July 15, 2004

July 15, 2004

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Patient Care

Botulinum Toxin in Medical Therapy

Botox is used to quiet muscles in many medical purposes—such as blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm—well beyond its cosmetic use.

Practice Management

Coding Mistakes Optometrists Make

If you code correctly, you will not only avoid these 11 costly mistakes, but have more time to do what you love—better your patients’ lives.

CVS: The Specialty You Can’t Do Without

Your patients live in a world changed by computers. Eventually, these changes will affect your office.

Is Student Debt Out of Control?

Students are graduating with higher levels of debt. But this may not necessarily affect career choices.

Departments

Chairside

Open Wide and Say ‘Aaaaaarrrgh!’

My kids don’t want to be O.D.s. What did I do to deserve this? Don’t answer that.

Clinical Quandaries

More on Self-Supplementation

Your patients may think the supplements they’re taking are safe, but are they?

Cornea and Contact Lens Q & A

Should I Prescribe Restasis First?

Or, will less expensive options be sufficient to treat this patient’s dry eye?

Diagnostic Quiz

Double Double Trouble

Answer: Diagnostic Quiz, July 15th 2004

Double Double Trouble

Double Double Trouble

Glaucoma Grand Rounds

When Glaucoma Is the Risk Factor

This closemouthed patient prompts us look at the other side of the risk factor mirror

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News Review

New OHTS Findings: Drops May Lower or Prevent Glaucoma Risk Among Blacks

Fruit, Not Vegetables, May Lower AMD Risk

O.D. Shoots O.D.; Police Kill Shooter

A Connecticut optometrist dies after he opens fire in another O.D.’s office.

Unique Oral Bill Prepared to Pass in New Jersey

Statins May Reduce Risk of Open-Angle Glaucoma

Does Cataract Surgery Restore Intelligence?

Virginia Mandates Vision Test for Older Drivers

Outlook

Don’t Cause Your Own Unhappiness

Embrace your changing profession rather than change professions.

Product Review

New Products, July 15th 2004

Retina Quiz

Answers: Retina Quiz, July 15th 2004

Just How ‘Interesting’ Are Patient’s Eyes?

Just How ‘Interesting’ Are Patient’s Eyes?

And, what’s causing this patient’s reduced acuity and complaints of cloudy vision?