Eye care professionals now have easy access to important information for educating and prescribing sun protection. The AOA and Opticians Association of America (OAA), with support from Luxottica and The Vision Council, announced the launch of the first of three, free continuing education modules in support of the Sun Initiative.

More than 1,000 attendees at the American Diabetes Association EXPO learned about the importance of regular eye care and the benefits of adaptive Transitions lenses.

Essilor Instruments announced the newest addition to its U.S. line of high-efficiency finishing products. Mr. Orange is a tracing, blocking, and edging system that features such integrated functions as management of high curves up to base 9 and optical tracing for fast rimless and groove jobs.

The Food and Drug Administration has granted a Special 510(k) clearance for CooperVision's Avaira Toric 2-week silicone hydrogel contact lenses for astigmatism. The lenses are available for select distribution beginning this month.

VSP Global and the American Optometric Association will meet in an open forum here on Thursday, May 24, to discuss their divergent views on stand-alone vision plans participating in state health exchanges.

With instructional video and free, downloadable Spreadsheet Calculator; If your optical shop is losing revenue as online retailers gain market share, Renee Richards, OD, suggests you implement a two-tiered strategy.

Optometrists here took a major step toward obtaining glaucoma-treatment privileges when the provincial Ministry of Health posted for comment proposed regulatory amendments that would allow precisely that.

Is the independent optometrist being threatened much like small bookstores and neighborhood pharmacies?

Area "Avatar" and other 3D movies an emerging public health opportunity for optometry as well as box office blockbusters?

Vitreous floaters are a common patient complaint, but because floaters are typically benign and the treatment options are limited, most can be managed with proper patient education and reassurance.

For optometrists, the newest prostaglandin drop for glaucoma could be a case of addition by subtraction – of preservatives.

A 71-year-old patient with age-related macular degeneration recently presented for a follow-up visit.

Genetic testing, spectral-domain optical coherence tomography, multispectral digital ophthalmology, microperimetry using line-scanning laser ophthalmoscope, and preferential hyperacuity perimeter are among the newest technologies that are raising the standard of care for age-related macular degeneration.

The current system of eyeglass lens manufacturing, in which semi-finished "blanks" are delivered and finished in on-site laboratories, will give way to a system in which individually designed lenses are crafted for each patient.

An optometrist's understanding of ocular pain management must always be evolving as you become more immersed in primary care, but, according to recent literature, most doctors under evaluate a patient's pain and discomfort and often don't prescribe enough medication.

Timothy Jankowski, OD, immediate past chairman of VSP Global, has been leading the effort to get stand-alone vision plans into state health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, a strategy that AOA opposes.

A proprietary hybrid contact lens appears to be a good option for restoring vision in eyes with keratoconus or post-LASIK ectasia.

Researchers comparing stereo photographs and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography in glaucoma patients found the device could detect structures invisible to ophthalmoscopy.

Currently there is a significant evidence-based shift toward anti-VEGF therapy as first-line treatment for diabetic macular edema, macular edema associated with vein occlusion, and active exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Despite what some people believe, social media isn't a fad.