Congressional briefing highlights July as Dry Eye Awareness Month

Congressional briefing highlights July as Dry Eye Awareness Month

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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