by Optometric Insights | Jun 1, 2015 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Publications
Every day, we get new product updates in our email inboxes, publication posts, at conferences or continuing education events, or from company representatives. New products bring new concepts and new ideas. But in reality, when do new products trump the old, and what...
by Optometric Insights | Apr 1, 2015 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Publications
For presbyopes looking to focus things better at near, we could prescribe reading glasses over their contact lenses to maintain binocularity. However, patients won’t have the ability to see in the distance when they are wearing their reading glasses, and they must...
by Optometric Insights | Nov 1, 2014 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Publications, Review of Cornea and Contact Lens
As the saying goes: “The more you know, the more you realize how much you don’t know.” With dry eye, this saying seems to be true. The more we understand meibomian gland dysfunction, aqueous deficiency, and inflammatory dry eye, the more we realize the delicate...
by Optometric Insights | Sep 1, 2014 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Optometry Times, Publications
I am writing this column while returning from a trip to Asia, where I had the opportunity to discuss contact lenses with our counterparts in Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore. They reported that a significant percentage of their patients utilize colored contact...
by Optometric Insights | Mar 4, 2014 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Optometry Times, Publications, Review of Cornea and Contact Lens
A contact lens that can help reduce myopia progression is a highly sought after item. With billions of people around the world affected by myopia, and it being the number one condition of preventable vision loss, we continue to look. Read...
