Having just completed 16 hours of continuing education courses, sponsored by the University of Houston College of Optometry, I thought I might share some of the latest thinking in the eye business. Even the new Excimer lasers use a gentler spot beam, and eye-trackers attempt to improve accuracy.
Studies are underway to determine why people abandon their contact lenses.
There are probably six main reasons why people quit their contacts. I didn't think so. In any case, now that research has shown us the problem we can all hope for a solution. A few interesting concepts in drug therapy are emerging. Experimentally, it is being used in HIV and cancer patients as well as for those with age-related macular degeneration.