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Attendees were treated to a broad sampling of presentations at the third annual Evidence-Based Care in Myopia Control, Retina, and Vision Enhancement meeting of the Wilmer Eye Institute in conjunction with the Maryland Optometric Association.

If you're like most optometrists who own a practice, you rely on your bookkeeper or accountant to pay the bills, cut payroll checks, and prepare tax reports for the Internal Revenue Service.

The recently launched EyeScan modular ocular imaging device provides high-quality images and has the potential to save practices time and money, according to one proponent.

Studies conducted with waveform data obtained using a non-contact applanation tonometer show that this information pertaining to corneal biomechanical properties may have value in helping to identify early-stage compromised corneas, according to one expert.

New hybrid contact lenses offer improved technology and a broader range of designs that allow optometrists to fit almost any patient with an irregular cornea.

Noncompliance with lens care instructions represents the primary risk factor for contact lens case contamination, according to results from a recent study.

Evidence-based care plays an integral role in every clinical practice, according to one expert.

Most optometrists in private practice chose not to provide low vision services because they think that income opportunities are limited.

A user-friendly diagnostic ultrasound device offers a range of features that make it a valuable instrument for anterior and posterior ophthalmic imaging both for clinical use and for teaching applications, according to an echographer.

Optometry has worked for more than 35 years to equip itself as a primary care profession.

Diabetic retinopathy is the most common vascular retinopathy associated with decreased visual acuity among young adults.

Optometrists may be reluctant to take on infants and toddlers as patients because they think that examining and treating these youngest of patients require special skills.

Spectral domain ophthalmic imaging is the wave of the future according to one expert.

The retinal camera is a valuable diagnostic and screening tool that is underused in most optometry practices, according to an expert.

Examination of the posterior surface of the cornea is critically important when evaluating patients for refractive surgery, one expert notes.

Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography and time-domain OCT have both showed that the retinal nerve fiber layer is significantly thinner in glaucomatous eyes.

It's virtually impossible for optometry practices that support one or two doctors to compete with national chains when it comes to pricing or fees.

One physician author describes how he is overwhelmed by the attitude and attendance of those at VEE 2010.

Technology has three phases: emerging, gold standard and outdated.

Analyses exploring relationships between structural and functional losses in glaucoma show that early structural damage as measured by spectral domain OCT can occur in the absence of visual field changes.

The benefits of an artificial teardrop that is commonly used to help relieve symptoms of dry eye may extend to contact lens wearers who experience dryness and discomfort caused by contact lenses.

Given the plethora of over-the-counter and prescription approaches available for dry eye, patient and clinician agreement on the appropriate regimen is key to treatment success.

The results of a utility analysis of cyclosporine ophthalmic emulsion 0.05% show that it is highly cost effective and improves quality of life.

With the down economy, a reasonable first response is not to buy into a panic mentality.

Meibomian gland evaluation should be a part of every optometric evaluation, one expert says.

There is little debate that vision is a critical factor in sports performance, or that visual information is the dominant sensory system when performing practically any perceptual motor task.

Bausch + Lomb is poised for growth, according to its new CEO.

When did you or your staff last ask your vendors how they could help grow your practice?