Summer is just around the corner and, like many of you, I’m looking forward to some vacation time. While airline flights are efficient for getting to distant locales, if you have dry eye or use PROSE devices, airline travel can present some challenges. [Read more...]
Anti-Inflammatory Diet and Healthy Eyes
May 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Inflammation in the body has a positive role in helping to heal infections and injuries, but ongoing inflammation that is no longer needed for healing can have the opposite effect. Chronic inflammation can adversely impact health. [Read more...]
Tips and Assistive Devices for Effective Eye Drop Administration
May 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Numerous eye health conditions require treatment with eye drops. Depending on your symptoms and diagnosis, various formulations may be recommended by your health-care provider. Some eye drops are purchased over-the counter whereas others require a prescription. [Read more...]
Keep Moving: Exercise Benefits Your Eyes
May 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The benefits of regular exercise are numerous. Decades of research has shown that exercise is key to weight management, mental clarity, stress reduction, and disease prevention. More recent studies have shown a direct impact on eye health as well. [Read more...]
Stevens Johnson Syndrome: What Is It and Why Should We Be Informed?
April 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment
With the recent departure of our beloved Dr. Lynette Johns and to honor her incredible dedication to our pediatric patients who cope with the lasting effects of Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS), we thought this was an excellent week to share information on this devastating illness with our BFS community. [Read more...]
You Will Be Missed, Dr. Johns!
April 17, 2013 By 8 Comments
This month we said goodbye to Dr. Lynette Johns, who left BFS to pursue a teaching opportunity. Doctor Johns joined BFS in 2005 as an optometrist working beside BFS founder Dr. Perry Rosenthal. Among her many achievements during the last eight years, she provided compassionate care to more than a thousand patients, co-authored 15 publications and presentations on PROSE treatment and educated hundreds of doctors from around the world. [Read more...]
Potassium Deficiency and Dry Eye
April 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
One of the many nutrients that is essential for human life is potassium. Potassium is an electrolyte: a mineral with an electric charge that is present in blood and other fluids in the body. [Read more...]
New Online Patient Resources from the National Keratoconus Foundation
April 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Each year, the National Keratoconus Foundation (NKCF) presents patient education symposiums for people with keratoconus and their families. These seminars provide valuable information on the disease process, treatment protocols, and current research. [Read more...]
Research Indicates Alcohol Consumption Affects Dry Eye
March 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Our PROSE patients with dry eye are advised to follow home-care strategies in addition to their medically prescribed treatment plans in order to alleviate symptoms. Some of these self-care treatment protocols include taking frequent breaks from computer time, increasing humidity in the home or workplace, and protecting the eyes from wind and sun. Another key component is staying hydrated, which we wrote about here in a previous blog post. Something to consider when focusing on staying well hydrated is to 
avoid diuretics (substances that reduce the amount of fluid in the body). Alcohol is considered a diuretic and it is often recommended to avoid or limit alcohol consumption to prevent exacerbation of dry eye symptoms. Here is new scientific research that supports this recommendation and illustrates how alcohol can impact dry eye. [Read more...]
Vitamin D and Your Eyes
March 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The Vitamin D Council, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing reliable and evidence-based information about vitamin D, notes that researchers consider lack of sufficient vitamin D to be pandemic. [Read more...]