Primary Care Optometry News Current Issue

The following articles appeared in the print edition of Primary Care Optometry News.

Table of Contents

• Optometrists tout benefits of a multispecialty approach to diabetes care
• Brand-name drugs not necessarily more expensive than OTC William Edmondson, MAT, OD, FAAO
• Canon showcases new ref-keratometer
• Clinician debates treatment of pre-perimetric glaucoma
• Continue educating patients on the risks of smoking Leora A. Berns, OD
• ECP alliances help independent ODs stay in business
• Electronic focusing eye wear available across US
• High-tech device detects pupillary defects
• I-Optics nonmydriatic retinal imaging system receives FDA approval
• Incidence of MRSA infections of the eye, adnexa increases Richard B. Mangan, OD, FAAO
• New dispensing technology from PFO
• OCT offers detailed observation of contact lens movement, ocular surface profile
• OSD patients have new treatment options
• Panel: Do not base decision to initiate glaucoma treatment on one IOP reading
• Patient with glaucoma has symptomless spots on his conjunctiva Amber Zaunbrecher, OD
• PediaVision to demonstrate new vision screener
• Personalized correspondence with PCPs improves patient care Michael D. DePaolis, OD, FAAO
• Report: 'Eye care professionals need to adapt'
• Shamir launches two new progressive lenses
• Speaker: Advise patients to stop anticoagulants before Botox injections
• Survey indicates rate of extended wear contact lens fits remains low
• Transitions provides new resources for clinicians