Primary Care Optometry News Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Optometrists should be treating myopia progression Thomas Aller, OD, FBCLA
• Corneal inlays provide another option for presbyopes Jeffrey M. Augustine, OD
• Researchers estimate nearly 1 billion with high myopia by 2050
• Studies show promising results for PiXL procedure in low myopia
• Use newer technologies to detect glaucoma in challenging patients Elliot M. Kirstein, OD, FAAO
• Abnormal dark adaptation: An early biomarker for AMD Michael D. DePaolis, OD, FAAO
• Diabetic retinopathy correlates with hearing loss
• Diabetics cite many reasons for noncompliance with dilated eye exams
• Patients report more comfort, tolerability with personalized PALs
• Smartphone use, urban living possible risk factors for DED
• Study does not support field improvement after IOP-reducing therapy
• Vessel density indicates glaucoma severity using OCT-A
• Weight loss after bariatric surgery weakly correlated with IOP lowering
• Color contact lens wearers report high satisfaction
• Digital device use intensity affects toric lens comfort
• Look to the gut for autoimmunity, says speaker at Ocular Nutrition Society
• Midpoint, max-plus refraction equivalent after inlays
• Patients report 30 days of comfort with lotrafilcon B lenses
• Speaker: Glaucoma on the cusp of personalized medicine
• Survey: Most practitioners do not screen for MGD
• Tear osmolarity provides data on level of ocular stress
• Vitamin D is underestimated, researcher says
• Dark adaptation test may detect AMD earlier than traditional technology
• Suspicious, growing lesion on lower lid Leonid Skorin Jr., OD, DO, MS, FAAO, FAOCO; Maria Joan Spadaro, CNP; Zachary Lundgren, BA