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American Academy of Optometry (AAOpt) 2016

November 09 - 12, 2016; Anaheim, California

November 09 - 12, 2016 Anaheim, California

AAOpt Changes Coming in the Management of Geographic Atrophy Better characterization and new imaging techniques are changing the way optometrists manage geographic atrophy and providing hope for future treatments for the disease.
Medscape Medical News, November 13, 2016
AAOpt OCT Angiography Can Identify Early Diabetic Retinopathy Optical coherence tomography (OCT) angiography can reveal the microaneurysms that are early signs of diabetic retinopathy, but the software that would enable this is not yet widely available.
Medscape Medical News, November 12, 2016

72% of Industry Payments Go to Minority of Optometrists Financial influence in optometry is widespread, but the majority of industry payments go to a minority of providers, say researchers reporting data from the Sunshine Act.
Medscape Medical News, Jul 3, 2016
Blindness Due to Diabetic Retinopathy Surges Worldwide The percentage of blindness and visual impairment attributable to diabetic retinopathy was lower in low-income regions with younger populations and higher in high-income parts of the world.
Medscape Medical News, Aug 26, 2016
Google Glass Causes Blind Spots, Study Finds A small study has shown that the eyeglass-mounted computer Google Glass causes scotoma in the upper right visual field; the blind spots were not related to distraction from software.
Medscape Medical News, Nov 5, 2014

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