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  1. Emerging Science on Macular Pigment Optical Density Presented at ARVO 2010

    The goal of ARVO is to encourage and assist research, training, publication and dissemination of knowledge in vision and ophthalmology. This year at...

    Started by Diane Alexander, Ph.D., 06-10-2010 11:04 AM
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    06-10-2010 11:04 AM Go to last post
  2. Lutein Supplementation & Reduction of Sight Loss: Latest Research

    Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) has a prevalence of 1 in 4,000 people and an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 people are affected in the United States. Since no...

    Started by Diane Alexander, Ph.D., 05-11-2010 09:25 AM
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 530
    05-27-2010 07:50 PM Go to last post
  3. Hiring Mistakes

    An excerpt from 222 Secrets of Hiring, Managing and Retaining Great Employees In Healthcare Practices by Bob Levoy O.D. ODwire.org members may...

    Started by Bob Levoy, 06-11-2008 11:04 AM
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    04-17-2010 06:44 AM Go to last post
  4. Exclamation Update: Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Research

    An upcoming issue of Vision Research is highlighting Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) research. There is a growing body of evidence suggesting...

    Started by Diane Alexander, Ph.D., 02-23-2010 08:17 AM
    • Replies: 15
    • Views: 1,452
    03-13-2010 10:39 AM Go to last post
  5. An Italian Adventure

    Don’t fall behind the leader. The bus will leave shortly”. If these words were what you remember from your last vacation and you said to yourself,...

    Started by AdminWolf, 01-10-2006 12:31 PM
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 4,324
    03-06-2010 09:13 AM Go to last post
  6. Op-Ed: Vision Service Plan vs. The United States of America

    Op-Ed Vision Service Plan vs The United States of America Why VSP lost its tax-exempt status: Court documents reveal high salaries and...

    Started by AdminWolf, 04-11-2008 03:49 PM
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    02-05-2010 04:08 PM Go to last post
  7. Optometry as a Career Choice

    Optometry as a Career Choice You will graduate college this year. You have a high grade point average and are strong in sciences....

    Started by Paul Farkas, 02-08-2006 06:12 AM
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    08-06-2009 11:23 AM Go to last post
  8. How do you stay independent?

    Defining Independence Independence. What does that term mean? I get asked occasionally how I’m able to maintain my level of “independence”...

    Started by Steven Nelson, 08-05-2008 09:06 PM
    • Replies: 28
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    05-12-2009 01:00 AM Go to last post
  9. Optometry will change preventive medicine?

    ABSTRACT: Vague black/ white X-Ray angiographic atherosclerosis shadows compare badly for cost/ relevance with photomicrographically clear,...

    Started by AdminWolf, 05-12-2008 09:01 AM
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 2,071
    05-12-2008 09:01 AM Go to last post
  10. Controlling Sound in Your New Office

    Controlling sound in a new office should be considered from two aspects. First is the elimination or reduction of unwanted sound by sources within or...

    Started by Barbara Wright, 04-28-2008 05:37 PM
    • Replies: 1
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    04-29-2008 07:36 AM Go to last post
  11. Amblyopia: Early Detection of Lazy Eye Makes Big Difference in Childhood Development

    “Lazy eye” is the common name for amblyopia (pronouced am-blee-OH-pee-ya), a condition in which vision is reduced in an eye that has not received use...

    Started by Michael Peterson, 04-10-2008 09:12 AM
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 1,874
    04-10-2008 09:12 AM Go to last post
  12. The Era of the 'McDonalds' Contact Lens

    Reprinted from Clinical and Experimental Optometry Has the 'McDonalds' Contact lens resulted in the demise of the Contact Lens Practitioner? ...

    Started by Donald F. Ezekiel, 01-10-2006 12:56 PM
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 6,054
    03-05-2008 03:58 AM Go to last post
  13. The Viabilityof ECOO's Diploma in Optometry

    Some thoughts on the next five years of the European Diploma The viability of ECOO’s European Diploma...

    Started by Paul Farkas, 12-14-2006 12:04 PM
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 2,833
    12-14-2006 12:04 PM Go to last post
  14. A Rant Against Technology

    The following message was sent out on the optcom mailing list last month. how many of us secretly (or not so secretly..) harbor these same...

    Started by peterdodge, 01-10-2006 12:51 PM
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 2,118
    05-03-2006 09:42 AM Go to last post
  15. Palfi's Sign

    A colleague of ours in the UK has come up with what I think is a simple elegant test for diagnosing dry eye Palfi's Sign: if the eyes are dry -...

    Started by Michael I. Davis, 01-16-2006 05:43 PM
    • Replies: 2
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    01-23-2006 05:28 PM Go to last post
  16. Getting Over Those Crybaby Blues

    I'd like to comment for just a moment on the thread that appeared recently on "Crybabies" which as I read it dealt with "dumb patients." I do have a...

    Started by peterdodge, 01-10-2006 12:39 PM
    • Replies: 2
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    01-16-2006 10:01 AM Go to last post
  17. The Future of Optometry: An Educated Guess

    There is the old fable about the three blind men and the elephant. The blind men were asked to feel the creature and report what they thought it was....

    Started by Irving Bennett, 01-10-2006 12:57 PM
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    01-10-2006 12:57 PM Go to last post
  18. Optometric Specialization

    It has been said “A specialist is a person who knows more and more about less and less….. Until he knows every thing about nothing.” It has been also...

    Started by Paul Farkas, 01-10-2006 12:30 PM
    • Replies: 0
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    01-10-2006 12:30 PM Go to last post
  19. Senior Discounts

    "Congratulations…. You are eligible to join AARP". Society says I'm now officially a Senior. But I say, "I'm only 50 years old and I have just...

    Started by Paul Farkas, 01-10-2006 12:27 PM
    • Replies: 0
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    01-10-2006 12:27 PM Go to last post
  20. The Challenge Posed by Refracting Opticians

    With the acceptance of extremely accurate Automated Refracting Instrumentation, the basic refraction in many busy OD and OMD offices are being...

    Started by Paul Farkas, 01-10-2006 12:26 PM
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 2,783
    01-10-2006 12:26 PM Go to last post

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