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Coverage from the

American Academy of Optometry (AAOpt) 2017

October 11 - 14, 2017; Chicago, Illinois

October 11 - 14, 2017 Chicago, Illinois

Conference News

AAOpt Cell-Based Therapy for Dry AMD Promising in Early Trial
Medscape Medical News, October 14, 2017
AAOpt Blue Light-Blocking Glasses May Help With Sleep, Cognition
Medscape Medical News, October 14, 2017
AAOpt Dual-Focus Contact Lens Slows Myopia Progression in Kids
Medscape Medical News, October 13, 2017

AAOpt Dexamethasone/Povidone-Iodine Effective for Conjunctivitis
Medscape Medical News, October 11, 2017
AAOpt Optometry Meeting Spotlights Ocular Surface Disease
Medscape Medical News, October 4, 2017

Popular News from AAOpt 2016

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, Nov 13, 2016
New Electroretinogram Parameters Identify Eye Disease Sensitivity and amplitude measures might help assess rod function with electroretinography, researchers say.
Medscape Medical News, Nov 11, 2016
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, Nov 12, 2016

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