Book aims to make kids’ visits ‘bear’-able
February 17th 2012Live Eyewear Inc., manufacturer of Cocoons, Vistana, LightGuard and other eyewear brands, has published Now I Can See! This limited-edition waiting room book is designed to keep young patients entertained while waiting for their appointment and introduce them to the benefits of corrective eyewear through the perspective of Blandon Bear, the story's main character.
Compliance - priority for patient care
January 1st 2012The prevalence of non-adherence with IOP-lowering medications underscores the need for optometrists to frequently re-assess medication use in glaucoma patients and consider therapies that will enable compliance and prevent it from becoming an efficacy-limiting issue.
Use imaging devices to detect early glaucomatous changes
November 1st 2011For successful diagnosis and management of patients with glaucoma, optometrists must understand the structure-function relationship as the disease progresses and be proficient at performing structural and functional exams using imaging devices that provide reproducible, objective measurements.
Measure visual, not pupillary, axis for accurate progressive addition lenses placement, OD says
November 1st 2011The most frustrating part of fitting glasses is fitting progressive addition lenses and the resulting problem with lens wearer rejections, non-adaptation, and high re-do rates caused by ill-fitting PALs.