During the ARVO meeting last week, Bausch + Lomb researchers presented results from the 5th Antibiotic Resistance Monitoring in Ocular Microorganisms (ARMOR) surveillance study in the United States, as well as the first data from the study in Canada.

Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. and the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center experienced recent success with an artificial retina, which is gaining national attention and giving patients back their sight.

American Association of Doctors of Optometry has announced that it has officially renamed itself to the Union of American Eye Care Providers.

In honor of Mother's Day, HelpMeSee is launching an online campaign so that supporters worldwide can join efforts to reduce the impact that cataract blindness has on women.

New York City’s United Federation of Teachers (UFT) and OneSight, a global vision care nonprofit, announce Project NYSee, a new partnership providing New York City public school students with access to vision care.

A physically active lifestyle and occasional drinking are associated with a reduced risk of developing visual impairment, according to a study recently published in Ophthalmology.

The major provisions of two bills introduced in 2013 on behalf of Nebraska Optometric Association (NOA) were combined into LB 526 during the course of the 2014 legislative session. The combined bill would have removed current restrictions on prescribing oral steroids, oral glaucoma agents, and oral immunosuppressives (ODs in NE can prescribe any oral medication except these); authorized specific procedures for treating eyelid cysts; and authorized injections into the eyelid related to those procedures, along with injections for treating anaphylaxis.

A few days ago, I returned from Boston where I attended the IOMED program at the 40th annual American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) meeting. Before I began writing this editorial, I reread what I had written after last year’s meeting (“Optometry at the ASCRS meeting,” May 2013). I had closed with, “I hope next year’s meeting builds on what took place in San Francisco, with a big emphasis on partnering, not employing.”

Alcon has introduced eye2eye, a new app that features a contact lens finder that helps eyecare professionals identify Alcon contact lens products for their patients and can also help ECPs successfully fit potential multifocal and toric contact lens wearers in less time.

The American Optometric Association (AOA) reminds eyecare professionals to educate patients about basketball vision safety.

Prevent Blindness has declared May as UV Awareness Month to help educate the public on the dangers of UV and offers steps to take to protect vision today and in the future.

TrueVision 3D Surgical and Lensar Inc. recently announced a global co-development and distribution agreement that integrates TrueVision’s TrueGuide system into the Lensar Laser System’s technology suite.

According to the first major study of color blindness in a multi-ethnic group of preschoolers, which was recently published in Ophthalmology, Caucasian male children have the highest prevalence among 4 major ethnicities, with 1 in 20 testing color vision deficient.

Three states-Arizona, Nebraska, and Tennessee-recently experienced changes in their scope-of-practice legislation.

According to a report from a television station in Cincinnati, OH, some teenagers are now applying Burt’s Bees lip balm onto the outside of their eyelids to enhance intoxication from alcohol or other drugs. They call it “beezin.”

Today, the surgical correction of refractive error is most commonly performed on the cornea. LASIK surgery is the most popular form of refractive surgery in the U.S. with more than 16.5 million procedures performed to date.1 For many of our patients, LASIK may be the best surgical option, but sometimes removing tissue from the cornea may not be the best surgical option.

According to a recent report from the International Federation of Health Plans, health care costs in the United States-including prescriptions, hospitalizations, and routine surgical procedures-often significantly outweigh costs in other countries.

I was working in San Francisco, I had a biology and chemistry degree, I didn’t like what I was doing anymore and met an optometrist. I had good experiences in optometry in my hometown with Dr. Crouch, and I decided that I’d pursue optometry. It seemed like a good match in my interest in helping people and science.

Primary care optometrists play a crucial role in the wellbeing of a child, often serving as the gatekeeper for the critical care of our youngest patients. After hours, these doctors must sift through a vast array of evidence-based literature to foster the insight required just to get through a day in the life.