Earlier this month, the Food and Drug
Administration approved the first-of-its-kind Implantable Miniature
Telescope (IMT, VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies) to improve vision
in patients with end-stage age-related macular degeneration.
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More than two months have passed since the
new regulation on contact and ophthalmic lens prescribing officially
took effect in British Columbia, Canada. But, have any British Columbian O.D.s actually felt the sting of the new prescribing regulations?
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The impending 21% cut to the Medicare
Physician Fee Schedule received a six-month reprieve—one week after the
cut had already taken effect.
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Some 75% of patients with severe corneal
damage were successfully healed with transplants of their own limbal
stem cells, according to a study published online in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Volunteers invited to join the 10th annual hike of a
lifetime to the top of Kilimanjaro plus three days safari.
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Here's a glimpse of what's happening in the profession across the country!
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What if you could measure refractive error
with your cell phone? A research team at MIT has come up with a quick,
simple and extremely cheap way to do just that.
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Planning the meetings you'll be attending soon? Whatever you’re looking for, there is more
than likely a perfect fit. You just need to properly identify your
needs and do your research ahead of time.
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If anything will lead to total doom for optometry it is
this: DENTISTS ARE STEALING OUR CHILDREN!
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Keeping up with the coding changes for new technologies is necessary to be properly reimbursed.
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I recently had a patient with all the signs
and symptoms of thyroid eye disease, yet her medical doctor told her
that her blood work for thyroid was normal. How can this be?
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Of course my patients wear their sunglasses in the summer. How do I remind them that adequate UV protection is a year-round necessity—and that sometimes, sunglasses aren’t enough?
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A 42-year-old Hispanic female presented
with significant blur at near. She said that her distance vision was
mildly blurry as well.
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A 67-year-old white male had recently
undergone uncomplicated cataract extraction in his right eye and was
presenting for a three-week postoperative visit.
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Cases of LSCD associated with contact lens abuse are being diagnosed more frequently than ever before.
Furthermore, since federal funds may now be used for human embryonic stem cell
research, the potential to treat LSCD has become a subject of much discussion.
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Check out some of the latest industry offerings!
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A 42-year-old black female presented for an
eye examination with a chief complaint of painless, intermittent red
eyes that had persisted for two months.
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The glands of the endocrine system include
the pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, gonads, pancreas, thymus
and pineal glands. Disorders of the endocrine system can cause a
hormone imbalance, which can affect a person’s health in myriad ways.
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