices that, given an image of a patient’s retina, can tell us the exact diagnosis at the touch of a button. AI will play an increasingly significant role in the way healthcare providers care for their patients in the clinic. There is real and imminent potential for earlier, more accurate, and more uniform diagnosis.
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How to help the unhappy patient after successful surgeryEvery member of the office staff plays an integral part in setting the tone of competence, caring, and efficiency.
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10 steps to a phenomenal patient experienceTaking these 10 steps will help lead your patients to receiving a phenomenal experience and take your technician career to the next level.
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3 tips to upgrading astigmatic contact lens patientsHelping astigmatic patients see more clearly can an exciting part of fitting contact lenses. There is significant value to the patient and to the practice in correcting low astigmatic patients.
