- Staying in shape: the different roads to fitness for busy optometrists. [Review]J Am Optom Assoc. 1999 Dec; 70(12):786-9.JA
- Do you keep telling yourself it's time to get in shape? Are you adding workouts to your list of New Year's resolutions? If you think you can't balance fitness with a busy schedule, think again. Here are the stories of some optometrists who have done just that (along with a couple of hard-core ODs who've taken fitness to a higher level).
- Hiring a new optometrist? Be prepared! [Review]J Am Optom Assoc. 1999 Dec; 70(12):782-5, 795.JA
- Bringing a new optometrist into a practice, even if only on an employer-employee basis, is a complicated process that should not be taken lightly by hirer or hiree. This article explores the many aspects of the process and the relationship that must be understood and worked out in advance.
- Late traumatic intraocular lens extrusion after penetrating keratoplasty. [Case Reports]J Am Optom Assoc. 1999 Dec; 70(12):777-81.JA
- CONCLUSIONS: After penetrating keratoplasty, patients should be periodically reminded of the susceptibility of the graft wound to injury from high-risk activity and violence. Constant use of protective eyewear should be recommended to corneal transplant recipients.
- Circumscribed posterior keratoconus: case report. [Case Reports]
- CONCLUSIONS: Posterior keratoconus generally has a minimal effect on visual performance and requires no specific treatment. In cases in which visual defect is severe and is attributable to the posterior keratoconus--and not other ocular conditions, such as cataracts--penetrating keratoplasty should be considered.
- Keratoconus with good unaided visual acuities: two case reports. [Case Reports]J Am Optom Assoc. 1999 Dec; 70(12):769-72.JA
- CONCLUSIONS: Good unaided visual acuities are not necessarily inconsistent with the diagnosis of KC.
- Nearpoint phoria changes associated with the cessation of childhood myopia progression. [Multicenter Study]
- A convergent (eso) shift in near phoria associated with the onset of myopia has been reported.
- Testability of a color vision screening test in a population with mental retardation. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: The "Color Vision Testing Made Easy" color vision test was successfully completed by a very high percentage of Special Olympics athletes. These results suggest that this test is useful in screening this population for color deficiencies, and that the prevalence of color vision deficiencies is approximately the same in individuals with mental retardation as in the general population.
- Working with school nurses: improving children's vision and building relationships. [Review]J Am Optom Assoc. 1999 Nov; 70(11):738-40.JA
- The 45,000-plus school nurses in the U.S. have an astonishing array of responsibilities, and serve as important gatekeepers to the health care of millions of children. By building relationships with local school nurses, doctors of optometry can play an important part in improving children's vision care, and build their practices as well. We take a look at the challenges school nurses face, and an…
- Refractive errors and visual acuity impairment among self-selected Hispanic, white, and black adults examined by the UCLA Mobile Eye Clinic. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Both refractive errors and impaired visual acuity of this self-selected sample are similar to those of adults from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, and the Baltimore Eye Survey. The data presented in this study provide a crude estimate of the occurrence of refractive errors and impaired visual acuity among self-selected, medically underserved, indigent Hispanic, white, and black adults in the Los Angeles area.
- Posner-Schlossman syndrome: a case report. [Case Reports]
- CONCLUSIONS: This is an interesting and relatively rare uveitic condition. The list of differential diagnoses is long, as is the theorized etiologies; however, clinically the condition is relatively quickly identifiable by the presence (and absence) of signs and symptoms.
- Optometry and the American Public Health Association. [Historical Article]J Am Optom Assoc. 1999 Nov; 70(11):703-14.JA
- The dichotomy of vision and learning in optometric practice: implications for delivery of care. [Review]J Am Optom Assoc. 1999 Nov; 70(11):695-701.JA
- New public education program in low vision. [Editorial]J Am Optom Assoc. 1999 Nov; 70(11):687-8.JA
- Diabetes: our professional responsibility. [Editorial]J Am Optom Assoc. 1999 Nov; 70(11):685-6.JA
- Employer-provided vision benefits: have they gone mainstream? [Review]J Am Optom Assoc. 1999 Oct; 70(10):672-4, 678.JA
- As managed care inches closer to becoming the standard mechanism for delivering health benefits to American workers, we looked to see if the status of vision/eye health benefits have changed in the 1990s. Has vision care become a "mainstream" benefit?