Primary Care Optometry News

Four optometrists who have gone “above and beyond in their fields and for their patients” are among the 2024 honorees of the peer-to-peer recognition program Healio Honors, according to a Healio press release.

Several countries face an inadequate number of optometrists, unregulated education levels for optometrists and restrictions on optometric procedures, according to a study published in Clinical Optometry.

The Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association has announced that Barbara Barclay will serve as its new executive director starting Oct. 1.

Hormonal therapy may delay glaucoma onset in postmenopausal women, with longer duration of treatment linked to later diagnosis of glaucoma, according to a study in Investigative Ophthalmology & Vision Science.

Addressing vision impairments, including reduced contrast sensitivity and visual acuity, may have a significant effect on dementia prevalence, according to a study published in JAMA Ophthalmology.

The distance horizontal fusional facility test usefully assessed patients with acquired brain injuries and distinguished them from patients with concussion/mild traumatic brain injury, according to a study published in Journal of Optometry.

Using a visual midline gauge to measure midline shifts in patients following a stroke may be more effective compared with the current manual clinical method, according to a study published in Optometry and Vision Science.

People in underserved areas who took part in a free eye disease screening program were found to be underusing eye care services despite being at high risk, according to a study published in JAMA Ophthalmology.

The retinal image-based, deep-learning cardiac BioAge model accurately stratified individuals by traditional cardiovascular disease risk biomarkers, with leukocyte telomere length inversely related to BioAge score, researchers reported.

In this Healio video, Jacquie M. Bowen, OD, president-elect of the American Optometric Association, discusses the AOA’s recent consumer alert about over-the-counter color-changing eye drops.