LONDON, UK (GlobalData), 30 January 2012 – The number of people opting for laser eye surgery, partly due to the aging global population, is increasing demand for refractive surgery devices, a new report by industry analysis specialist GlobalData has found. The new report states that the global... 

“Sight-testing opticians” in British Columbia may be permitted to independently conduct automated refractions for healthy patients, and spectacle and contact lens providers may be able to fill prescriptions without possession or verification of a current, valid refraction. According to a news release... 

During the eighth annual Healthy Vision Month observance this May, the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, encourages community organizations and the American people to make vision health a priority. This year’s theme, “Your Eyes are the Windows to Your Health,”... 

Nearsightedness and farsightedness could be linked to altered thyroid activity, Purdue University research suggests. Zeran Li, an undergraduate student in biological sciences, recently won a Grant-in-Aid award from Sigma Xi, an international honor society of research scientists and engineers to support... 

So you have decided to go to your eye doctor and make that obscure laser surgery for your eyes. But from which step do you need to start? Your thoughts: “Hm… I will make an appointment with my eye doctor, optometrist whatever his position and he/she will tell me everything about this surgery...