optometry

The American Optometric Association says an estimated 104 million Americans of working age spend more than seven hours a day in front of screens. All that screen time can take a toll.

Kids are focusing too close for too long and their eyes are actually growing to focus the light for things that are near. But it’s blurring their vision for distance.

Optometrists are lobbying for more leeway to treat patients — and physicians' groups are pushing back. But it's more than a turf war, both sides say, as they explain why patients' vision is at stake.

Amid heavy opposition from physicians, the Senate Health Policy Committee approved a bill that would authorize optometrists to perform some laser surgeries and prescribe opioids.

Owners of an optometry practice are suing two former employees, saying they copied the confidential information of 9,000 patients in hopes of luring them…