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Eye Doctor Directory and Optometrist Guide - Eye Care Resource
Welcome to Eye Doctor Guide, your one stop resource for everything there is to know about eye care, eyewear and choosing a great eye doctor. At EyeDoctorGuide.com we are committed to your health, well-being and of course, your vision! Launched in 2006, this site was created for people looking to find an Eye Doctor locally and or seeking more knowledge about their eye care and overall health. Our goals include providing our visitors with a great resource of information about everything involving eye care. Whether you want information on eyeglasses, LASIK, contact lenses, refractive surgery, eye diseases or nutrition, you'll find all that here and more. Join us as we continue to add the most up to date information about your vision.
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Tips for Finding An Optometrist
Not sure what those credentials mean? Use our handy guide below to help determine the best caregiver for your eye care:
- Optometrist - An OD can prescribe basic ophthalmic medications and help recommend prescriptive lenses for routine vision and health problems. Most optometrists also assist with pre and postoperative eye care. An OD has four years of post-graduate training at a qualified institution.
- Ophthalmologist - An ophthalmologist is an MD trained in working specifically with the eye and eye related disease. An MD is a good choice for treating diseases of the eye and for performing eye surgery. They may also perform routine eye exams and prescribe medication when appropriate. Like an OD and MD is also qualified to prescribe corrective lenses when necessary.
- Retinal Specialist - This is an eye doctor (MD) that specializes in laser and surgical treatment of diseases related to the retina. Many concentrate on treating patients with diabetic retinopathy and retinal detachment.
- Optician - An optician isn't a doctor but does need to complete certain training and may have a license in eye care. Many states require opticians be certified so they can fit contact lenses. Most will sell and help you fit your eyeglasses or other eyewear including contact lenses. They will not however, prescribe corrective lenses.
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We hope that the eye care and vision related information on this website will help you make better more informed decisions. Whether it be Eye glasses, contact lenses, safety glasses, or laser eye surgery we will be looking to provide some great information on these important topics.
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- AOA Champions National Effort To Combat Diabetes
Fri, 09 May 2008 04:00:00 PDT
The American Optometric Association (AOA), representing over 34,000 members in more than 6,500 communities nationwide, joined with other health care provider groups, government officials and leaders from the business and academic communities to announce a new national effort to stem the tide of diabetes in the United States. Unveiled May 7 at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.
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The Optometrists Association Australia is urging parents to have their children's eyes tested as new figures show that only 19 per cent of school-aged children had their eyes tested in the past financial year. Medicare figures show that just over 526,000 Australian children aged 5 to 14 were tested in the period from July 2006 to June 2007, which represents less than a fifth of Australia's population in that age group.
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Bayer HealthCare AG and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) announced that the first patient has been dosed in the VIEW 2 trial, a second Phase 3 clinical study in a development program evaluating VEGF Trap-Eye for the treatment of the neovascular form of Age-related Macular Degeneration (wet AMD), a leading cause of blindness in adults.
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