Pericytes and glaucoma

We’re back! Sara and I had a pretty rough summer with actual work, so we didn’t have much time to record anything. We chose a recent study on how outdoor time affects myopia progression. Effect of Time Outdoors and Near-Viewing Time on Myopia Progression in 9- To 11-Year-Old Children in Chongqing

We discuss the points brought up in the book But I Don't Sell by Steve Vargo, OD, MBA. We strongly recommend reading this book if you work in a private practice setting whether you own a practice or not.

We go over an interesting case that led to a top-notch review article. The diagnosis of limbal stem cell deficiency in The Ocular Surface. It has a great summary/table on the proper diagnosis of LSCD.

In this episode, we discuss the article Associations Between Peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer and Choroidal Thickness With the Development and Progression of Diabetic Retinopathy in the journal Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 

Everything you need to know about Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia. In this episode, Sara shows off an OSSN lesion that she saw in residency. We plan on posting it to the website, so check out whatthefundus.com for that.

The gauntlet has been thrown. The blue-light-hazard vs. blue-light-hype in the February issue of Opthalmology basically calls blue-light-blocking IOLs pure snake oil. We break down their arguments.

We talk about the paper Goji Berry Intake Increases Macular Pigment Optical Density in Healthy Adults: A Randomized Pilot Trial which talks about the benefits that a steady diet of goji berries can have on macular pigment density.

Treating MGD is basically all we do now, right? In this episode, we discuss Efficacy and Safety of Lipiflow for Treating Meibomian Gland Dysfunction from the journal Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology.

A recent paper published in JAMA Ophthalmology discusses our potentially overblown fear of prescribing oral CAIs to lower IOP. 

Problems with pericytes have been shown to be a major cause of the issues related to diabetes. A recent study in the journal of the PNAS shows that an issue with how they regulate calcium ion transfer may play a role in glaucomatous damage. Get ready for some basic science information!