Less than ten percent know the odds. While women are at significantly greater risk of permanent vision loss from cataracts and macular degeneration, fewer than ten...
Woman had established a school with her ophthalmologist husband. A Vancouver optometrist who started a school in Kabul was one of two Canadians killed in a...
Research involved 370 Chinese primary schoolers. Increased outdoor activity results in decreased levels of myopia, while near work has no association, according to a recent study....
Couple eventually caught for not wearing seatbelts. A California couple traveled to Florida for a week-long crime spree that netted them 285 pairs of designer frames...
Company says, “We never wanted to upset anyone.” That French eyewear company that caught global flack for a line of Anorexxxy sunglasses has changed the brand’s...
Developments are seen in Oklahoma, Kentucky and Tennessee. Although currently allowed only in Oklahoma and Kentucky, efforts are underway elsewhere to expand the ability of optometrists...
Recipes highlight eye-health. Sandra Young, a doctor of optometry in Monument CO, calls herself “a passionate cook,” so her volume of eye-healthy recipes seemed to her...
Posters express outrage over new brand, Paul Walker auction. With people around the globe expressing disgust at an auction of the sunglasses worn by actor Paul...
Study of 20,000 kids shows big improvement in test scores. A Stanford University study of Chinese school children showed an 18 percent improvement in some standardized...
His campaign has some support from eyecare professionals. Senator Rick Jones of Grand Ledge MI is trying to stop eye-exam kiosks from setting up in malls...
Association warns of “significant risk.’ Following news reports that a Chicago optometrist has developed an online eye exam that may be available later this year, the...
“Hey, Mom, those Mykitas are pretty cool.” A newspaper in Washington State is reporting that some parents there are neatly navigating the Affordable Care Act to...
Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment have made the difference. A Mayo Clinic study reports that the probability of blindness due to glaucoma has decreased by nearly...
Cites children as his special focus. Baseball great Cal Ripken partially credits a lifetime of razor-sharp vision with his exceptional 21-year career with the Baltimore Orioles....
Magazine catches NYT on long history of trend alerts. The New York Times reported last week that the monocle is enjoying a recent rebirth as a...
Five minutes, no waiting. A group of Chicago investors will back wide-scale tests this month for an on-line eye examination developed by a local optometrist that...
Japanese design folds up to 2 mm. Finally, a solution to one of the great mysteries of an aging population: “Where did I put my reading...
New owner has invested $128 million in reorganization. The $8.7 billion that Valeant Pharmaceuticals spent to purchase Bausch + Lomb Inc. last fall is apparently paying...
List of diagnostic benefits grows for eye tests. Add Alzheimer’s disease to the long list of chronic conditions for which eye tests may be a diagnostic...
First class is expected in 2016. The State of Kentucky will get the first college of optometry in its 212-year history with a new University of...
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