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Want to know the board score pass rate for your alma mater? The Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO) published the stats here. Need a review...

January is Glaucoma Awareness Month. More than 2.2 million Americans age 40 and older suffer from glaucoma according toPrevent Blindness. $850,000. The cost for the one-time treatment...

The doctor is always in. So says the slogan of 2020Now, the newest version of teleophthalmology. Is it a coincidence that Hubble rhymes with trouble? A fantastic editorial on how...

$8,032. The amount of money someone paid for Churchill's reading glasses. (via) To keep your medical license, you need to be somewhat techy. An 84-year-old physician had...

Go to a water park, get a parasite. A man is suing a water park after getting splashed in the eye with water and then developing microsporidia keratitis. YouTube:...

The term "four eyes" is still offensive to some. Many parents have complained about these glasses-wearing dolls that are called "4 eyes". Apparently, it brings back bad...

We are Alfred. The name of a virtual reality empathy training exercise designed to teach medical students what it's like to see with a vision impairment. Bascom Palmer. Ophthalmology...

Will you have a job in 10 years? Probably. According to a data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Optometry is one career with the most job...

October 12th is World Sight Day. The World Sight Day Challenge is "the largest annual global fundraising campaign, coordinated by Optometry Giving Sight, to address avoidable blindness...

Sure, I'd love to fit you in vampire lenses. File this under things you never hear OD's say. Welcome to October, Contact Lens Safety Month. It's every OD's...