Primary Care Optometry News Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• ODs provide better care with the use of injections, despite resistance
• OD shares pearls for injecting chalazia
• Smart phone adapter makes slit lamp photography more mobile, economical
• Evidence indicates link between hyperhomocysteinemia, AMD Thomas J. de Junco, OD; Elisa F. de Junco, OD
• ODs should have license to treat by the most effective route Michael D. DePaolis, OD, FAAO
• ADHD may be more prevalent in children with vision impairments, study says
• B+L introduces new multifocal silicone hydrogel
• Brien Holden Vision Institute expands into commercial projects
• Data suggest ciliary muscle thickness affects academic achievement
• Differences in wettability among silicone hydrogel-solution combinations relevant
• Femtosecond phaco found to enhance vision over traditional procedure
• Heidelberg introduces perimeter at AAO
• Long-term outcomes from patching, atropine in children remain into adolescence, speaker says
• Obesity a hormonal problem, according to speaker at Ocular Nutrition Society meeting
• Ocular surface abnormalities appear to parallel diabetic peripheral neuropathy
• Presenter: Best limbal stem cell deficiency treatment is with patient’s own cells
• Presenter: Decreasing incidence of myopia would be significant public health benefit
• Presenter: Monocular drug trial does not work
• Researchers attempt shift from embryonic to induced pluripotent stem cells
• Stem cells hold promise for restoring, replacing RPE, RGCs
• Study indicates accuracy of King-Devick test in detecting concussion
• ODs must watch for ocular complications of psychotropic drugs
• Take advantage of Pinterest to market your practice Agustin L. Gonzalez, OD, FAAO, ABCMO
• Eyelid lesions cause cosmetic concerns Leonid Skorin Jr., OD, DO, MS, FAAO, FAOCO; Caleb Rink