Primary Care Optometry News

NEW YORK — Optometrists may be the first to recognize adverse effects of systemic medications, which warrants collaboration with the prescribing physician, Jessica Steen, OD, FAAO, Dipl ABO, said at Vision Expo East.

ATLANTA — An expert panel at SECO 2024 agreed that artificial intelligence will have a role in patient care but will not replace the human component.

The theme for this year’s World Optometry Week, March 17 to 23, is “Advancing Optometry’s Commitment to Global Eye Care,” the World Council of Optometry announced in a press release.

ATLANTA — Primary care optometrists can manage patients with mild traumatic brain injury in their practices without the need for vision therapy equipment, Heidi Bell, OD, FAAO, FCOVD, said at SECO 2024.

ATLANTA — New molecularly targeted cancer medications can cause ocular surface and retinal toxicities, according to Joseph P. Shovlin, OD, FAAO, at SECO 2024.

WAILEA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2024, Patricia Buehler, MD, MPH, discusses the benefits of Ziplyft, a new device for eyelid surgery.

Consideration of sex and gender in trial design, enrollment and data analysis is needed to improve the validity and equity of ophthalmology trials associated with FDA drug approvals, according to research in JAMA Ophthalmology.

More than 104 million working-age Americans spend more than 7 hours a day in front of screens, resulting in an estimated $151 billion in health system, productivity and well-being costs, the American Optometric Association reported.

NEW ORLEANS — A survey of American Academy of Optometry fellows revealed a low level of depression but a high level of burnout, Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, APRN-CNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN, said during the annual meeting plenary session.

WAILEA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2024, Andrew G. Lee, MD, discusses neuro-ophthalmic mimics of thyroid eye disease.