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Non-pharmacological Treatment| Dry Eye
2+ mon, 2+ hour ago (205+ words) Log in or register to continue reading. It's free! Password required to log in Several non-pharmacological options exist for the treatment of patients in whom tear film enhancement with topical agents and/or other initial strategies either fail or are…...
Treatment Guidelines| Dry Eye |Clinical Guidance
2+ mon, 2+ hour ago (194+ words) Before selecting the appropriate management approach, it is essential to conduct thorough questioning and diagnostic testing to confirm that the patient has DES and to determine whether they primarily exhibit signs of evaporative dry eye (EDE) or aqueous deficient dry…...
Pharmacological Treatment| Dry Eye
2+ mon, 2+ hour ago (162+ words) Log in or register to continue reading. It's free! Password required to log in Cyclosporine, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory antimetabolite derived from fungi and most commonly used in patients with autoimmune diseases and organ transplants, can be formulated in…...
In-office dry eye treatments: Tried, true and new
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (275+ words) With the singular exception of punctal or canalicular occlusion, when we are talking about in-office dry eye disease treatments, we are talking about treating meibomian gland dysfunction and evaporative dry eye. Many optometric practices offer a treatment called Zest (Zocular),…...
VIDEO: Ocubio streamlines access to serum tears for patients with neurotrophic keratitis
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (306+ words) Stonehill is a medical journalist and editor. She received her BA in Communications from Rider University. " Stonehill has been in medical publishing since 2015. She is Managing Editor of Healio/Gastroenterology and has previously written in the specialties of orthopedics, orthotics…...
Differential Diagnosis| Dry Eye| Clinical Guidance
2+ mon, 2+ hour ago (139+ words) The most commonly used indicator of tear film stability is tear film breakup time (TBUT), defined as the time interval between a complete blink" Log in or register to continue reading. It's free! Password required to log in According to…...
BLOG: Interventional dry eye treatment better than drugs
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (659+ words) The cover story in this issue of Healio | OSN contains some appropriate and hard-hitting comments from physician experts on how eye doctors are failing to treat dry eye disease effectively. In short, too many of us ignore this important disease,…...
Breakthrough therapies in dry eye limited by access
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (1781+ words) Innovative therapies have ushered in a new era of treatment in dry eye care, with targeted agents capable of addressing specific causes of the disease. However, some patients experience serious symptoms because they cannot access these game-changing therapies. Healio | OSN…...
Oral testosterone therapy improves sexual activity for men
7+ mon, 2+ day ago (213+ words) Oral testosterone undecanoate significantly improved serum testosterone levels and sexual activity among men with hypogonadism, according to a subanalysis of a phase 3 trial presented at the Androgen Society annual meeting. There were 154 men who received Jatenzo and had full serum…...
Obesity drugs may raise testosterone in men
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (383+ words) SAN FRANCISCO " Incretin-based drugs, such as semaglutide and tirzepatide, are tied to increases in total testosterone and free testosterone for men, researchers reported at ENDO 2025. "Testosterone is bound to sex hormone-binding globulin," Dhindsa told Healio. "SHBG by itself is obesity…...