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Eyecare Issues

Industry Experts Take Pulse of Low Vision Care

Posted: 6/16/2008 4:30 AM Volume Number: 22:7
Experts from across the country gathered at the National Press Club here recently for The Vision Summit: Focus on Low Vision sponsored by the Better Vision Institute (BVI).

PBA Joins Groups Opposing FDA Lens Impact Regs

Posted: 6/16/2008 12:30 AM Volume Number: 22:7
Criticism of the Food and Drug Administration’s recently proposed changes to its lens impact testing guidelines received broader support when Prevent Blindness joined the opposition.

New Ga. Law Impacts Opticians There: Aug. 31 Deadline Set to Register as Apprentice

Posted: 6/17/2008 2:41 PM Volume Number: 22:7
ATLANTA—Earlier this month, Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue signed a bill into law that requires anyone wishing to apply to take the practical examination to be licensed as a dispensing optician based on experience to register as an apprentice with the state’s licensing board.

VM Special Report: New Technology, Materials, and Patient Interest Spur Growth

Posted: 6/16/2008 3:33 AM Volume Number: 22:7
Coming off of a healthy 2007, contact lens company executives and leading distributors are anticipating another very robust year of growth for the category in 2008.

AOA Issues ‘Caring for the Eyes of America’

Posted: 6/16/2008 3:30 AM Volume Number: 22:7
ST. LOUIS--Private practice optometrists are maintaining their position as the nation’s primary eyecare providers, according to the American Optometric Association’s (AOA) recently released “Caring for the Eyes of America” survey.

Cover Story: Eyecare 2.0

Posted: 6/16/2008 3:00 AM Volume Number: 22:7
Vision Monday looks at the big picture and at how some eyewear and eyecare organizations are rethinking how they communicate with consumers using the Internet.

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Prevent Blindness America Launches 2nd Annual Online Auction

Posted: 6/16/2008 2:30 AM Volume Number: 22:7
CHICAGO--Prevent Blindness America (PBA) kicked off its second annual online auction as part of its 2008 fundraising efforts.

Transitions’ ‘Healthy Sight’ Survey Confirms Key Issues

Posted: 6/16/2008 1:30 AM Volume Number: 22:7
MILAN, Italy--Demonstrating the continued need for education about healthy sight around the world, Transitions Optical, Inc. released the results last month of its second-annual “Global Healthy Sight Survey” at the 2008 Mido International Optics, Optometry and Ophthalmology Exhibition.

’Give the Gift of Sight’ Launches First Consumer Eyewear Drive

Posted: 6/16/2008 12:30 AM Volume Number: 22:7
MASON, Ohio--This month, Luxottica Group’s Give the Gift of Sight global charitable foundation is asking consumers to help in its mission of providing free eye exams and eyewear to needy people by donating used eyeglasses.

Transitions Links With PGA, Promoting ‘Healthy Sight’

Posted: 6/16/2008 12:30 AM Volume Number: 22:7
PINELLAS PARK, Fla.--In its latest move to bring its message about “Healthy Sight” to increasing numbers of consumers, Transitions Optical has signed a deal with professional golf’s PGA Tour to provide a four-year title sponsorship of a PGA Tour event at the nearby Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club.