In the March 2024 edition of JAMA Ophthalmology, Mohammad Zayed and colleagues published a review of 93 articles that showed that diabetic retinopathy negatively affects vision-related quality of life. More severe diabetic retinopathy is associated with worse quality of life. While it may seem obvious that having worse disease affecting one’s eyes decreases quality of…

In the February 2024 edition of the Journal Ophthalmology, Dr. Sean Berkowitz and colleagues published a study that showed that, by 2035, there will be quite a shortage of ophthalmologists. According to their work, “ophthalmology is projected to have the second worst rate of workforce adequacy (70%) of 38 medical and surgical specialties studied.” This…

In the February 2024 edition of JAMA Ophthalmology, Jung Yin Tsang and colleagues published a study that showed that people with cataract, age-related macular degeneration, and glaucoma are at increased risk for both falls and fractures. While it is seemingly obvious, these sorts of data are important to publish as they establish the impact that…

When I perform cataract surgery on a patient with macular degeneration, I inform them that the visual potential of the cataract surgery will be limited by the macular condition. With more than one eye disease, removing cataracts only addresses a part of the vision limitation. In the February 2024 edition of the Journal of Cataract…

In the February 2024 edition of the Journal Cornea, Dr. Francesco Aiello and colleagues published a study that showed that there is an association between certain corneal diseases and a higher risk for some personality disorders. They recommend that ophthalmologists try to evaluate mental and emotional needs of their patients in addition to their eye…

In the January 2024 edition of the journal Cornea, Elyana Vittoria Tessa Locatelli et al. (under corresponding author Dr. Anat Galor) published a study comparing Xiidra to Restasis. Their method was to ask patients who had used both Restasis and Xiidra over the course of their history of treatment which one they preferred. Their results…

In the January 2024 edition of the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, Biyue Tu and colleagues published a study about different incision shapes in cataract surgery. When we take cataracts out, there is usually one “primary incision” that we do the cataract surgery through. There is often another “side-port incision” that is smaller than…

In the January 2024 edition of JAMA Ophthalmology, Dr. Paul McCann and colleagues wrote a review article about dry eye treatment. They stated, “among reliable systemic reviews, no conclusive evidence was identified for any dry eye intervention.” What?! We can’t prove that we can do anything about dry eye? So we might as well do…

In the January 2024 issue of the journal Ophthalmology, Dr. Jamie Keen and colleagues published a study highlighting a side effect of the medication Tepezza. Tepezza is advertised on TV for thyroid eye disease. One of the adverse effects of the medication is that it can adversely affect hearing function. The article warns that it…

I venture that it is intuitively obvious that an ointment would be a better lubricant than a watery liquid, but perhaps it is not. Often, I tell my patients that the best thing that they can do if they have a tear film problem, which I argue that most patients do, is lubricate their eye…