This past November, a patient asked optometrist Kaitlin Soracco to remove a bulge of skin on her eyelid. Such skin tags can be excised right there in the office using procedures Soracco studied and ...

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Optometrists and ophthalmologists are licensed eye doctors, but they are in distinct professions. An optometrist holds a Doctor of Optometry (OD) degree, while an ophthalmologist is a medical doctor ...

Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions, seeking to prepare for future needs, recently launched a Doctor of Optometry program. “With the aging American population presenting a growing demand ...

Optometrists provide most of the primary vision care that people need. They examine, diagnose, treat, and manage eye diseases and disorders. Traditionally, they prescribe eyeglasses, contact lenses, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Bills in Florida and Texas could potentially prevent doctors of optometry from being called doctors and ...

There are a number of ways to buy prescription eyeglasses, including from local opticians, independent optometrists, optical ...

Growing up in Virginia, Dr. Jennifer Tsai developed a series of eye conditions which caused her to need glasses—thick, oversized ones due to high prescriptions—from elementary school through high ...

LensCrafters, part of EssilorLuxottica and one of the largest optical retailers in North America, announced the continuation of its Dedicated to Everyday Excellence campaign, a dynamic 360-degree ...

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has upgraded some medical-related academic programmes in Nigerian universities and changed their nomenclatures from bachelor’s degree (BSc) to doctor’s ...

A mission trip to Costa Rica led Dr. Matthew Habel into a profession that has brought him to Fox Army Health Center. But he took a few turns along the way. Habel, the new optometrist at the health ...