Tag: disease
OD Finds Second Purpose Through Hospice Work
Twelve years ago, Kathryn Richdale, OD, PhD, Dipl CCLRT, and her family experienced something no one plans for: her dad, Peter, entered hospice care...
Survey Reveals Need for Patient-Physician Communication in Glaucoma
The Preservative Freedom Coalition, a group of stakeholders across eye health that focus on raising awareness of unmet needs in ocular surface disease, announced...
Breakthrough Gene Editing Technique Offers Hope for Stargardt Disease Patients
Researchers have developed a highly efficient gene editing therapy that could potentially treat Stargardt disease, the most common form of inherited macular degeneration. This...
More Sleep Can Mean Less Dry Eye Disease
Guest editorial by Melissa Barnett, OD, FAAO, FSLS, FBCLA, and Jaclyn Garlich, OD, FAAO
This story was originally published in Review of Presbyopia and the Aging...
World Council of Optometry and Alcon Extend Global Partnership for Dry...
The World Council of Optometry (WCO) and Alcon are extending their education initiative to advance global, evidence-based dry eye disease education, which has garnered...
New Study Finds Hawaii Has Best Eye Health in U.S., West...
A new study finds Hawaii has the best eye health in America and West Virginia has the worst.
Seven of the 10 best states for eye health are...
The First and Only IPL FDA-approved for Dry Eyes Due to...
Laura Periman, MD, talks about the first and only IPL FDA-approved for dry eye disease due to meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD). "I've been treating...
Elevate Patient Care With OptiLIGHT by Lumenis Light Therapy
Discover how Carly Rose, OD, elevated patient care with OptiLIGHT by Lumenis light therapy. "The patients have been so pleased with OptiLIGHT," Dr. Rose...
Finding the Right Match
After her 2016 graduation from Western University of Health Sciences College of Optometry, Amanda Setto, OD, MBA, FAAO, worked in a refractive surgery office....
Corporate Location Gives Young OD More Time to Learn
India-born Sherene Vazhappilly, OD, moved to the western hemisphere with her family in second grade. They spent about eight years in various U.S. states...
