June 11, 2018 - REVIEW OF OPTOMETERY
Advocates highlight need for more education and research initiatives.
Shouldn’t Americans, collectively through our federal agencies, invest more each year to protect our eye health than most people spend on a single cup of coffee? Elected officials could make that a reality by allocating more federal funds...
Sex differences observed in characteristics of dry eye
May 8, 2018 - Jelle Vehof on Healio - Ocular Surgery News
Sex plays a large role in the symptoms of dry eye disease, according to a study. In a large cohort, women had significantly higher symptom scores and a lower correlation between signs and symptoms than men.
Dry eye disease is more prevalent in women. The recent TFOS DEWS II report confirmed...
Cyclosporine A effective anti-inflammatory for dry eye disease
May 1, 2018 - Ahmad M. Fahmy, OD, FAAO, Dipl ABO on Healio - Optometry
The Dry Eye Workshop report in 2017 emphasized inflammation in dry eye disease and helped shift our traditional approach from treating the disease primarily with lubrication.
In conjunction with the pivotal work of the International Task Force of dry eye disease (DED) experts,...
May 1, 2018 - Bridgette Shin Lee on Think About Your Eyes
Patients often think that Dry Eye is a common condition to experience. Numerous over the counter eye drops promise to relieve dry eye, leading patients to think it's not a matter for their eye doctors. In fact 60% to 70% of the patients in my practice have dry eye symptoms, yet many have...
Registration for the 10th International TFOS Conference on the Tear Film & Ocular Surface: Basic Science and Clinical Relevance, which will be held from October 30 through November 2, 2024 at the Hilton Molino Stucky in Venice, Italy, is now OPEN!
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...Yes, the wait is over...TFOS is launching TFOS DEWS III! Thank you, Alcon, the Title Sponsor.
We published the original TFOS DEWS report in 2007 and the international impact was amazing. As noted by a renowned ophthalmologist, “The publication of the TFOS DEWS report…was a landmark event in the history of our understanding and treatment of dry eye disease. Indeed, a European Medicines Agency official termed the TFOS DEWS report the dry eye “Bible".
We updated the TFOS DEWS report in 2017 and the impact of TFOS DEWS II report was...
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