May 5th 2024
New research findings presented at this year's ARVO meeting compare two groups of paediatric patients in Nepal
Heading to ARVO? You’re invited to dinner COPE CE/CME. Or join virtually!
May 6 & 7, 2024
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(COPE Credit) Community Practice Connection™: Paradigm Shifts in Presbyopia – Understanding Advances in Topical Treatment Innovations
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(CME Credit) Learning About the Lid – Optimizing Recognition, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Demodex Blepharitis & Blepharoptosis
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2nd Annual IKA Keratoconus Symposium: Front to Back and Everything in Between
May 18-19, 2024
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(COPE Credit) Learning About the Lid – Optimizing Recognition, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Demodex Blepharitis & Blepharoptosis
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(CME Credit) Virtual Case Studies™ in Cataract Surgery: Selecting Surgical Techniques and Preventing Intra-Operative Complications
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(COPE Credit) Clinical Crossroads: Navigating Neurotrophic Keratitis – The Importance of Avoiding Pitfalls and Ensuring Early Intervention
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Neurotrophic Keratitis Management: How Early Intervention Can Make a Difference
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(CME Credit) Clinical Crossroads: Navigating Neurotrophic Keratitis – The Importance of Avoiding Pitfalls and Ensuring Early Intervention
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17th Annual Controversies in Modern Eye Care
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Thyroid Eye Disease: The Masquerading Eye Disorder—A Guide to Collaborative Care and Accurate Diagnosis
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(COPE Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Keeping an Eye on Evolving Management Strategies for nAMD and DME
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(CME Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Saving Sight—The Expanding Role of the Optometrist in Retinal Disease Care
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(COPE Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Advances in Geographic Atrophy – Optimizing Diagnosis, Monitoring Progression, and Increasing Communication with Transformative Treatment on the Horizon
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(COPE Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Saving Sight—The Expanding Role of the Optometrist in Retinal Disease Care
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(CME Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Advances in Geographic Atrophy – Optimizing Diagnosis, Monitoring Progression, and Increasing Communication with Transformative Treatment on the Horizon
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(CME Credit) Community Practice Connections™: Keeping an Eye on Evolving Management Strategies for nAMD and DME
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What’s New in MGD Beyond Heating and Squeezing?
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The Ins and Outs of Lubricating Eye Drops
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Addressing Healthcare Inequities™ in Glaucoma Management – Understanding Challenges in Segmented Patient Populations (CME Track)
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Community Practice Connections™: Expert Perspectives in Diabetic Macular Edema – Considering Pathogenesis & Inflammation in Treatment Selection
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Medical Crossfire®: Considerations for the Use of Biosimilars in Retinal Disease - Are You Prepared for a New Paradigm? (CME Credit)
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Community Practice Connections™: Novel Treatment Strategies in the Management of nAMD & DME - Lessons from Clinical Trial and Real-World Data
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Medical Crossfire®: Expert Insights in Anti-VEGF Dosing for nAMD and DME – Optimizing Reduction in Treatment Burden
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Medical Crossfire®: Considerations for the Use of Biosimilars in Retinal Disease - Are You Prepared for a New Paradigm? (COPE Credit)
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EyeCon 2024
September 27-28, 2024
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Heading to AAO? You’re invited to a CME dinner. Or join virtually!
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(CME) Community Practice Connections™: A Closer Look at Neurotrophic Keratitis—Ensuring Timely Diagnosis and Taking Early Action
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Community Practice Connections™: Mastering the Multidisciplinary Management of Glaucoma—Understanding Advances in the Spectrum of Treatment Innovation (CME/CNE Credit)
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Community Practice Connections™: Mastering the Multidisciplinary Management of Glaucoma—Understanding Advances in the Spectrum of Treatment Innovation (COPE Credit)
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Photoscreening could detect vision-threatening conditions in early childhood
September 4th 2018Regular vision screening assessments in early childhood have been shown to reduce the risk of persistent amblyopia at 7 years of age by more than half, according to a recent retrospective record review.
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Cerebral damage biggest visual risk for preemies
June 20th 2012Cerebral damage, not retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), may be the primary risk factor for visual impairment in preschool children who were born extremely prematurely, according to a Danish study published online in the Archives of Ophthalmology.
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You might be reluctant to fit more children in contact lenses into your optical dispensary because you think it's difficult and time-consuming. However, the extra chair time is minimal, and the final rewards for the patient, the family, and you can be great, especially when contact lenses are medically necessary.
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Anesthesia in children linked to learning disabilities?
May 23rd 2012The jury is still out on the effects of anesthesia in children who undergo surgery at a young age, according to Constance S. Houck, MD. Multiple animal studies have demonstrated neuroapoptosis and long-term learning deficits in young animals after administration of general anesthesia, but population-based studies in humans have been far less clear.
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Research grants help fight childhood blindness
May 16th 2012The Pediatric Cataract Initiative (PCI) has awarded two research grants of $50,000 each, for projects by ORBIS in South Africa and Zambia and The International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH) in Bangladesh, for their work to reduce the prevalence of childhood blindness.
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Russia implements pediatric imaging program
March 28th 2012Clarity Medical Systems Inc. has announced the implementation of a significant program using its proprietary pediatric wide-field digital imaging system (RetCam) in the Russian Federation. The digital imaging system is used to create high-quality digital images of the exterior and interior of infant eyes to determine if infants have pediatric ocular diseases.
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IAPB general assembly set for September
March 21st 2012“Eye Health: Everyone's Business” will be the theme of the ninth general assembly of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, which will be held Sept. 17 to 20 in Hyderabad, India. All ophthalmologists, optometrists, and other eye-care service providers and health-care professionals are invited.
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Game controllers help identify torticollis
March 21st 2012Remotes for the Nintendo Wii gaming system have been known to do everything from sharpen a player’s tennis skills to help rid the world of zombies. So perhaps it’s not surprising that they can also help identify children who have ocular torticollis.
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