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ATLANTA – John Randolph, MD, spoke about the increasing incidence of vein occlusions and clinical variability. He said these patients fit into three categories: “They are patients that have a combined artery and vein occlusion, those that have a vascular or VEGF-driven disease process or patients that have an inflammatory process.”

Each room in my clinic has a list of medications taped to the wall. It’s basically the only thing on the walls besides the phone number to call during an emergency and the eye chart.

The Senate Health and Human Services Committee of Georgia approved legislation allowing optometrists the right to administer pharmaceutical agents by injection, according to the Georgia General Assembly website.

There probably has never been a generation that, in middle age, didn’t look with some judgment on the group following in its footsteps. So it’s not surprising that millennials have been cast as less than worthy heirs of the current professional world.

Johnson & Johnson completed the acquisition of Abbott Medical Optics in an all-cash $4.325 billion payment, according to a J&J press release issued today.

Thermal pulsation therapy may significantly improve dry eye symptoms and may improve objective clinical parameters of tear break-up time, meibomian gland dysfunction and corneal staining, according to researchers.

Every year CooperVision Inc. recognizes optometry industry leaders who have forged new pathways to success in the face of industry changes and increased competition while also finding unique ways to provide exceptional patient care.

A 59-year-old African American male presented with a chief complaint of distorted and blurred vision that is worse in the right eye than the left. The patient reported that his vision appeared as if he were looking through a “drop of water” for the last 6 weeks.

In my early years in practice, I worked with a multispecialty ophthalmology practice in a hospital setting. We had plenty of ophthalmologists, residents, fellows and physicians.

Last month a patient of mine came back to the clinic telling me of his difficulty with his glasses. His complaints have always been variable, but mostly stating that he has difficulty reading letters, whether they are far or near.