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March 2023 Newsletter

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In My Own Words: A Career Move Results from KC

Meet Dan Cohen of Silicon Valley.  Dan has been an essential part of several start-ups.  Today, he is Vice President…

High Altitude Keratoconus

An article published this year surveyed people with keratoconus living in Saudi Arabia.  Optometrists invited their patients to complete a…

Keratoconus Severity Affects Quality of Life at All Levels

Doctors have long collected surveys to assess the effect of disease on their patients’ ability to achieve a good quality…

Scleral Lenses Popular Among KC Community

For more than 50 years, if you asked someone with keratoconus about their contact lenses, chances are they were wearing…

A Case of Unilateral Keratoconus?

Cornea specialists published a consensus paper on the diagnosis of keratoconus in 2015 that included three characteristics of keratoconus.  Patients…

Webinar Rewind: A New Drug to Treat KC Investigated

Over 1,000 individuals tuned in to the July Evening Webinar or watched a recording of the presentation given by Dr.…

Keratoconus in Africa

NKCF hears from patients who sometimes have trouble finding contact lens solution: imagine that inconvenience on a permanent basis.  Living…

Breakthrough for Treatment of Severe KC

The journal Nature Biotechnology published exciting news of a bioengineered implant used in place of corneal transplants for treatment of…

NKCF Creates Down Syndrome Task Force

On August 18, fifteen eye care professionals held the first meeting of the Task Force on Down syndrome and Keratoconus,…