Optometry Advisor

🔟 years of #SECO... Bill Kekevian (Editor-in-Chief of Optometry Advisor & Ophthalmology Advisor from Haymarket Medical Network) is reflecting on his #ConferenceCoverage over the last 10 years at SECO International and the latest research in #Optometry. ⭐ Contributors from articles selected for this month include: Katherine K. Weise, OD, (UAB School of Optometry), Debbie Jones, OD, (University of Waterloo School of Optometry & Vision Science/Waterloo Eye Institute), Brittany Wright OD, MS, FAAO, (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus), Miki Zilnicki, OD, (TWIN FORKS OPTOMETRY PLLC), Marie Bodack, OD, (Southern College of Optometry), & Jessica Kaplan, OD, (The Eye Institute Salus University). Subscribe and get notified about next month's edition ✅ -------------------------- #LinkedInNewsletter #LINewsletter #EyeHealth #EyeCare #Optometry #Optometrist #EyeDoctor #EyeCareProfessionals #SECO2025

Tenpoint Therapeutics, Ltd.. has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Brimochol™ PF for the treatment of presbyopia, according to a statement from the company. Read here: https://bit.ly/3XXwzCx #NewDrugApplication #NDA #BrimocholPF #Presbyopia #Optometry #EyeCare

For children with myopia, wearing spectacles with highly aspherical lenslets (HAL) reduces the rate of myopia progression and axial elongation, according to a study published online March 5 in Eye and Vision. Read more: https://bit.ly/42dpXCM #Myopia #Spectacles #HighlyAsphericalLenslets #HAL #Myopia #Optometrist #MyopiaProgression #AxialElongation #Optometry #EyeCare #EyeHealth

Bausch + Lomb has announced a voluntary recall of intraocular lenses on its enVista platform due to the potential for an acute postoperative inflammatory reaction. Read more: https://bit.ly/3ROPWKo #VoluntaryRecall #enVistaPlatform #BauschLomb #IntraocularLenses #IOL Optometry #AcutePostoperativeInflammatoryReaction #Optometrist #CataractSurgery #EyeCare

People with healthier lifestyle scores are more likely to have better retinal neurovascular health, research published in Ophthalmology at BMJ suggests. Read here: https://bit.ly/3GbohAQ #Health #LifestyleScores #Retina #RetinalNeurovascularHealth #Optometry #EyeCare

In eyes with intermediate age-related macular degeneration (iAMD), the area of retinal pigment epithelium hyperreflective foci (rpeHRF) predicts disease progression to the onset of large persistent choroidal hypertransmission defects (hyperTDs), while drusen volume and intraretinal HRF (iHRF) do not, according to research published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology. Read here: https://bit.ly/4lfHIsm #iAMD #AgeRelatedMacularDegeneration #rpeHRF #DiseaseProgression #HyperTDs #DrusenVolume #IntraretinalHRF #iHRF #Optometry #EyeCare

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who follow health-promoting diets with low inflammatory potential may significantly reduce their risk for premature mortality, according to study results published in Arthritis Research & Therapy. Read more: https://bit.ly/4j1QfOg #RheumatoidArthritis #Arthritis #HealthPromotingDiets #LowInflammatoryPotential #PrematureMortality #MedicalNews

The inhibitory effect of orthokeratology (ortho-K) treatment on myopia progression is greater in the summer than in the winter, according to research published in Ophthalmic & Physiological Optics (College of Optometrists). Read more: https://bit.ly/4cAAjjC #Orthokeratology #OrthoK #Myopia #MyopiaProgression #MyopiaControl #Optometry #EyeCare #EyeHealth #Optometrist

People with healthier lifestyle scores are more likely to have better retinal neurovascular health, research published in Ophthalmology at BMJ suggests. Read here: https://bit.ly/3GbohAQ #HealthierLifestyleScores #Retina #RetinalNeurovascularHealth #Optometry #EyeCare

Ischemic stroke patients with COVID-19 vs without experience worse recovery outcomes, according to study results presented at the International Stroke Conference (ISC), held from February 5 to 7, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. Read more: https://bit.ly/3RGEFvI #IschemicStroke #Stroke #COVID19 #RecoveryOutcomes #COVID #MedicalNews