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Dry eye is one of the least understood ocular diseases and yet one of the most common complaints we hear from patients. Women are more frequently affected than men. Dry Eye Disease is often caused by hormonal changes due to aging, menopause, and other medical conditions or their treatments. Your eyes need a constant layer [...] The AP (10/16, Perrone) reports that “the Food and Drug Administration announced plans Thursday to study the scope of problems connected with laser eye-correcting surgery, which include blurred vision and dry eyes.” The agency “says it will work with the National Eye Institute and the Department of Defense to determine the percentage [...] An increasing wealth of evidence now suggests that a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids may help eliminate the signs and symptoms of dry eye.1 Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation has demonstrated improved Schirmer test scores, tear film break-up time, fluorescein staining and lissamine green staining in patients who present with mild to moderate dry eye.2-5 [...] MedPage Today (2/9, Neale) reported, “For patients with dry-eye syndrome who don’t respond to conventional treatment, cyclosporine drops are cost-effective,” according to a study published in the Feb. issue of Archives of Ophthalmology. Investigators “examined data from two six-month, multicenter, randomized controlled trials evaluating twice-daily emulsions containing 0.05 percent of cyclosporine, as well as records [...] |
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