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New school vision screening laws for 2006

Monday, December 26th, 2005

Several states have legislated new laws for improved school vision screening which will take place in 2006. I'm proud that my state, Arkansas, is one of the states that is taking the lead. The Vision Council of America (VCA) reports: Washington, D.C. (April 19, 2005) – While medical professionals ...

Strabismus statistics

Wednesday, June 8th, 2005

Strabismus is also called cross-eyes, lazy eye, turned eye, squint, double vision, wall eyes, floating, wandering, wayward, or drifting eyes. Associated medical terms are amblyopia, esotropia, exotropia, hypertropia, diplopia or cranial nerve palsy. Strabismus affects approximately 2-4% of the population in the U.S. This translates into approximately 1 in every 25 ...

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