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Vision is More Than 20/20

As we come upon the COVD Annual Meeting next week (College of Optometrists in Vision Development), it’s a good time to talk about the link between vision and learning.

Firstly, the COVD is a non-profit, international membership association of eye care professionals including optometrists, optometry students, and vision therapists. Established in 1971, COVD provides board certification for eye doctors and vision therapists who are prepared to…

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Back to School…Again

Last week we highlighted the schooling required for Ophthalmologists, both in the U.S. and Europe. This week: Optometrists.

Doctors of Optometry in the United States are currently regulated by state boards that determine their scope of practice, which may vary from state to state. Within the healthcare system, optometrists function as primary eye care providers who are especially experienced in fitting contact lenses and glasses prescriptions.

Out of the Ashes

Robert R. McCormick, a prominent member of the McCormick family, and publisher of the Chicago Tribune, championed a purpose-built lakeside convention center for Chicago as far back as 1927. In 1958, ground was broken for a $35 million facility that opened in November 1960, and was named after McCormick, who died in 1955.

On a bitterly cold January night in 1967, McCormick Place was ablaze, engulfed in raging flames. The building that was supposed…

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Off in the Distance

A large number of the Impressionist painters were near-sighted, or “myopes”. Cézanne and Renoir both suffered from, and appeared to exploit, the blur induced by myopia in their work. Renoir was known to step back from the canvas so that it was out of focus. Cézanne, when offered spectacles raged, “take away those vulgar things!” The sharp focus produced by corrective lenses worked against the global…

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