Primary Care Optometry News Current Issue

The following articles appeared in the print edition of Primary Care Optometry News.

Table of Contents

• Hong Kong Polytechnic develops spectacle lens to slow, halt myopia
• Maryland governor signs bill to protect kids from digital screens
• Micro insert technology potential option for emmetropic presbyopes Jessica Heckman, OD
• Optos launches Monaco, UWF retinal imaging device with OCT
• Patient evaluation, education, lead to refractive cataract surgery success Sondra Black, OD
• PCON wins health care publishing award
• Surgeon proposes keratoconus is caused by eye rubbing
• Sidebar: VisAbility undergoes phase 3 studies
• First establish if headaches are primary or secondary variants Michael D. DePaolis, OD, FAAO
• Corneal biomechanics explain variability in results with different tonometers
• Glaucoma logbook helps improve patients’ knowledge of disease
• Stereoacuity lower in patients with glaucoma
• Assessment tool accurately identifies patients at risk for dry eye
• At-home OCT monitoring of retinal disease a possibility
• Confocal microscopy measures lifestyle effects on cornea
• Deep learning algorithm, fundus photos diagnose glaucoma
• Lid laxity may help diagnose dry eye
• MGD responds similarly to doxycycline, azithromycin
• Quarterly anti-VEGF dosing for AMD improves vision in some patients
• Researchers: All diabetes patients should be evaluated for dry eye
• Results with voice-active refractor show no statistical difference to phoropter
• Rho kinase inhibitor added to glaucoma treatment options
• Study finds NovaTears increases tear film, lipid layer thickness
• Time of day influences ocular response to defocus
• Topical treatment for DME tolerated in first-in-human trial
• Compile a complete case history for patients with headache
• Sidebar: How to evaluate the paranasal air sinuses
• Dry eye exam reveals corneal deposits Chandra Mickles, OD, MSc, FAAO, FSLS; Carol Yu, OD