5 Key Takeaways

• 1

  In a 16-patient pilot study, ocular irrigation followed by olopatadine 0.7% improved median itch by 2 points at 15 minutes, versus no median improvement with olopatadine alone.

• 2

  Researchers described moisture retention index as a potential measure of contact lens material behavior, but it has not been prospectively linked to comfort or dryness.

• 3

  Most surveyed eye care professionals recognized overlap between presbyopia and perimenopause or menopause, but more than half did not initiate broader patient conversations.

• 4

  SightGlass reported that 97% of children adapted to diffusion optics technology lenses within 2 to 3 days and that most exceeded the instructed 10-hour wear time.

• 5

  A report based on 20 US optometric practices and 600 patients found that spherical and toric contact lenses were 80% more profitable than spectacle lenses over 4 years, while multifocal lenses were 30