Multiple Sclerosis

Oncologists, and physicians in general, are trained to strive for excellence, remain strong and resilient in the most difficult circumstances, and devote themselves to the patients who depend on them.

A day rarely goes by without a development in the contact lens arena. Whether it is a new product, a different way to provide patients with lenses, a call for education, patient protection measures or a paradigm shift, there is always something new for contact lens prescribers to consider incorporating into their practices to provide better care.

SightGlass Vision Inc. is conducting a 3-year clinical trial of novel spectacle lenses to reduce myopia progression in children, according to a poster presented at the International Myopia Conference in Tokyo.

by Katie Greiner, OD, MS, MBA, FAAO

In this issue, Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDE, CDN, FAADE, talks with Michelle May, MD, and Megrette Fletcher, MEd, RD, CDE, about mindful eating for diabetes self-management.

Venous thromboembolism — which includes deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism — causes up to 100,000 deaths annually in the United States and affects patients in numerous health care settings, regardless of age.

A study of patients undergoing a modified trabeculectomy confirmed what Dilip D. Pandit, MS, said he has known for 20 years: Removing a perpendicular flap of sclera along with the trabecular meshwork increases the procedure’s success rate.