Routine evaluation of meibomian glands, starting in childhood, is crucial for identifying and managing this progressive ...

Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) is the major cause of evaporative dry eye disease (EDED) and dysfunction is widely thought to mechanistically involve ductal hyperkeratinization, plugging and ...

Washing your lids, taking breaks and staying hydrated can all help, according to a founder who’s taking on the issue.

A new device for meibomian gland debridement was safe and effective and demonstrated time and space benefits compared with conventional debridement and expression approaches, according to a study ...

Nichols, OD, MPH, PhD, FAAO, a five-year, $1.9 million R01 grant to study potential molecular markers in meibomian gland dysfunction, a type of evaporative dry eye disease. Evaporative dry eye is the ...

Carolyn Adelsten woke up feeling like something was in her eye and it wouldn't come out. She visited an eye specialist, got a diagnosis of mild dry eye disease and was told to ...

LipiFlow treatment for meibomian gland dysfunction More than 25 years of clinical research shows that meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) is the primary cause of dry eye disease and that it can be ...

Ophthalmologists must embrace corneal diagnostics to select the proper patient for premium multifocal IOLs, according to a ...

Medically reviewed by David Strosberg, MD Chalazion surgery removes a small red bump that develops on the eyelid. The bump, ...