Nutrition News

ATLANTA – A discussion with patients about their current dietary habits and nutritional supplementation can help the optometrist customize a dry eye treatment plan, according to a speaker here at SECO.

ORLANDO, Fla. – As patients learn more about alternative therapies, one glaucoma specialist still recommends medication first, then elevating low systemic blood pressure – and then supplements.

Bausch + Lomb announced the launch of PreserVision AREDS 2 Formula minigel eye vitamins in the U.S.

We’ve seen a paradigm shift in our approach towards patients, evolving from merely looking at the eye itself to considering the patient as a whole.

Primary open-angle glaucoma was found to be associated with lower plasmatic nicotinamide levels, and researchers suggest that the vitamin may have future therapeutic use.

The eye health nutraceutical company, EyePromise, recently introduced Screen Shield Pro as the newest addition in its eye vitamin line.

Bausch + Lomb announced the U.S. launch of Ocuvite Eye Performance, an ocular supplement containing high levels of seven nutrients to strengthen the macula.

Guardion Health Sciences Inc. announced the launch of GlaucoCetin, a propriety formula shown in a clinical trial to reverse mitochondrial dysfunction in the optic nerve cells of glaucoma patients.

EyePromise has added Screen Shield Teen to its ocular nutrition supplement line.

by Paul Hrkal, ND