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The Dry Eye
July 23, 2026
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Welcome back to Meibomian Gland Adventure Land! Last month, I offered a basic definition of “best practices” vs. standard of care and then applied it to making the diagnosis of MGD. This month’s task is to do the same thing with treatment.To review, evaporative dry eye disease (eDED) likely represents upward of 80% of diagnosable DED in the U.S. The underlying pathophysiology is
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The Dry Eye
July 23, 2026
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Recent data suggest that 85% of dry eye disease in the U.S. is partially or completely evaporative dry eye.This means that 85% of…

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