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		<title>ASCO releases report defining expected attributes of graduating OD students</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Board of Directors of the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO) announced a new “Attributes of Students Graduating from Schools and Colleges of Optometry” report. The updated “Attributes Report” is a series of competency statements that broadly define the attributes expected of students graduating from any of the schools or colleges of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsfromaoa.org&amp;blog=7939388&amp;post=3447&amp;subd=newsfromaoa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HHS issues expansion grants for school-based health clinics</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Health &#38; Human Services (HHS) last month awarded a total of more than $14 million in grants to expand and modernize 45 school-based health centers across the country. The grants will allow the clinics to serve nearly 50 percent more children each year, according to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. The increased [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsfromaoa.org&amp;blog=7939388&amp;post=3445&amp;subd=newsfromaoa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Study shows prevalence of ‘sensitive eyes’</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Nearly one in eight soft contact lens wearers reports having “sensitive eyes,” new research shows. The data also reveal that “sensitive eye” patients experience a greater incidence of discomfort symptoms, including dryness, redness, and stinging or burning compared to ‘non-sensitive eye’ patients and that many such patients may benefit by being refit with Acuvue® Oasys® [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsfromaoa.org&amp;blog=7939388&amp;post=3442&amp;subd=newsfromaoa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Holter named director of AOA Industry Relations Center</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Denny Holter, chief advancement officer for Optometry Cares-The AOA Foundation, has been named the director of the AOA Industry Relations Center (IRC). “This move will enable us to take advantage of Denny’s relationship building skills and create a broader view of how we work with our industry partners,” said Barry J. Barresi, O.D., AOA executive [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsfromaoa.org&amp;blog=7939388&amp;post=3440&amp;subd=newsfromaoa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ABB Concise partners with Crystal Practice Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABB Concise announced its partnership with Crystal Practice Management to provide Crystal PM customers with the convenience of ordering their contact lenses from ABB Concise through their practice management system. Crystal PM and ABB Concise are fully integrated, and customers can begin ordering from ABB Concise immediately. Lynda Baker, executive vice president of ABB Concise, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsfromaoa.org&amp;blog=7939388&amp;post=3438&amp;subd=newsfromaoa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FDA approves Eylea for wet AMD treatment</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. last month announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved Eylea (aflibercept) injection for the treatment of patients with neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (AMD) at a recommended dose of 2 milligrams every four weeks (or monthly) for the first 12 weeks, followed by 2 milligrams every eight weeks (two [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsfromaoa.org&amp;blog=7939388&amp;post=3436&amp;subd=newsfromaoa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Company enhances readers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Freedom Scientific has upgraded its Sara™ and Sara CE Scanning and Reading Appliances to improve speed and accuracy. “We’ve added ABBYY FineReader® to the OmniPage® OCR engine we were already using, combining the best features of both products to offer our best and fastest print-to-speech conversion yet,” said Dusty Voorhees, senior product manager. “We’ve also [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsfromaoa.org&amp;blog=7939388&amp;post=3434&amp;subd=newsfromaoa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Carl Zeiss Vision, MaximEyes announce product integration</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carl Zeiss Vision, a worldwide leader in developing and manufacturing ophthalmic lenses, lens coatings and dispensary technologies, and First Insight Corporation, developer of MaximEyes 11.0 practice management and MaximEyes SQL-certified electronic health records software for optometrists and ophthalmologists, recently unveiled a direct integration with MaximEyes 11.0 and Carl Zeiss Vision’s i.Profiler plus and i.Scription. i.Scription [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsfromaoa.org&amp;blog=7939388&amp;post=3432&amp;subd=newsfromaoa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CLCS welcomes submissions for student-resident photo contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Students and residents are invited to submit an outstanding digital image (clinical, abstract, action, etc.) paired with a brief case report that involves contact lenses and anterior segment topics. Students and residents may submit more than one entry! The overall winner will receive a $1,500 travel grant to attend Optometry’s Meeting®; a trophy with the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsfromaoa.org&amp;blog=7939388&amp;post=3430&amp;subd=newsfromaoa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Paraoptometric Section seeks community service nominees</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Paraoptometric Section of the AOA is seeking nominations for the 2012 Community Service Award. The award is given to the paraoptometric who demonstrates a commitment to helping improve his or her community and a dedication to the profession of paraoptometry. The recipient will receive: A plaque of recognition A $100 personal cash award A [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsfromaoa.org&amp;blog=7939388&amp;post=3428&amp;subd=newsfromaoa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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