Registration is now open for Optometry’s Meeting 2014, which runs June 25-29, a day longer than usual. This extra day will allow guests to better take...
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...
Texas-based optometric alliance Vision Source has announced that its Phoenix-area members have joined Arizona Care Network, a clinically integrated accountable care organization led by physicians and...
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...
He went for tests after squinting at the TV. A 52-year-old British man went for his first eye exam because he had been squinting at the...
$5,000 worth of designer sunglasses – and chocolates — stolen. In the past six months, a thief has made off with more than $5,000 worth of...
Add an engineer and a nearsighted vocalist and you have a popular local sextet. Four eye doctors, a near-sighted singer and an engineer make up 20/20,...
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