TFOS DEWS II management and therapy report

L Jones, LE Downie, D Korb, JM Benitez-del-Castillo… - The ocular …, 2017 - Elsevier
The members of the Management and Therapy Subcommittee undertook an evidence-
based review of current dry eye therapies and management options. Management options …

Dry eye

JA Clayton - New England Journal of Medicine, 2018 - Mass Medical Soc
Dry Eye Dry eye is a common, painful ocular disturbance that can result from systemic
inflammatory diseases, localized eye problems, or commonly used medications. Current …

Dry eye disease: an immune-mediated ocular surface disorder

W Stevenson, SK Chauhan, R Dana - Archives of ophthalmology, 2012 - jamanetwork.com
Dry eye disease is a multifactorial disorder of the tears and ocular surface characterized by
symptoms of dryness and irritation. Although the pathogenesis of dry eye disease is not fully …

The importance of the omega-6/omega-3 fatty acid ratio in cardiovascular disease and other chronic diseases

AP Simopoulos - Experimental biology and medicine, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Several sources of information suggest that human beings evolved on a diet with a ratio of
omega-6 to omega-3 essential fatty acids (EFA) of~ 1 whereas in Western diets the ratio is …

The international workshop on meibomian gland dysfunction: report of the subcommittee on management and treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction

G Geerling, J Tauber, C Baudouin… - … & visual science, 2011 - iovs.arvojournals.org
The goals of the subcommittee were to review the current practice and published evidence
of medical and surgical treatment options for meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) and to …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of dry eye

T Kojima, M Dogru, M Kawashima, S Nakamura… - Progress in retinal and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The core mechanism of dry eye is the tear film instability. Tear film-oriented diagnosis
(TFOD) is a concept to clarify the cause of tear film instability by tear film, and tear film …

[HTML][HTML] The international workshop on meibomian gland dysfunction: report of the subcommittee on the epidemiology of, and associated risk factors for, MGD

DA Schaumberg, JJ Nichols, EB Papas… - … & visual science, 2011 - tvst.arvojournals.org
Scientists have been interested in studying the secretions of the meibomian glands for many
years, 1–8 and diseases associated with the meibomian glands (eg, cancers, posterior …

Etiology, prevalence, and treatment of dry eye disease

JL Gayton - Clinical ophthalmology, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: This review article examines the prevalence, etiology, and current therapies of dry
eye disease, with special focus on postmenopausal women. Method: A systematic literature …

Evolutionary aspects of diet, the omega-6/omega-3 ratio and genetic variation: nutritional implications for chronic diseases

AP Simopoulos - Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy, 2006 - Elsevier
Anthropological and epidemiological studies and studies at the molecular level indicate that
human beings evolved on a diet with a ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 essential fatty acids …

Prevalence of dry eye disease among US men: estimates from the Physicians' Health Studies

DA Schaumberg, R Dana, JE Buring… - Archives of …, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To estimate the prevalence and risk factors for dry eye disease (DED) among US
men. Methods Cross-sectional prevalence survey among male participants 50 years and …