PANELISTS DISCUSS DRY EYE DISEASE RISK FACTORS AND RESEARCH
July 12, 2018 - Research America
Dry eye disease (DED) afflicts an estimated over 30 million people in the United States alone, and nearly half of U.S. adults experience dry eye symptoms regularly. Experts say the pain associated with DED can make it feel as if there is sand in your eyes, or it can be so severe that you may not be able to open your...
Experts update legislators on dry eye disease at congressional briefing
July 31, 2018 - Healio
The Alliance for Eye and Vision Research and the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society attended a congressional briefing and conducted a “test your tears” dry eye screening in recognition of July as Dry Eye Awareness Month.
The Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (AEVR) and the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society...
Speakers Urge More Dry Eye Disease Research as Vision Community Recognizes Dry Eye Awareness Month 2018 with a Capitol Hill Briefing and Screening
July 11, 2018 - NAEVR
On July 11, the Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (AEVR) and the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society (TFOS) joined with the vision community and coalition partners (see bottom box) in recognizing July 2018 as Dry Eye Awareness Month—the second year of this re-formalized and expanded event that included a Congressional...
Organizations to hold congressional dry eye briefing
June 11, 2108 - Healio - Ocular Surgery News
To mark Dry Eye Awareness Month and highlight the 2017 publication of the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society’s Dry Eye Workshop II, TFOS and the Alliance for Eye and Vision Research will host a congressional briefing today.
Moderated by David Sullivan, MS, PhD, FARVO, the briefing will include...
June 29, 2018 - Sarah Farrant on Optician (UK) journal
Have you ever wondered why mushy peas or your favourite mint sauce is so green? It may be because they added Green S food dye (E number E142), which you may recognise as lissamine green.
This vital stain was introduced in 1973 by Norn 1 as an alternative to rose bengal for assessing the ocular...
Registration for the 10th International TFOS Conference on the Tear Film & Ocular Surface: Basic Science and Clinical Relevance, which will be held from October 30 through November 2, 2024 at the Hilton Molino Stucky in Venice, Italy, is now OPEN!
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...Yes, the wait is over...TFOS is launching TFOS DEWS III! Thank you, Alcon, the Title Sponsor.
We published the original TFOS DEWS report in 2007 and the international impact was amazing. As noted by a renowned ophthalmologist, “The publication of the TFOS DEWS report…was a landmark event in the history of our understanding and treatment of dry eye disease. Indeed, a European Medicines Agency official termed the TFOS DEWS report the dry eye “Bible".
We updated the TFOS DEWS report in 2017 and the impact of TFOS DEWS II report was...
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