Application Essays Sought for AOA Third-year optometry students are encouraged to submit an essay for each of the two scholarships administered through Optometry Cares, the AOA...
Add-on for Google Glass can identify happiness, anger and surprise. Just when you thought the short-term future of technology couldn’t get any creepier, along comes a...
Two co-CEOs will replace Andrea Guerra. Luxottica CEO Andrea Guerra has stepped down as CEO of the Luxottica eyewear empire, replaced by two co-CEOS and an...
“I like being able to see,” says Texas Governor. Texas Governor Rick Perry opens up about his now-trademark new eyeglasses with a reporter for The Atlantic,...
And a psychic, too. The bitcoin’s march into retail has entered the eyewear industry with the announcement that online seller Eight will now accept the alternative...
Close monitoring is necessary, says the agency. The FDA is reminding parents that “contact lenses are medical devices, not cosmetics,” and urging that children who wear...
ClearVision Optical recently introduced two formats to provide education for success in the kids business. Its exclusive training video series, “Success in the Kids Business,” and...
Device allows doctors to track intraocular pressure over 24 hours. Scientists in France have developed a single-use contact lens for the detection of glaucoma. The lenses...
When Drift founder couldn’t get manufacturing equipment, he made his own. When Chris Mantz set out to start up his Drift Eyewear manufacturing operation in Chicago...
An OD in Henderson, NV houses one of the area’s best-kept secrets. Nearly 175 eyeglasses and sunglasses make up the Famous People’s Eyeglasses Museum at Dr....
Georgia researchers are studying macular pigment. People with more yellow pigment in their eye may be better able to see distant objects in hazy conditions, according...
Krewe du Optic is the only line based in the South. “New Orleans is known for many things, but style is not necessarily one of them,”...
Every year, thousands of Americans suffer an eye injury related to playing sports according to new data from Prevent Blindness. To help educate the public on the...
Fifty-nine years ago near Oakland, CA, Dr. Marvin Poston and several of his fellow optometrists formed California Vision Services, now known as VSP Vision Care, one...
Aiming to provide independent eye care practitioners with an easy-to-implement method to more effectively enhance the ECP-wearer relationship, as well as drive contact lens category growth, CooperVision...
Vision West partners with health care compliance and EMR management consultants Optometric Business Solutions to offer resources and training to its members. “We are very excited...
Sets has launched a new premium sunglasses brand featuring interchangeable sides through its Indiegogo campaign. The classic wayfarer-style sunglasses offer polarized lenses and feature a quick...
Committee chairman again questions pricing policy of four major manufacturers. Although Congress adjourned for the summer shortly after a hearing on the matter by the U.S....
Optometrists should follow example seen in ophthalmology practices. Results of a workforce study commissioned by the American Optometric Association and the Association of Schools and Colleges...
Her own vintage collection numbers 6,000 frames. Herself a successful eyewear designer, New Yorker Selima Salaun yearns for the good old days. “What was done back...
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