Nutrition News

In “Nutrition conference speakers stress importance of carotenoids” in the December 2018 issue of Primary Care Optometry News, pages 1 and 15, this sentence should have read: He measured MPOD with the Macular Densitometer (developed by Billy R. Wooten, PhD, from Brown University) and CST by using a rapid assessment variation of the Pelli-Robson chart on an LCD screen, he said.

The importance of macular pigment was a common theme at the Brain and Ocular Nutrition Conference, formerly the Macular Carotenoid Conference, held in Cambridge, England.

SAN ANTONIO – Decreasing the resistance of ocular blood flow around the optic nerve in patients with glaucoma may benefit patients long-term, Nate Lighthizer, OD, said here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting.

To the Editor:

EyePromise announced that it has appointed Andreas Wolf as president and Peggy Stohr as CFO.

EyePromise announced that macular pigment optical density measurement by heterochromatic flicker photometry has earned a Category III CPT code from the American Medical Association.

DENVER – Here at Optometry’s Meeting, Ben Gaddie, OD, shared the results of a study that showed that the Optic Nerve Formula (ScienceBased Health) improved ocular blood flow in almost all measures.

Bausch + Lomb announced the launch of PreserVision AREDS 2 Formula Chewable vitamins.

Executives from MacuHealth and MedOp Health resolved their lawsuit with “a mutual and satisfactory agreement,” according to a press release from MacuHealth.

Neonatal caffeine therapy for apnea of prematurity in very low birth weight infants showed improved visuomotor, visuoperceptual and visuospatial outcomes at age 11 years compared with infants who did not receive the therapy, according to study results published in Pediatrics.