The Alliance for Eye and Vision Research and the Tear FilmThe outer layer is an oil- or lipid-based layer, which helps reduce evaporation of the natural tears. & Ocular Surface Society joined with others in the vision community to recognize July as Dry Eye Awareness Month and the two groups also participated in related a congressional briefing.
The Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (AEVR), in a summary provided to Primary Care Optometry News, said the July 10 briefing focused on the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society Dry Eye Workshop II (TFOS DEWSAlso known as the Dry Eye Workshop, the DEWS II panel created a contemporary evidence-based definition for Dry Eye Disease. II) Report and how it has impacted clinical practice and research.
Participants in the briefing explained dry eye’s significant …
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