Diseases and Conditions
New AOA adult eye guideline offers 14 actions, provides fresh insight on exam frequency
After a systematic review of the evidence and assessment of the benefits and harms of treatment options, the AOA’s Evidence-based Optometry Committee offers new consensus on the frequency of eye exams for adults ages 18-39 and details the potential components of a comprehensive adult eye examination.
New technology for the advanced AMD patient
The implantable miniature telescope is one option to improve vision.
Interprofessional communication for diabetic eye care critical: What you should know
The AOA and other eye care organizations collaborated with the American Diabetes Association to develop an interprofessional communication protocol intended to improve eye health outcomes.
Missed opportunities? Contact lens experts weigh in on gaps in consumer knowledge
Troubling misinformation and a startling lack of information: two observations from an industry group’s latest survey into U.S. consumers’ contact lens knowledge. What’s more, eye care providers may be missing opportunities to discuss contact lens options with 2 out of every 3 patients. How can optometry close the gap?
Educate Your Patients
As the nation’s primary eye health care providers, doctors of optometry must inform patients on how a comprehensive eye exam is a critical part of overall health maintenance. Use these resources to educate patients.
Align your team on binocular vision disorders
An upcoming #AskAOA webinar offers peer-to-peer guidance on binocular vision impairment, led by AOA’s vision rehabilitation and sports and performance vision experts.
How to better manage dry eye disease
AOA member offers five ways to positively impact patients’ lives when it comes to dry eye.
Study: Can vision intervention slow onset of dementia?
New study says thousands of Americans could be spared the cognitive declines associated with dementia by adding vision impairment to the list of modifiable risk factors affecting the condition.
New independent task force recommendation on glaucoma screening underwhelms
Doctors of optometry say recommendation for screenings in primary care offices casts doubt and clouds public awareness.
Gene therapy, vision rehabilitation for IRDs
The importance of collaboration in cases of Inherited Retinal Diseases and vision rehabilitation as a parallel treatment modality—not an end-stage treatment.