Scholarship to attract 'top students' for optometry
...by recruiting top students to be the best possible optometrists and conduct top research," Hopping said. "Without FERV, the UH College of Optometry would rely only on state funding, which would inhibit its ability to keep up with the growth of the profession. I've been committed to UHCO and have worked hard for...Racial, economic gaps in kids' eye care seen in four new studies
...h providers, and information about the location of optometrists and opthalmologists, the researchers for the first...ich kids need glasses, nor standard guidelines for optometrists and ophthalmologists to follow, so there can be major differences in diagnosis and treatment from pr...Orthokeratology contact lenses cause permanent vision loss in children
...ong. Orthokeratology was first developed by optometrists during the 1960s. The procedure consists of fitting a series of rigid gas-permeable lenses (OKLs) to modify the shape of the cornea, resulting in a temporary reduction, modification or elimination of the refractive error. Although not widely used in ...Rising numbers of patients seeing non-physician clinicians, study finds
...ers such as nurses, chiropractors, podiatrists and optometrists reflected a growing number of patients receiving care from both physicians and non-physicians, rather than an increase in independent treatment by non-physicians, which declined during the study period. Dr. Benjamin Druss, who holds the Rosalynn Cart...Tiny wounds on eye may lead to big problems in certain cases
...ience. The researchers asked optometrists at 20 clinics and private pra...f the time, she suggests that optometrists monitor their contact lens-wearing patients for such abrasions. ...Study finds direct link between computer use and vision problems in children
...y could walk." In the study, Dr. Hoenig and eight optometrists assessed the duration and frequency of computer usage and its relationship to eye focusing responses among 253 children aged 6 to 10 years using a PRIO KIDS tester (PKT) and conventional eye tests. They also examined the frequency of any abnormal fo...