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Stuart Richer, OD, PhD, FAAO, is director of ocular preventive medicine at James Lovell Federal Health Care Facility in Chicago. He is also associate professor of family and preventative medicine at Chicago Medical School and assistant clinical professor 

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Have a plan to combat immune senescence in your senior patients at risk for the disease

How to build a lifestyle and nutritional firewall against viruses like COVID-19

Optometry’s success in the future will depend on the ability of ODs to overcome new challenges.

Prevention, artificial intelligence, and the future of optometry

This carotenoid helps with dry eye, glaucoma, AMD, eye fatigue, and more.

Go beyond fish oil with astaxanthin in krill oil 

Thomas Wong, OD, FNAP, is an Associate Clinical Professor at the SUNY College of Optometry serving as both the Director of Clinical Externships and New Technologies focused on innovative ophthalmic technologies improving patient outcomes, ocular disease, contact lenses, bioethics, clinical research, and medical informatics.

Nutrition in the future of primary-care optometry 

How to incorporate nutrition into dry eye practice 

Understand diabetes and nutrition

Dr. Whitney Hauser received her Doctor of Optometry degree in 2001 from Southern College of Optometry, where she completed a postgraduate residency in primary care optometry. Dr. Hauser is a member of the American Optometric Association, Tennessee Associa

Always look for dry eye in patients of all ages