Optometry Advisor

Miriam Korik, OD, lauds individuals for proactively taking to #DigitalMedia to research #EyeHealth, but cautions her patients against falling victim to the #Misinformation spread by some of these platforms. Digital media has allowed information to become more accessible than ever, and search engines, social media, and artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools have transformed the way patients approach health care, including #Optometry. These technological advancements have empowered patients to learn more about their health, but they also raise new challenges, including blurring the line between myths and scientifically-grounded truths. As #EyeCareProfessionals, optometrists face an increasing need to address the implications of widespread #DigitalMisinformation and #SelfDiagnosis facilitated by digital media. Read more ?? : https://bit.ly/3AU9bgS #Optometrist #EyeHealth #EyeCare #HealthMisinformation #PatientManagement #Optometry #SocialMedia #AI #SearchEngines #HealthSafety #PublicHealth

The peripherally-biased 24-2 and centrally-focused 10-2 perimetry glaucoma testing protocols offer comparable diagnostic performance for glaucoma, including detecting central visual field defects (CVFDs), according to research published in Clinical and Experimental Optometry. Read here: https://bit.ly/40VVGYU #Perimetry #Glaucoma #GlaucomaTesting #CentralVisualFieldDefects #CVFDs #Optometry #EyeCare #EyeHealth #Optometrist

A web-based visual acuity (VA) measurement tool shows good accuracy for performing vision screenings due to its concordance with conventional testing, according to a study published in Contact Lens & Anterior Eye (BCLA). Although poorer VA and ocular diseases create greater inconsistencies between the 2 methods of measuring VA, the web-based tool can improve access to care through remote monitoring, the report explains. Read more: https://bit.ly/4fQabl0 #VisualAcuity #MedTech #VisionScreenings #ConventionalTesting #OcularDiseases #RemoteMonitoring #EyeHealth #Optometry #EyeCare #Optometrist

Compared with White patients, Black patients with nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) are more likely to have chronic kidney disease and experience referral delay, according to research published in American Journal of Ophthalmology. This delay in care may be the result of the relatively low prevalence of NAION among individuals who are Black, which may lead to alternate diagnoses, the report suggests. Read more: https://bit.ly/4hT38Ke #NonarteriticAnteriorIschemicOpticNeuropathy #NAION #ChronicKidneyDisease #Optometry #EyeHealth #EyeCare #OpticNeuropathy #Optometrist

Both 0.05% atropine monotherapy and atropine combined with dual focus contact lenses (DFCLs), administered over a 1-month treatment period, result in significant choroidal thickening and axial length reduction, according to a study published in Contact Lens & Anterior Eye (BCLA). The combined treatment, however, can sustain these results for a longer period of time than atropine therapy alone, according to the report. Read more: https://bit.ly/3ANibEw #AtropineMonotherapy #Atropine #EyeDrops #DualFocusContactLenses #DFCLs #ChoroidalThickening #Optometry #EyeCare #EyeHealth #Optometrist

?? ?? November's FDA Roundup In the last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized marketing for a #Photobiomodulation treatment for #AgeRelatedMacularDegeneration (AMD) and granted #BreakthroughTherapyDesignation to an investigational therapy designed to treat moderate-to-severe #Sj?grenDisease. Also, a phase 3 confirmatory pivotal trial demonstrated the ability of an epithelium-on (epi-on) #CornealCrosslinking (CXL) therapy to improve maximum corneal curvature (Kmax) — a #CornealTopography parameter accepted by the FDA as a primary efficacy outcome for #Keratoconus pivotal trials — in patients with keratoconus. Read here: https://bit.ly/3MeQGG5 #Optometry #Optometrist #EyeCare #EyeHealth #EyeResearch #FDARoundup

New data suggest that supply chain issues are more likely to result in drug shortages in the United States than in Canada. In both countries, shortages are more likely for drugs with a single manufacturer than for drugs with multiple manufacturers. These findings were published in JAMA. Read here: https://bit.ly/4eDZSzB #SupplyChainIssues #DrugShortages #DrugManufacturers #EyeHealth #Optometry

The tendency to hold a smartphone closer than the conventional 40 mm working distance may explain why patients without presbyopia are more predisposed to digital eye strain than their peers with presbyopia, according to research published in Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics (College of Optometrists). Read here: https://bit.ly/3ZgCIuL #SmartphoneUse #Presbyopia #DigitalEyeStrain #EyeCare #EyeHealth #Optometry

Low-level red-light (LLRL) therapy, which research shows can limit axial elongation and spherical equivalent (SE) progression in children with lower myopia (≥?4.0 diopters [D]), can also shorten axial length and prevent SE progression in children with high myopia (≥6.0 D), according to a single-blind clinical trial published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology. The therapy is also associated with increases in both choroidal and retinal thickness, according to the report. Read more: https://bit.ly/4fxEqxB #LowLevelRedLightTherapy #LLRL #AxialElongation #SphericalEquivalent #Myopia #Optometry #EyeHealth #EyeCare #Optometrist

Eyes with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) with different macular neovascularization subtypes show distinct retinal fluid volume dynamic responses to anti-angiogenic therapy, according to research published in Eye. Read more: https://bit.ly/4fV9bw5 #NeovascularAgeRelatedMacularDegeneration #nAMD #MacularNeovascularization #RetinalFluid #AntiAngiogenicTherapy #Optometry #EyeCare #EyeHealth