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In the October 2023 edition of the Journal Ophthalmology, Dr. Ian Gaddie and colleagues published a study about lotilaner. Lotilaner is a medication that fights Demodex mites. Mites!?! Yes, some people can get mites that live in their eyelashes and cause inflammation. Lotilaner treatment for 6 weeks decreased a lot of the symptoms and killed…

In the October 2023 edition of the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Dr. Youngsub Eom and colleagues showed that patients preferred illumination from the inside of the eye rather than the outside. Conventional eye surgery often relies on a microscope with bright lights shining down on the patient’s eyeball. These bright lights certainly can…

In the October 2023 edition of the journal Cornea, Dr. Daniela Nosch and colleagues published a study that showed that corneal sensitivity may decrease with increasing age. I think that this has long been suspected from a clinical perspective. However, the authors warn, and I agree, that this should not be taken to mean that…

In a word, I’d say ‘Yes.’ But they aren’t as safe as some people think they are. If I have a patient who is a contact lens user and they have any eye symptoms other than severe decreased vision, there is a very high likelihood that the reason behind the eye problems is contact lens…

In the October 2023 edition of JAMA Ophthalmology, Dr. Anne Nguyen and colleagues reported ocular symptoms in people aged 13-24 years who used electronic cigarettes, cigarettes, or both. They found that users of both e-cigarettes and cigarettes were more likely to experience the sort of symptoms we associate with tear film dysfunction and eye surface…

In the September 2023 edition of JAMA Ophthalmology, Dr. Lloyd Zhao and colleagues published a study about the use of adjustable-focus spectacles in children aged 5-11. They reference that these adjustable glasses have been used in older patients successfully in the past to achieve good vision. While the younger kids were able to achieve good…

Prem Patel and colleagues published a study in the September 2023 edition of the journal, Ophthalmology. Their study suggests that one third of U.S. ophthalmologists had job turnover between 2014 and 2021. Though I don’t know this for sure, it seems that this is decreased job stability compared to what it was a couple of…

In a series of articles in the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Bobby Osher has written about the importance of music in the OR. He states that it is important to make operating less stressful, and he also mentions that it is part of patient comfort. So, don’t worry, I’ll always want soothing sounds…

In the August 2023 edition of JAMA Ophthalmology, Patrice Hicks and colleagues published a study about social factors and corneal infections. The worse the vision when a patient comes in with a corneal infection and the later in the course of the infection that they come in, the worse the overall outcome will be. Dr.…

In the September 2023 edition of the journal Cornea, Lea Grauhan and colleagues published a case report of patients with ectrodactyly-ecotdermal dysplasia-cleft syndrome. What the heck is that? It is a rare genetic disease that causes limbal stem cell deficiency. That prevents the cornea from functioning normally. Even though it is very rare, it is…