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With Geographic Atrophy Treatment Options Available, Primary Care ODs Play Important...
If there’s one compelling reason why primary care optometrists should be looking for signs of geographic atrophy, it’s this: “We see 88 million comprehensive...
Detecting Geographic Atrophy Is Not Just for Retina Specialists
Cecelia Koetting, OD, FAAO DipABO, of the University of Colorado School of Medicine, specializes in neuro-optometry, anterior segment and ocular surface disease, “but I’m still...
ODs Should Be Proactive in Identifying Patients at Risk for AMD
A patient’s age-related macular degeneration (AMD) at any stage should rise to a high level of importance for optometrists. Imaging is important to feel...
Having the Difficult Discussion With Patients on Geographic Atrophy
As one of the ODs at Ohio’s Cincinnati Eye Institute, Mary Beth Yackey, OD, often sees patients with progressing ocular diseases. Patients who are...
Iveric Bio Receives U.S. FDA Approval for IZERVAY™ (avacincaptad pegol intravitreal...
– IZERVAY is the only approved GA treatment with a statistically significant reduction in the rate of GA progression at the 12-month primary endpoint across...
Detecting Geographic Atrophy is in Optometry’s Wheelhouse
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a great, non-invasive imaging modality that many ODs are using in their practices. However, OCTs are often ordered only...
Geographic Atrophy: The Importance of Imaging
Imaging is critical to the detection and monitoring of geographic atrophy (GA). In The Importance of Imaging, SriniVas Sadda, MD, talks with Eric Donnefeld,...
Don’t Assume Patients Know That Nutrition Is Important to Eye Health
Amanda Legge, OD, of Wyomissing Optometric Center in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, has long believed that proper nutrition has a positive impact on overall eye health....
The Carotenoids Are Coming for Thanksgiving Dinner
Thanksgiving dinner may stand out as the most carotenoid-happy meal of the year. Green beans, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie, brussels sprouts, cranberry sauce and...
Differentiate Your Practice with MacuHealth’s Science and Support
With every advance in technology, products and information to keep up on, it can be hard to know which options are actually the best...
