After months of heated debate within the optometric community, the AOA House of Delegates voted for an updated version of the proposed board certification model during its annual meeting in Washington, D.C., on Friday, June 26.
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Medical researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have cultured stem cells on a standard therapeutic contact lens to restore sight to sufferers of blinding corneal disease.
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Visual impairment costs the global population $268.
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At AOAs Optometrys Meeting, two optometrists were inducted into the National Optometry Hall of Fame : Edwin Marshall, O.
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July 1 marked the end of all optometry and optical services for adults under Medi-Cal, California's Medicaid health care program.
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I love the Fourth of July.
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When you were the only eye doc in town, who needed a sign anyway? But now, with a Starbucks and an optometrist on every block, one has to consider carefully how to make certain that the average wandering patient will not stumble blindly into a $2,000-a-year latte budget that causes him or her to say these dreaded words: I just cant afford to get my eyes checked this year.
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Few ocular disease presentations present opportunities for such a wide array of diagnostic tests as glaucoma, which means management of this spectrum of disease is good for your patient and your bottom line.
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Q: I work with an excellent cataract surgeon, but occasionally I see one-day post-op patients who come in with pretty beat-up corneas.
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Q: Even though the worst of the Acanthamoeba epidemic may be considered behind us, how can I care for my patients and lessen their risk of exposure or infection? A: The practitioner needs to assess each patients willingness and ability to comply with wear regimens, says Elmer Tu, M.
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A 10-year-old Hispanic female presented as an emergency case with decreased vision in her right eye that had persisted for a week.
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A 52-year-old white male dentist presented with moderate ocular discomfort and foreign body sensation in his right eye that had lasted for three days.
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Today, more than 26 million Americans have either type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
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September 10-14.
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History A 33-year-old white female presented with a chief complaint of poor vision that had persisted for one month following a car accident.
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The eye is continually exposed to organisms and other foreign molecules.
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