When it comes to eye health and maintaining good vision over the span of your lifetime, there are three providers who you're likely to interact with: ophthalmologists, optometrists and opticians.

Ophthalmologists are medical doctors who specialize in treating the eyes. Optometrists have less training and specialized education, but now provide most primary eye care in the United States, ...

Minnesota is well known for setting high standards in health care with world-class institutions establishing key quality benchmarks for medical standards that are followed globally. This tradition of ...

Florida House Bill 449 would allow optometrists to perform eye surgeries, despite their lack of medical degrees and surgical training. Opponents of the bill emphasize the vast difference in education ...