Optics News

ORLANDO, Fla. – The recently released AcrySof IQ PanOptix trifocal IOL from Alcon is now available in the U.S., Mo Merchea, OD, PhD, MBA, said here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting.

ORLANDO, Fla. – The U.S. must do a better job at identifying the true magnitude of the vision problem in the country, Sandra Block, OD, MPH, FAAO, said here at the American Academy of Optometry plenary session.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Optometrists, ophthalmologists, optical technicians and orthoptists must work together to address the problem of uncorrected refractive error around the world, Kovin Naidoo, OD, MPH, PhD, FAAO, said here at the American Academy of Optometry’s plenary session.

by Penelope S. Suter, OD, FCOVD, FNORA

ORLANDO, Fla. – The prevalence of myopia is estimated at 33% in the U.S., 40% in Europe and 80% in Asia, but an increase is expected to occur with economic development, urbanization and increased rates of education in the developing world, according to Donald O. Mutti, OD, PhD.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Visual processing speeds and oculomotor skills are critical to baseball players’ at-plate performance, according to a poster presented here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Alcon is in the first phases of the launch of Precision1 daily disposable contact lenses, Sean Clark, general manager of the U.S. Vision Care business for Alcon, said here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting.

ORLANDO, Fla. – SightGlass Vision chief medical officer, Joe Rappon, OD, MS, FAAO, traced the development of the company’s spectacle lens technology to control myopia progression in a poster here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting and World Congress of Optometry.

ORLANDO, Fla. – The World Health Organization feels challenged and feels a sense of urgency in light of the findings in its World Vision Report, which was shared here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting by Alarcos Cieza, MSc, MPH, PhD, coordinator of WHO Blindness and Deafness Prevention, Disability and Rehabilitation.

Industry members and ophthalmic organizations recognized World Sight Day with public relations efforts, fundraisers, policies and briefings.