Review of Optometry articles from April 2001

Review of Optometry archives from April 2001

WELCOME TO THE Optometric Summit On Allergic Eye Disease.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... Leading O.D.s gathered at SECO to discuss the latest research into the pathophysiology and treatments of allergic eye disease. ON February 22 in Atlanta, I had the privilege and pleasure of co-hosting what one observer called an "optometric...

The Impact of Ocular Allergy.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... Looking to transition into medical eye care? Allergic conjunctivitis affects so many patients that it can serve as the foundation for your successful therapeutic practice. MANY of the country's biggest optometric practices have discovered...

Anatomy and Physiology of Ocular Allergy.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... While histamine acts as the central mediator in seasonal allergies, you still need to address a host of other pro-inflammatory, chemotactic and tissue-destructive agents that play a role in ocular allergy. THE single most important cell in...

Clinical Presentations of Ocular Allergy.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... Clinical signs and symptoms of the four types of ocular allergies you're most likely to see. SEASONAL allergic conjunctivitis is the most common allergic disorder seen in optometric practice. Every spring and fall with the spread of...

A Review of Today's Ocular Allergy Therapies.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... You'll ensure patient compliance if the ocular allergy treatment you select has good efficacy and minimal side effects. Here's a look at the benefits and drawbacks of current options. WHILE there are several effective treatments for ocular...

The Latest Advances in Ocular Allergy Therapy.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... The latest research studies on efficacy and patient comfort show why your first-line prescription preparation for ocular allergy should be a mast cell stabilizer/antihistamine combination. BY the time patients with ocular allergy get to...

Pearls for Building Your Ocular Allergy Practice.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... Find out how allergy management can be the gateway to a growing therapeutic practice. Some of the largest ocular allergy practices in the country are optometric. How did they get that way? Here are 10 practical tips culled from...

CIBA Vision.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... The FDA has approved Focus Dailies Progressives multifocal contact lenses for presbyopia. The new lens combines technology from CIBA Vision's Focus Dailies and Focus Progressives, and uses a progressive power profile for near, intermediate and...

Kera Vision.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... Intacs manufacturer KeraVision has filed for bankruptcy. The company plans to sell its entire inventory, equipment and intellectual property to the highest bidder. KeraVision chalks it up to hard-to-find financing and large capital...

age-related macular degeneration.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... It's confirmed: Smoking is the principal known preventable risk factor for age-related macular degeneration, reports a study in the April 2001 issue of Ophthalmology. The study analyzed data from other studies and found that smoking was the...

States Defend Comanagement.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... Florida and Missouri O.D.s are fighting legislation that endangers comanagement. The state ophthalmology society and state medical association in Florida have introduced legislation that would stop surgeons from delegating post-op care to...

Glaucoma 'Vaccine' Halts Nerve Loss in Rats.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... Although many drugs lower IOP in glaucoma patients, no drug strikes at the foundation of the disease. But now, scientists at Israel's Weizmann Institute may have discovered an immune-based treatment for glaucoma. [1] The drug, originally...

FDA OK's Glaucoma Drugs.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... In mid-March, the FDA approved two brand new drugs and one modified drug, all for the treatment of glaucoma. * Lumigan (bimatoprost 0.03%), Allergan. In Phase III clinical trials, 64% of subjects on Lumigan once-daily achieved target IOP...

Proposed Medicare Legislation Would Better Educate O.D.s.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... The Senate is taking up legislation that would address optometry's concerns about Medicare documentation guide lines, conflicting regulations between state carriers and the federal government, and sanctions for overpayment to doctors. ...

Congress, President Repeal OSHA Rules Affecting O.D.s.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... President Bush has signed legislation that repeals federal ergonomics standards for the workplace--and the right of O.D.s to provide care under workers' compensation programs for job related musculoskeletal disorders. The Occupational...

Tune to Step Up On Health Care.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... I'm looking for a sign of where the Bush administration is headed on health care, and all I see is "Road Closed Ahead." We're headed past that barricade, though, if the economy continues to sputter. Nothing separates voters from their...

It's OK, I'm With the Band.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... Puff Daddy. Britney Spears. 'NSync. What do they have that I don't? I have been challenged by some one. In optometry, most of the time when you are challenged by someone, it's either an engineer who feels he knows more about spectacles...

Reeling in The Years.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... Why does ageless wisdom always come from old people? Wisdom comes with age--at least that's what we've been told relentlessly since we were kids. It's no coincidence that the people who tell us this are usually older folk. With the big...

O.D.s Must Meet CVS Challenge.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... Editor's note: We received the following letters before Congress voted last month to repeal the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations on repetitive stress injuries in the workplace. Editor: It was good to read...

How to Court Private Payers.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... These 10 ways can help you attract and keep them. As practices get squeezed ever more by managed care, optometrists everywhere are looking to push back by attracting more private pay patients. These 10 tips can help you attract and keep...

Don't Just Shake on It.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... How to make a job offer the right way. You've poured over resumes, and you've held interviews. Finally, you know who you want to hire. Problem solved, right? Depends. Charges of negligent hiring and other allegations related to bringing in...

Is Old Faithful Ready to Blow?(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... Your office server may be old, but is it faithful? How do you stop "Old Faithful's" next eruption? I'm not talking about the geyser in Yellowstone. I'm talking about that old workhorse of a "server" in your office. Admit it. Windows'...

Lens Helps Curb Allergic Reactions.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... Your contact lens patients suffering from seasonal allergic conjunctivitis (SAC) may experience fewer days of burning and redness when wearing Focus Dailies. The FDA recently gave CIBA Vision clearance to claim this benefit on its labeling. ...

Night and Day Dry Eye Gel.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... Your patients who use ointments for relief of dry eye no longer have to deal with the blurred vision it gives them. So, OcuSoft Inc. created Tears Again Night & Day Lubricant Gel-Drops for patients with lower-range complaints. The manufacturers...

Faster Than a Speeding ... Lens.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... SOLA Optical says its new variable tint lens reaches 70% absorption transmittance in 30 seconds. The material properties in the Spectralite Velocity Transitions lens cause the Transitions tint formula to react faster than it does in other...

Stand Small.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... The new 1424 model Bright Field stand magnifier from Eschenbach is a smaller, lightweight addition to the company's line. The compact 1424 is 45mm in diameter and offers 1.8x magnification. The lens is made of lightweight acrylic material...

Rule Out Mistakes.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... A new measuring device enables you to measure seg heights and vertical measurements quickly and accurately. Designed by optician Bruce Rubin, Rubin's Ruler has scales that you or your optical staff can read in a variety of positions, and from...

The Ultimate Finish.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... The ULTIMA 5000 lens finishing system from Topcon America Corporation is a new multi-task system that allows you to process in-house edging with the latest technology in lens finishing. This system's features include material edging, a...

Look it Up!(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... There's a new reference available for your Palm OS handheld computers: qID from ePocrates Inc. The aim of this reference is to assist you in selecting the appropriate antibiotic and to help combat the emerging problem of anti-microbial...

Learn for Free.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... You can now obtain a complimentary, instructional CD-ROM from Odyssey Medical, Inc. The CD features information and computer animation on insertion and removal of the company's Parasol Punctal Occluder. You also can get complete facts on the...

DK's Modern Moves.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... The spring 2001 Sun and Optical collections from Donna Karan feature light material and pure lines for a modern look. For sunny days there's DK 9211S, a feminine cat eye shape, and DK9213S, a large square. They're made of nylite with 100%...

Kenneth Cole Springs Up.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... Clear Vision Optical Co. unveiled several new styles in its Kenneth Cole Spring 2001 collection. They are: * Valloy Girl, a thin, metal style women's frame featuring a small almond eye shape and a bowed temple design. It's available in...

Nautica's Modern Classic.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... The latest additions to the 2001 Nautica Eyewear collection are prescription, fully Polarized lenses with anti-reflective and hydro phobic coatings. The new styles feature contemporary geometric shapes and are made of grillamid plastic...

CK's New Activism.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... Two new unisex styles that perform like activewear are part of Calvin Klein's spring 2001 sunwear collection. The goggle, style 3017, features a polycarbonate flash lens with a luminous metallic rubber rim and elastic side strap. There are...

Killer Cool.(Brief Article)
April 15, 2001... The latest sportswear trends combine with technology to create the Killer Loop 4101 from Luxottica Group. Patented Polarized lenses reduce glare, and oval hytrel rubber tips provide a snug fit. One size of 58/17-130 is available in color...

Teen Time for Generation Y.
April 15, 2001... Eyewear specifically designed to appeal to the teen and pre-teen markets have inspired several collections this spring Here's a sampling. The Young Rider trio from Harley-Davidson Eyewear is sized to fit kids to a T. Eye shapes that are...

VISIONARY PRODUCTS UNVEILED AT VISION EXPO INTERNATIONAL EAST.
April 15, 2001... A Toric Torqued Ocular Sciences Inc. has introduced its new Biomedics Toric disposable soft contact lens, developed, with the Institute for Eye Research in Sydney, Australia. Four elements are key to the design of the Biomedics Toric: ...

Riddle Me This?
April 15, 2001... Enigma, a new eyeglass package, is designed on the principle that highly curved lenses provide better peripheral vision. SOLA Optical USA and Safilo USA have joined forces on Enigma, a single-vision lens with a 16.00D base curve. The lens comes...

Picking up Speed.
April 15, 2001... AIT Industries has added a high-speed version to its line of Maxima patternless edgers. The new Maxima Speed Patternless Edger edges a CR-39 lens in an average cycle time of 45 seconds-25 seconds faster than the original Maxima cycle time. With...

Do Something Special.
April 15, 2001... Here are the stories of three O.D.s who established specialty practices. Robert Davis, O.D., al ways had a keen interest in sports, both as a player and as a spectator. So, about 15 years ago, he decided to turn his passion into a...

Lesions in the Periphery: A Clinical Review.
April 15, 2001... If you do proper BIO, you'll identify more peripheral retinal lesions. Here's a review of the important ones. Retinal breaks are not uncommon in the general population. In fact, 5-15% of people have at least one retinal break. [1,2] Most of...

Is the Sun Setting On Contact Lenses?
April 15, 2001... There's more pressure on contact lens practice than ever, but research may let us offer our patients newer options. There's good and bad news to report when it comes to contact lenses in the optometric practice. The bad: Professional fees...

Double Trouble.(optometrists losing money on falling contact lens prices)
April 15, 2001... O.D.s feel the squeeze as both professional and materials fees trend downward. Optometrists who dispense contact lenses are taking a big hit-actually, they're taking two big hits. Fees doctors charge for soft lens materials are down...

Can You Survive the Ultimate Challenge?
April 15, 2001... Mail-order and consolidation are changing the contact lens landscape. Here's what you need to know to outwit the competition. Here's a two-question immunity challenge for you: 1. What is the fastest growing company in the contact lens...

Safer, Healthier, Longer.
April 15, 2001... That's where today's contact lens research promises to take lens wear. Here's what we know so far. How the cornea responds to contact lens wear is driving today's contact lens research. This knowledge has already led to the development of...

Can We Conquer Myopia?
April 15, 2001... Ongoing research may one day give us the tools to prevent its onset or curb its progression in children. Perhaps no condition is as familiar to us--or as controversial among us--as juvenile-onset myopia. While we continue to make great...

Acute Conjunctivitis Rocks the Boat.
April 15, 2001... An outbreak hits the boat's passengers, and there's no slit lamp to be found. A 42-year-old Hispanic male-one of 10 passengers on a boat sailing through the Galapagos Islands-complained of a red, irritated right eye. He reported no de...

Offer It And They Will Come.
April 15, 2001... From 356 to 2,439 90-packs of daily disposables in one year. Here's how. In February 1999, a local newspaper called for our ad slick of the month. We didn't have one prepared, so when our CIBA Vision sales representative walked in that day...

A Showdown In Two States.
April 15, 2001... Comanagement comes under fire in Florida and Missouri legislatures. Q Just when comanagement saber-rattling from ophthalmologic organizations began to quiet, now we hear about Florida and Missouri. What's going on? A In Missouri there...

Wrestling with HSV Lesions.
April 15, 2001... What do herpetic lesions in this college athlete mean? Q I recently saw a college wrestler who's periocular lesions look to be herpetic. He also has one vesicle on the inferior conjunctiva. Are oral antivirais of any value for what appears...

Don't Ignore The Basics.
April 15, 2001... The gold standard assessments remain essential for glaucoma management. A 40-year-old black male presented for an eye examination. His chief complaints centered on gradual visual blur at near and at a distance. His last examination was...

What's Causing Vision Loss?
April 15, 2001... Are scattered hemorrhages and microaneurysms behind this patient's reduced acuity? A 56-year-old Middle-Eastern woman presented with a history of reduced acuity in her right eye. She was not sure how long her vision had been decreasing,...

The Added Effect Of Travatan.
April 15, 2001... Travoprost can lower IOP a bit more among African-Americans. The war on glaucoma continues to intensify. Only a few years ago, our treatment options were limited. In 1996 the introduction of Xalatan (latanoprost) marked the first in a...

From 'photochromic' to 'variable tint optics'.
April 15, 2001... First, a little history lesson. The earliest photochromic lenses (Corning's photogray) contained silver halide crystals, which rearranged when exposed to UV light. These lenses also reacted to visible light, which could be a concern to persons...