by Optometric Insights | Sep 18, 2016 | Contact Lens Today, Publications
As health care practitioners, we are often put in a position where we need to balance the reality of what our patients actually do and what is best for our patients’ health. Swimming in contact lenses is a classic example of this. In the 2016 Olympics, where we...
by Optometric Insights | Sep 15, 2016 | Clinical Insights, Publications
Current multifocal lens designs allow presbyopic patients to wear contact lenses, however, only a small percentage of presbyopes wear them. Mile Brujic, OD, explains why optometrists should discuss multifocals with every patient who is a candidate and provides...
by Optometric Insights | Aug 15, 2016 | Clinical Insights, Publications
As awareness of dry eye disease grows, clinicians need to understand that there is not simply one treatment that is best for all patients. ODs must develop a comprehensive therapeutic plan that increases the quality and quantity of tears produced to bring about...
by Optometric Insights | Aug 14, 2016 | Contact Lens Today, Publications
When we talk to our patients about contact lenses (or don’t talk to them) what are we assuming and what is important? Take 100 providers and we will probably all have different things that are important: from price, to replacement, to astigmatism for low cyl, to...
by Optometric Insights | Aug 4, 2016 | Clinical Insights / Advanced Ocular Care, Publications
Ocular allergies are not the only cause for itching eyes. Dr. Mile Brujic explains how to diagnose the potential causes of ocular itch by having patients demonstrate how they are scratching their eyes. After gaining an understanding of which part of the eyelid is...
by Optometric Insights | Aug 4, 2016 | Clinical Insights, Publications
A number of studies examine the effects of warm compresses for the treatment of dry eye disease. To be therapeutically beneficial, research shows that the patient’s inner eyelid should reach a temperature of 40°C. This video explains how to educate patients...
