Archive for August 2023

In the August 2023 edition of the journal Ophthlamology, Todd Margolis and Anat Galor authored an article about common myths in the field. The first myth that they describe has to do with Hutchinson’s sign in shingles. The bottom line is this: when there is a shingles rash over the upper face, eye involvement is…

In the July 2023 edition of the journal Ophthalmology, Do Young Park and colleagues published a study that indicated that patients who develop glaucoma are at higher risk for developing dementia. This goes along with a general idea in ophthalmology that poorer vision leads to numerous other poor health outcomes. This may be particularly true…

Many patients go to see their eye doctors with ocular complaints such as burning, intermittent blurred vision, or tearing, and they are given a diagnosis of tear film dysfunction, which usually gets labeled as “dry eye.” The main treatment that they hear about and self-administer is lubrication via artificial tear eye drops. Artificial tears are…

In the July 2023 edition of the journal JAMA Ophthalmology, Antoine Benard and colleagues published a study regarding the cost effectiveness of cataract surgery done with the assistance of lasers. Cataract surgery is primarily done with ultrasound energy, but some surgeons incorporate the use of a laser in order to complete some of the preliminary…