The Eye-Mail® News Brief, in partnership with Primary Care Optometry News (PCON), is a highly informative e-news brief that delivers the most relevant content to the inboxes of the Academy members once a month. The Eye-Mail® News Brief includes articles on optometry, vision technology, trends in eye care, and even more.
Spectral domain OCT may determine Alzheimer's biomarkers
Perspective: Mark Wu, OD, FAAO
Current understanding of Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis does not provide a clear explanation of the cause of reduced macular thickness and volume in these patients when the disease is considered to be cortical in origin.
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Chronic exposure to hypoxia causes corneal thinning in patients with hemifacial spasm
Perspective: Kelly Malloy, OD, FAAO
These findings may have clinical significance as applied to refractive surgery, contact lens fitting and intraocular lens calculations in HFS patients.
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OCT may indicate neurological changes in patients with frequent head trauma
Perspective: Brad Sutton, OD, FAAO
While this preliminary research is interesting, the jury is still out, and further work is needed.
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OCT-GCC more sensitive at detecting chiasmal compression
Perspective: Jarett A. Mazzarella, OD, FAAO
In current practice, a combination of neuroimaging, clinical examination and ancillary testing including automated perimetry, OCT-RNFL and OCT-GCC may best evaluate visual compromise in patients with compressive chiasmal lesions..
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Featured in OVS: Visual deficits and dysfunctions associated with traumatic brain injury
This study demonstrates that accommodative dysfunction, convergence insufficiency and visual field loss are common sequelae of TBI. – Merezhinskaya N, Mallia RK, Park D, Bryden DW, Mathur K, Barker FM
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