June 15, 2017

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Dry Eye

Lifelong Contact Lens Success: Keep Allergy and Dry Eye at Bay

Armed with the right information, you can help patients of any age remain happy in their lenses.

Optometric Study Center

AMD Mimickers: When to Suspect Macular Dystrophy

Some presentations are different than they appeared at first glance. Here's how to spot the differences.

Presbyopia

Can an Eye Drop Eliminate Presbyopia?

New therapies under investigation have the potential to radically alter your approach to this age-old problem.

Retina

Advanced Imaging Techniques for Choroidal Disease

With new technology, optometrists can better target this previously stealthy structure.

Diabetes Care in the Age of Anti-VEGF

These versatile drugs are rewriting the rulebook. Here’s what an OD should know.

The Larry Alexander Resident Case Report Contest: Acute Syphilitic Posterior Placoid Chorioretinitis

After an outbreak, ODs must consider the differential diagnosis for syphilis.

Departments

Chairside

Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3…

I haven’t had a pop quiz in forever, and never in my optometric crime-fighting life, so here goes.

Clinical Quandaries

Look Before You Leap

Some practitioners are ordering OCTs at the drop of a hat if the visual acuity is reduced. But often, all you need to do is dilate.

Coding Connection

Coding For Concomitant Conditions

When dry eye, allergy and contact lenses collide, be sure to keep your record straight.

Diagnostic Quiz

A Suspicious Freckle

Findings in a 59-year-old hypertensive patient’s right eye may explain his blurry vision. How would approach diagnosis?

Focus on Refraction

Putting Pen to Paper

You don’t always need expensive proprietary systems to address your patient’s aniseikonia.

Glaucoma Grand Rounds

Through Thick and Thin

Don’t be afraid to be the last doctor the patient sees before they go blind.

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Neuro Clinic

CRAO: A New Way to Go

Research emphasizes emergent referral for retinal artery occlusion suspects.

News Review

News Review

Uveitis | Vision Benefits | DEWS II | Thyroid Eye Disease

Outlook

Puzzling Over Presbyopia

Would a new topical therapy weaken—or strengthen—the standing of corrective lenses?

Retina Quiz

He Came By it Naturally

Can these images help explain this patient’s blurry vision?

Surgical Minute

Diabetes Gone Wild

New technology helps surgeons remove dense preretinal membranes in an eye with advanced PDR.

Therapeutic Review

A Pop Fly Straight to the Eye

A refresher on hyphema management, just in time for wiffleball season.

Through My Eyes

Quarterbacking Retinal Disease

After years of being sidelined, today’s optometrist takes the snap.

Urgent Care

Coping with Rejection

Early recognition is the key to caring for patients with urgent corneal transplant issues.