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Zap! Don’t Cut
New Treatment Options for Vitreous Floaters For chronic sufferers of large floaters, new technologies offer innovative treatment options that are safer and less invasive than traditional methods. For many years, the standard of...
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Dots, Squiggles, and Triangles, Oh My! A Visual Field Guide Part 1
Let's just cut to the chase - visual fields can be confusing. There are a million options on a hundred instruments, and a poor choice could doom you and your patient to thirty minutes in a dark room with some dots and beeps....
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It’s Time to Talk about Diabetes
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that the incidence of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus has increased by 90 percent in the last 10 years.¹ However, it is more alarming that 46 percent of diabetic...
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February Spotlight: Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Did you know that February is Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) month? Here is a break down of the basics of the condition to help you review for clinic, rotations, or boards. ARMD is a retinal condition that results in...
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Glaucoma Awareness Month – Reading Perimetry
January is Glaucoma Awareness Month and to help diagnose glaucoma more efficiently we created this cheat sheet on automated threshold perimetry testing. Primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) is a chronic optic neuropathy characterized by...