Phelophepa Train offers 2-week trip to Africa as prize in donation drive
July 15th 2013The American Friends of the Phelophepa Train are launching their first first-ever Eye Clinic Donation Drive to raise funds for the purchase of 50,000 pairs of eyeglasses to be dispensed at the eye clinic on board 18-car trains that travel throughout South Africa delivering primary healthcare services to under-served villagers.
SUNY optometry student develops art program for blind adults
July 15th 2013Shaista Vally, a second-year student at SUNY College of Optometry, has developed the SUNY Blind Art Program, a unique new art workshop for blind and visually impaired adults, held this summer at the college’s midtown Manhattan campus.
Blepharoplasties skyrocket among Medicare patients costing taxpayers millions
July 9th 2013From 2001 to 2011, eyelid lifts charged to Medicare more than tripled to 136,000 annually, according to a review of physician billing data by the Center for Public Integrity. In 2001, physicians billed taxpayers a total of $20 million for the procedure. By 2011, the price tag had quadrupled to $80 million. The number of physicians billing the surgery more than doubled.