Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . This past weekend, I had the opportunity to provide a continuing education lecture for the Louisiana Optometric ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Ophthalmologists continue to stand united in efforts to thwart expansion of optometry's scope of practice in the U.S., a speaker said here. "I am happy to report that in 2011, the ...

Re: “Doctors of optometry could aid patients — if state let them,” Another View, Oct. 17: This commentary by Tommy Lucas, O.D. (doctor of optometry), on expanding the scope of practice of optometrists ...

Imagine finding a small bump on your eyelid and asking the optometrist you’ve seen for the last decade to check it out. You’re told it’s benign and removal is relatively simple. Your relief doesn’t ...

A small, little-known provision is among the most contentious issues at the Capitol this session. It doesn’t have to do with health care for undocumented immigrants or cutting services for people with ...

A small, little-known provision is among the most contentious issues at the Capitol this session. It doesn’t have to do with health care for undocumented immigrants or cutting services for people with ...

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Capitol Desk delivers the latest in health care policy and politics from Sacramento and around the state. Have an idea? Let us know. An Assembly committee yesterday voted to grant greater authority to ...

As this year’s graduation season winds down, I’m already thinking about next year when I will be receiving my doctor of optometry degree and making plans to begin my professional career. New Jersey ...

In January, I moved to New Jersey to be closer to my fiancé, who works for his family’s business. I was planning to move more than a year earlier, but New Jersey’s laws restricting optometric practice ...