Retinal vaso-occlusive disorders are common causes of vision loss and blindness in the world. Diabetic retinopathy, the most prevalent retinal vascular disease, is a leading cause of blindness in patients between 20 to 74 years of age in the U.S.

A mid-50s female was sent for imaging of a choroidal nevus that had been followed clinically for several years without observation of changes. There was no suspicion of growth or significant elevation. The purpose of the imaging studies was to establish digital baseline characteristics and to add additional documentation.

WellPoint has signed a definitive agreement to sell its online contact lens retail subsidiary 1-800 CONTACTS to private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners.

Innovega debuted its first fully functioning prototypes of iOptik, an augmented reality system that projects a heads-up display onto contact lenses, at the recent Consumer Electronics Show.

Smoking raises the risk of developing cataracts, but quitting may turn that around over time, according to a new study from Sweden.

LKC Technologies recently debuted RETeval, a handheld diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening device that enables any healthcare provider to screen for and detect sight-threatening DR.

The third annual Focus on Eye Health National Summit is scheduled for June 18, 2014, at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.

You see them year after year in your chair: persistent cylindrical dandruff (CD), red lid margins, and eyelash distention. You've prescribed lid scrubs with baby shampoo, warm compresses, and even steroid/antibiotic combo drops, but nothing seems to resolve the condition. If this is the case, it's likely you are dealing with demodex blepharitis.

Converse Eyewear, John Varvatos, and Blackfin all introduce new collections. Coburn releases a new polishing compound, Digi-Sheen Pro.

So here we are, facing another bleak, dreary January. I really hate January. One of the reasons I hate January is New Year’s resolutions. Why do we spend time at the dawn of each new year coming up with a list of things wrong with us?

The measurement and management of intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients with glaucoma is critical. Even with the onslaught of new technologies to monitor progression and make earlier diagnoses, IOP remains a crucial data point in the optometric examination.

We have talked about dropouts in contact lens practice since we started fitting lenses. Jason Nichols, OD, said 16% of contact lens wearers permanently drop out of lens wear each year.1 Many others quote 15-30% of lens wearers drop out each year.

Prevent Blindness and other eye health organizations have declared January as National Glaucoma Awareness Month. Prevent Blindness seeks to educate the public on the second leading cause of blindness, following cataracts, by providing free resources via online or by mail through its Glaucoma Learning Center.

AOAExcel, a wholly owned subsidiary of the American Optometric Association, has recently partnered with Healthcare Professional Funding (HPF) to offer financial solutions for ODs.

ABB Optical Group will offer two new custom soft contact lens product lines. Customers can now order the full line of SynergEyes Inc. products and BioColors from Orion Vision Group.»

The NBEO has made both an obvious and a very courageous decision to embrace its certification as board certification in general optometry. Obvious in that more than 10,000 ODs already represent themselves to be board certified by the NBEO to the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH) and subsequently to the health plans that rely on CAQH for credentialing. And it was courageous, as I’m certain the NBEO faced opposition to its action.

To help eyecare professionals encourage their patients to make eye health a priority, AllAboutVision.com has released a 2014 checklist to offer to your patients to ensure ocular health.

Many patients may assume their solution of choice will do the job and that, perhaps, the differences represented on the shelf are minimal. But we know that contact lens solutions are complex formulations of biocides, buffering agents, and surfactants, and that the balance between these agents must be nearly perfect.

I know it is human nature to ignore our mortality. I also know running a small business like most of us do, we have our eyes on temporal problems: payroll, staff, insurance. All these little fires leave us with no time for other things, and what gets neglected most often is ourselves.

I was born in Melbourne. I lived there for 23 years and did my Bachelor of Optometry at the University of Melbourne. Then I worked in practice for a year, I got married, jumped on a boat with my wife and sailed to England.