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The ABCs of Treating Glaucoma Medically

There are so many different medications used to treat Glaucoma it is often difficult to know which drugs to use first and which drugs to use if the first drug you pick doesn’t lower the patient’s IOP enough. So here are some clinical pearls to help you manage Glaucoma patients: First, define your target pressure. This is the IOP that […]

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Dry Eye Disease and its Implications on Visual Function

Today I bring a small contribution entitled: Dry eye disease and its implications on visual function. I am an Optometry Student at the Specialized University of Americas in Panama city, Central America. What is dry eye? According to the report of the Definition and Classification Subcomité of the International Dry Eye WorkShop in 2007: We can define this

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Free Optometric Pediatrics Brochure For Your Patients

I recently was studying some common vision problems that occur in children and the signs and symptoms associated with these problems. I realized that as a profession, we can raise significant awareness about vision problems so long as we provide the right messaging to our patients. With that being said, I decided to create this brochure “10

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Clinical Guide to Degenerative Myopia

This article was created to educate students on the basics of degenerative myopia. But really there is something deeper here. The authors felt that patients with high myopia really rely on their optometrist at yearly eye exams and these patients want to feel confident in their OD. Patients with high myopia can have vision threatening

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Different Avenues to Practice Vision Therapy

As I move forward through Optometry school, I am finding that many students (as well as faculty) have created this dichotomy within the profession: It is either ocular disease or vision rehabilitation.  I challenge you to think outside of that… from the vision rehabilitation side, the options are endless.  Here are just a few:  

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US Teens showing increased rates of Diabetes and Pre-diabetes

An original story reported by NBC Nightly News has drawn attention to the chilling studies that have shown type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes are skyrocketing among adolescents. US Today reported that the rates of diabetes in children was at 9% in 2000 to 23% in 2008. In better news, the incidence of hypertension in adolescents

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Vision Therapy and Neuroplasticity: An optometry student’s perspective

Take a trip back in time with me, to your Biology 101 undergraduate course, freshman year, first semester.  I know for some of us freshman year is a bit hazy, but I am assuming you attended MOST of your classes. Try and recall that first introduction to the brain, where your professor said “The brain

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A List of Clinical Diagnosis Made By SUNY 2013 Class

By: Antonio Chirumbolo SUNY 2013 The class of 2013 has reached the midpoint of 3rd year (when this article was written). As we have spent more time treating patients on our own now, we certainly have begun to improve our skills and knowledge as clinicians. Spending time in primary care clinic, as well as various

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