5 Ways to Better Co-Manage Diabetic Patients

Diabetes is a significant health-care challenge. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 30.4 million Americans have diabetes, and one-in-four of them don’t know they have it. There are 84 million people with pre-diabetes, according to the CDC. What is your practice doing to serve these people? Not only is taking care of these patients by addressing their diabetes the right thing to do; it’s a great practice-builder.

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A Brain Fingerprint: Study Uncovers Unique Brain Plasticity in People Born Blind

Neuroscientists reveal that the part of the brain that receives and processes visual information in sighted people develops a unique connectivity pattern in people born blind. They say this pattern in the primary visual cortex is unique to each person -- akin to a fingerprint.

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Read more about the article Cameras at the Ready – World Sight Day Photo Competition is Back
Photo by Abdullah Almajed, KKESH, Health Education Department, Saudi Arabia | IAPB

Cameras at the Ready – World Sight Day Photo Competition is Back

The IAPB World Sight Day Photo Competition invites amateur and professional photographers to demonstrate their skills and share with the world what they see and what it means to #LoveYourEyes.

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Read more about the article Cycloplegic Refraction in Children
Children are eager to please and they may try too hard to give the ‘correct’ answers during refraction; this can result in an inaccurate spectacle prescription. PAKISTAN © Shaffaq Bajwa CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Cycloplegic Refraction in Children

Cycloplegic refraction makes it possible to accurately measure a child’s refractive error and provide appropriate correction.

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