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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 [...]

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

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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 [...]