Written By: Susanne Medeiros For years, patients suffering from dry eye have had few options. Most simply purchased artificial tears and hoped they got better. But scientists are coming up with new therapies that do more than just relieve symptoms. Earlier this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first medical device for the treatment of dry […]
A Local Ohio Woman’s Vision and Wedding Day Is Threatened
Te’ LaVette sometimes slept in her contact lenses for up to two weeks at a time — and it caught up with her on her wedding day. Quality care saved the day and her sight. Thomas Steinemann, MD, diagnosed Te’ LaVette with a corneal infection but managed to save her vision. Written By: Susanne Medeiros […]
Eye makeup tips to help keep your eyes healthy and beautiful
Eye makeup tips to help keep your eyes healthy and beautiful Eye Do: Make sure your face and eyelids are clean before applying your makeup Apply makeup outside the lash line and away from your eye to avoid blocking the oil glands that help protect your eye’s surface Before you go to bed, remove all […]
Make your life easier with a Warm Eye Compress!
Make your life easier with a Warm Eye Compress! Microwave Activated Moist Heat Compress featuring patented MediBeads technology Get rid of those wet, smelly wash cloths! A clinically proven and natural way to treat chronic dry eye, MGD and Blepharitis. Simply microwave for 20-25 seconds and apply for 10 minutes. The BRUDER Moist Heat Eye […]
Considering LASIK?
Do You Wear Contacts? Have You Been Considering LASIK eye surgery? A recent study finds risk of microbial keratitis is higher for contact lens wearers compared to LASIK patients. Article by Liz Hillman EyeWorld Staff Writer “Our findings for daily wear of soft contact lenses can be extrapolated to show that the lifetime risk for […]
Topical Ocular Formulation Using Cannabinoids For Glaucoma Under Development
From ASCRS EyeWorld Weekly Update March 31, 2017 Voume 22, Number 13 A topical ocular formulation of tetrahydrocannabinol-valine-hemisuccinate (THCVHS), a prodrug of THC, will be further developed in an agreement between Nanomerics (London) and NEMUS Bioscience (Costa Mesa, California). Tetrahydrocannabinol-valine-hemisuccinate is an active component of the drug candidate NB1111 (NEMUS Bioscience), which is under development […]
When LDL Goes Down, Do Cataracts Go Up?
From Review of Ophthalmology www.reviewofophthalmology.com Volume XXIV No. 3 March 2017 Excerpts: Researchers in a study recently published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology aimed at evaluating the safety of the cholesterol-lowering drug alirocumab were relieved to find the drug didn’t induce an unusual number of neurological or neurocognitive events, but were […]
Still Trailblazing at 91 Thanks to Glaucoma Surgery
Written by: Cheryl terHorst Reviewed by: Anne Louise Coleman MD PhD, Andrew George Iwach, MD, Michele C Lim MD, Rebecca J Taylor MD Adapted from an aao.org article Glaucoma: “The Sneak Thief of Sight” Ernest sought help from an ophthalmologist, a physician who specializes in medical and surgical eye care, who diagnosed him with the eye disease glaucoma. Glaucoma is a chronic eye […]
Electronic glasses auto-focus on what you’re looking at
A distance meter adjusts the glycerine-based lenses in just 14 milliseconds. Written by: Steve Dent, @stevetdent 01.30.17 in Wearables They’re not very pretty, but prototype eyeglasses from University of Utah scientists could make progressive lenses obsolete for older people. Using electronically activated lenses and infrared distance meters, they can focus automatically on whatever you’re looking at, whether it’s far […]
Pediatric dry eye disease: The next generation dry eye patient is already here
Ocular Surgery News U.S. Edition, January 25, 2017 Darrell E. White, MD Increasing smartphone use seems to play a role in signs and symptoms of dry eye disease, even in children. If you just looked at the history and the objective data that we gathered, but did not look at the date of birth, you […]
