The prevalence of non-adherence with IOP-lowering medications underscores the need for optometrists to frequently re-assess medication use in glaucoma patients and consider therapies that will enable compliance and prevent it from becoming an efficacy-limiting issue.

Diplopic patients can be enormous consumers of time in a busy practice.

Co-management relationships with ophthalmologists differ from community to community, but it's often best for the optometrist to take a proactive role in the pre-and postoperative decision-making and care.

Research investigating the epidemiology of IOP-lowering medication use in the U.S. population will hopefully suggest targets for efforts designed to improve medication access and patient care, one expert says.

Low vision care is a much needed service that can be personally gratifying for optometrists as well as a financially rewarding opportunity.

This three-part series follows one optometrist's successful journey from leaseholder to building owner.

For successful diagnosis and management of patients with glaucoma, optometrists must understand the structure-function relationship as the disease progresses and be proficient at performing structural and functional exams using imaging devices that provide reproducible, objective measurements.

The most frustrating part of fitting glasses is fitting progressive addition lenses and the resulting problem with lens wearer rejections, non-adaptation, and high re-do rates caused by ill-fitting PALs.

A new multipurpose diagnostic instrument, featuring an infrared illumination system, is a useful tool for imaging meibomian gland structures in the upper and lower lids.

Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography is demonstrating itself to be useful tool for measuring retinal shape and cone photoreceptor density across the retina.

Nearly 26 million people in the United States have diabetes, and, chances are, some of your patients are among them.

Some of the local men of Italian descent who visit Armstrong Eye Care Associates in Kittanning, PA, often bear gifts.

Currently, many individuals are living with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), and optometrists are likely to have individuals infected with HIV/AIDS present as patients.

Corneal staining is a useful differential diagnostic tool, but one that is sometimes misunderstood.

Interocular symmetry in average keratometry, pachymetry, and posterior elevation are useful screening tools for corneal pathology.

Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography is an ideal tool for retinal layer-by-layer analysis and is revolutionizing the identification and localization of various retinal pathologies.

Clinically friendly technology for the evaluation of the tear film will play an increasing role in helping optometrists diagnose and treat dry eye disease.

B-scan ultrasound is very useful technology for imaging and diagnosing posterior segment pathology.

As the author follows the Republican presidential debates, he is constantly reminded of how increasing governmental regulations are affecting his entire life.

The prevalence of carotid artery disease – one of the leading causes of ischemic stroke – increases with advancing age.