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- Ready for School
- Save Your Vision Month: Healthy Vision at the Computer
- National Glaucoma Awareness Month
- Eye-Friendly Toys for a Safe Holiday
- American Diabetes Month
- Summer’s Almost Here! Help Protect Your Eyes from Harmful UV Rays
- Keep Spring in Your Step
- Healthy Vision Month
- A Little Prevention Goes a Long Way
- Be Wise About Your Eyes
- 2011 Calendar of Eye Care Events
- Optometric Outreach
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Generations Don't See 'Eye to Eye' on Knowledge and Habits Surrounding Eye Health
- Physician Quality Reporting System
- Electronic Prescribing (eRx)
- New Survey Data Reveals Parents’ Concerns about Eye and Vision Health as More Classrooms Go High-Tech
- Stop Your Eyes from Aging This Summer
- American Optometric Association Offers Practice Management Sessions for Optometrists at All Stages of Their Careers
- Set Your Sights on Spring Eye Allergy Relief
- The American Optometric Association and 3D@Home Consortium Sign Memorandum of Understanding
- Glaucoma Takes Sight Without Warning: Optometrists Offer Advice to Help Protect Against Vision Loss
- An Eye Opener: Overexposure to UV Rays Can Lead to Eye Diseases
- Optometrists Share Attitudes and Practices In Fitting Children In Contact Lenses
- STATEMENT from the American Optometric Association Contact Lens and Cornea Section: Pediatric Emergency Room Visits for Contact Lens Associated Adverse Events
- JOINT STATEMENT from the American Academy of Optometry Section on Cornea, Contact Lenses and Refractive Technologies and the American Optometric Association Contact Lens and Cornea Section Concern Regarding Cosmetic “Circle” Contact Lenses
- Back-to-School Checklist Should Include Trip to Eye Doctor
- 3-D TV and Movies Look to Attract Viewers But Not Everyone Can ‘See’ What All the Hype is About
- An Eye Opener: Overexposure to UV Rays Can Lead to Eye Diseases
- Step into Spring: Keeping an ‘Eye’ on Seasonal Allergies
- AOA WINS HISTORIC PATIENT ACCESS VICTORY FOR OPTOMETRY IN NATIONAL HEALTH CARE BATTLE
- American Optometric Association Statement Regarding The American Board of Clinical Optometry
- Healthy Vision on the Job is Everyone’s Business
- Glaucoma Takes Sight without Warning: Optometrists Offer Advice to Help Protect Against Vision Loss
- AOA Secures New Federal Recognition and Funding for InfantSEE® Program
- THE AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION AND DIGITAL HEALTHCARE, INC. SIGN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
- Survey Shows that Americans Lack Significant Knowledge of Age-Related Vision Problems
- Cosmetic Contacts Can Be a 'Scary' Choice for Halloween
- Recession Cutting Into Doctor Visits, According to New Consumer Survey
- Make Eye Exams Part of the Back to School Routine
- American Optometric Association Approves Optometric Board Certification at Annual Meeting
- Keep an Eye on Harmful UV Rays
- New Analysis Indicates Community Health Centers Lack Resources to Provide Poor and Rural Communities with Much Needed Vision Care Services
- Open Your Eyes to Healthy Eating Habits
- Glaucoma – the “Sneak Thief of Sight” – Can Lead to Vision Loss
- PARAOPTOMETRIC CERTIFICATION 2009 EXAM SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED
- Profession-Wide Optometric Organizations to Develop Guidelines for Commercial Support in Continuing Education
- AOA, School Nurses Partner to Link Healthy Vision and Improved Classroom Learning
- AOA-led Group Urges Obama to Increase Health Care Access, Affordability by Combating Provider Discrimination
- A Comprehensive Eye Exam Important for Americans at Risk for or Diagnosed with Diabetes
- Consumer Warning: Halloween Eye Wear Accessory May Permanently Damage Eyes
- American Eye-Q® Survey Indicates Strong Need To Educate Consumers About Eye Health
- Comprehensive Eye Exams Particularly Important for Classroom Success
- American Optometric Association Applauds Override of Medicare Cuts
- Hold Medicare claims, AOA Washington office advises
- Statement from the CMS: Claims Paid Under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
- Doctors of Optometry Urge Contact Lens Wearers to Be Vigilant with Lens Hygiene and Compliance in Flood Areas
- Protect Your Eyes and Attend Professional Fireworks Displays
- AOA Champions National Effort to Combat Diabetes
- An Eye Opening Reality: UV Protection for Eyes Especially Important During Summer Months
- Majority of Sports-Related Eye Injuries are Preventable with Protective Eyewear
- Vision Discomfort Associated with Computer Vision Syndrome
- AOA Introduces Electronic Coding Resource Exclusively For Members
- Reduce Your Risk of Developing AMD, Leading Cause of Vision Loss in Older Americans
- Barry J. Barresi, O.D., Ph.D., Appointed Executive Director of the American Optometric Association
- New Research Shows Consumers Who Purchase Contact Lenses Online Face Greater Eye Health Risks Due To Not Following FDA Safety Recommendations
- Early Detection Critical to Treating Glaucoma, Preventing Blindness
- Diabetes: A Top Cause of Blindness Among Adults
- New Survey Shows Few Americans Taking Care of Their Most Valued Sense: Eyesight
- Warning for Consumers: Popular Halloween Eye Wear Accessory Can Permanently Damage Eyes
- Computer Vision Syndrome Threatens Returning Students
- Doctors of Optometry Support AMO’s Voluntary Solution Recall, Urge Contact Lens Wearers to Discontinue Use
- Survey Quizzes Americans’ Knowledge of Eye Care Topics
- Project Team Explores Board Certification Process
- Congress Rejects Attacks on Optometry
- Diabetes Is the Leading Cause of Blindness Among Most Adults
- AOA Low Vision University Receives Support From Kemin Health
- AOA Backs Contact Lens Patient Safety Bill Sponsored by Kentucky's Rep. Whitfield
- Former President Carter and American Optometric Association Celebrate InfantSEE's First Birthday by Announcing Results
- American College of Nurse-Midwives Endorses American Optometric Association InfantSEE® Program
- Doctors of Optometry Support Bausch & Lomb's Solution Recall, Urge Contact Lens Wearers to Discontinue Use
- Federal Agencies Investigate Soft Contact Lens Use, Solution as Cause of Serious Eye Fungus
- Eye Fungus Reports Increase as Cases Emerge in United States
- Optometrists Anticipate “Boom” in Eye Diseases as Baby Boomers Turn 60
- AOA Children's Educational Materials Features New Animated Characters
- Doctors on the Frontline of Eye and Vision Care
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American Diabetes Month
As U.S. waistbands expand, so do the numbers of people diagnosed with diabetes. In fact, 24 million Americans have diabetes and and an additional 57 million Americans are at risk. Because a diagnosis of diabetes can also bring with it the possibility of irreversible vision loss or total blindness, optometrists serve as a first line of detection for diabetes.
The American Optometric Association encourages the public to include optometrists in their team of healthcare professionals and to visit their optometrist regularly just as they do their primary care physician and dentist.
Thank you for your interest in promoting the importance of healthy vision for all people—especially as it relates to people with diabetes or those at risk for the disease. The AOA National Diabetes Month Campaign addresses three of the Healthy People 2010 vision objectives:
28-1: Increase the proportion of persons who have a dilated eye examination at appropriate intervals.
28-5: Reduce visual impairment due to diabetic retinopathy.
28-10: Increase vision rehabilitation.