The National Eye Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, awarded Jason J. Nichols, OD, MPH, PhD, FAAO, a five-year, $1.9 million R01 grant to study potential molecular markers in ...

with evaporative dry eye disease and meibomian gland dysfunction. Participants were randomly assigned to receive treatment with the MGrx device (n = 15) or traditional debridement, heating and ...

We recently discovered that a heated eye mask ... the Meibomian glands — the glands in eyelids that produce the oil component of tears — can contribute to dry eye symptoms. “One treatment ...

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 ...

DelveInsight's Meibomian Gland Dysfunction Market ... Inc.). The current emerging treatment options for MGD include intraductal meibomian gland probing, emulsion eye drops containing lipids ...

But before diving into treatments ... The most common form of dry eye is evaporative dry eye, which is primarily caused by meibomian gland dysfunction. The meibomian glands produce an essential ...

In this case, tear production is normal, but the quality of the tears leads to excessive evaporation, typically caused by meibomian gland dysfunction. Treatment for dry eye disease follows a ...