8 Reasons to Focus on Diabetes in Your Practice
An intentional focus on diabetes enhances patient outcomes and has a substantial impact on the overall success and sustainability of optometry practices.
World Sight Day Inspires Sector to Focus on Child Eye Health
The World Sight Day campaign is an opportunity for individuals and organisations worldwide to unite in support of eye health for all.
Building Climate-Resilient Eye Care, a Landmark World Health Assembly Resolution
A landmark resolution marks a significant step forward in recognizing the profound threat that climate change poses to global public health, including its impacts on eye care.
Study: Artificial Intelligence as Good as Top Experts at Detecting Eye Diseases
The breakthrough research describes how machine learning technology has been successfully trained on thousands of historic de-personalised eye scans to identify features of eye disease and recommend how patients should be referred for care.
Protecting your Eyes From the Sun’s UV Light
Here are some common questions and answers about UV light and how to protect your eyes from the sun.
Detecting Vision Problems in Children
P VIJAYALAKSHMI | Senior Paediatric Ophthalmologist and Chief of Vision Rehabilitation Center: Aravind Eye Care System, Madurai, India.Screening can detect eye conditions early – which is especially important in children,…
Expo Óptica: The Largest in Latin America
Expo Óptica reaches another edition consolidated as the biggest event in the optical sector in Latin America. The fair emerged in 2003 under the name Expo Abióptica and is part…
Glasses with Spiral Lenses Could Help You See Clearer, Farther
By Michael Irving Scientists have developed a new type of lens that creates multiple focal points, which could make for glasses or contacts that provide a clearer view over a range of…
Machine Learning Sees into the Future to Prevent Sight Loss in Humans
In a study recently published in JAMA Ophthalmology, researchers from the Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) developed a machine-learning model that works well for predicting -- and visualizing -- the…
3 Innovations in Myopia Management
By Linda Conlin, ABOC, NCLECUncorrected myopia is the leading cause of distance vision impairment globally. Approximately 30 percent of the world is currently myopic, and the number is increasing, projected…