Oregon looks to require all children to undergo vision screening before entering school

Interested in becoming ABO certified? Qualifications will change at the end of the month.

Vision loss in relation to eye disease and treatment response was tracked in nearly 5,000 patients over 20 years.

More women than men have the four leading eye diseases in the U.S.: age-related macular degeneration, cataracts, glaucoma, and diabetic retinopathy.

Prolensa (bromfenac ophthalmic solution) 0.07% has received FDA approval for treating postop inflammation and ocular pain reduction following cataract surgery.

Prevent Blindness America will host the second annual Focus on Eye Health National Summit June 18 in Washington, DC.

Nicholas Guber has been named the 2013 Dr. Harvey Yamamoto Award Scholarship recipient.

American Optometric Association Associate Director of Publishing/Social Media Robert Foster has been named associate director of American Optometric Student Association.

Vistakon Division of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc. has announced the U.S. introduction of 1-Day Acuvue TruEye (narafilcon A) contact lenses.

The Southern California College of Optometry is undergoing expansion and will now offer a Physician’s Assistant Masters degree program, SCCO President Kevin Alexander announced to his alumni at a meeting during Opto West on April 5.

Optometry lost access to the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment program in the early 2000s. Sign the petition to add optometrists to the federal loan forgiveness program (NHSC). This program incentivizes optometrists to work in under served areas of the country.

The new Practice Eyes are ideal for teaching, refreshing, and practicing gonoiscopic examination skills such as examining and confirming normal angle structures, determining and measuring anterior chamber angle, and determining any developmental abnormalities.

The American Academy of Ophthalmology issued a list of 5 recommended practice changes as part of the Choosing Wisely initiative of the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation. The campaign aims to reduce waste in the American healthcare system by encouraging physicians to reconsider their medical routines and patients to adjust their expectations according to validated effectiveness research.

American adults who lose their eyesight are almost twice as likely to be depressed as other adults, an analysis of data from a large federal health survey has revealed.

At this time, the NHSC Loan Repayment Program is open only to licensed primary-care medical, dental, and mental and behavorial health providers. Optometrists are excluded. That’s right. Excluded.

Bausch + Lomb has filed, through its holding company, a registration statement regarding a proposed initial public offering.

Bausch + Lomb filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regarding an initial public offering of its common stock.