Optometry News

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.

I. Howard Fine, MD , an internationally recognized leader in ophthalmology and past president of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, died on Aug. 29, according to a Facebook post from his practice.

ThinOptics, a manufacturer of ultra-slim reading glasses, has launched its Prescription on Demand service for purchase of customized prescription eye wear online, the company announced in a press release.

One important investment vehicle to understand when working toward slow and steady growth is the index fund.

CARLSBAD, Calif. — In this Healio Video Perspective from the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium, Diane M. Hilal-Campo, MD, discusses Twenty/Twenty Beauty, the first ophthalmologist-formulated eye makeup line.

CARLSBAD, Calif. — In this Healio Video Perspective from the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium, Jennifer A. Galvin, MD, and Kimberly Winges, MD, encourage all ophthalmologists to submit their research for next year’s meeting.

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.

CARLSBAD, Calif. — In this Healio Video Perspective from the Women in Ophthalmology Summer Symposium, Noureen Khan, MD, of Northern Virginia Ophthalmology Associates discusses 36-month results from the GEMINI study.

There has been a lot of buzz recently around the new optometry subspecialty of myopia management.

Ocuphire Pharma has dosed the first participants in the VEGA-3 phase 3 clinical trial investigating phentolamine ophthalmic solution 0.75% for the treatment of presbyopia, according to a press release.