Optometry

• Meeting News Coverage

• Survey: Ethnic minorities value eye health, seek no preventive care

• Primary Care Optometry News, May 2013
• NEW YORK — Transitions Optical released survey results here at Vision Expo East that show Americans continue to exhibit a poor understanding of the...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Vision Council, AOA partner for relaunch of vision health initiative

• March 18, 2013
• NEW YORK — The Vision Council and the American Optometric Association have joined to relaunch the Think About Your Eyes campaign for national public...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Vision Council, AOA partner for relaunch of vision health initiative

• Primary Care Optometry News, May 2013
• NEW YORK — The Vision Council and the American Optometric Association have joined to relaunch the Think About Your Eyes campaign for national public...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Vision Expo to feature live talk radio broadcast

• March 15, 2013
• NEW YORK – Vision Expo East will provide the setting for a live broadcast of “The Power Hour” with Gary Gerber, OD, Chief Dream Officer...More »

• Breaking News

• SECO elects new president, officers

• March 13, 2013
• SECO International has elected a new president, Darby Chiasson, OD, and a new slate of administrative officials, according to an organization press...More »

• Breaking News

• Optometry Giving Sight appoints Aragon as board chair

• March 12, 2013
• Optometry Giving Sight has named Juan Carlos Aragon, OD, as the inaugural chair of the organization’s new Global Development Board, according to a...More »

• In the Journals

• ACA could increase demand for primary care, exceed supply by 10%

• Endocrine Today, April 2013
• The Affordable Care Act’s expansion of insurance coverage could increase demand for primary care, thus exceeding services by 10%, according...More »

• AAO: Federal budget cuts may restrict Medicare patients’ access to eye care

• March 7, 2013
• Automatic cuts in the 2013 federal budget will adversely affect Medicare patients and jeopardize access to care, the American Academy of Ophthalmology...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Typical US diet increases eye disease risk

• Primary Care Optometry News, April 2013
• ATLANTA – U.S. citizens are eating more carbohydrates, fats and proteins, which results in increased inflammation, specifically, obesity, diabetes,...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Doctor alliances, more efficient practices will survive Affordable Care Act

• Primary Care Optometry News, April 2013
• ATLANTA – A number of mandates that are part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are set to take effect Jan. 1, 2014, and optometrists...More »

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