http://theoptometryblog.com Optometry News Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:18:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Since it is an election year, everyone has been bringing up the high cost of health care. The liberal democrats, Clinton and Obama, are promising reforms which would inevitably fail and/or turn our country into a socialist/communist state. Then I read an article in Rush Limbaugh’s April 2008 ... http://theoptometryblog.com/posted-on-optoblog-wal-mart-practice-is-the-way-to-save-vision-health-care/ Ahhh the humour of it. On Monday, Kristin appeared on The Hour with George Strombouloupolous to answer questions about Ontario optometrists being terrorists. Last week Ontario Minister of Health and Long-Term Care George Smitherman called Ontario optometrists "a bunch of terrorists, and I don't negotiate with terrorists." He apologized ... http://theoptometryblog.com/from-dr-kristin-heeney-threat-number-4-canadian-optometrists-are-terrorists-10/ Read more... WebMDblog:Eye On Vision - blogs.webmd.com/eye-on-vision http://theoptometryblog.com/from-eye-on-vision-how-will-you-spend-your-tax-rebate-2/ My career started out as a government optometrist. I idolized private practice optometry and demonized commercial practice. I did this so much that I forsook my excellent career in the Indian Health Service, hired a practice consultant, and started my own private practice. Of course, I had ... http://theoptometryblog.com/posted-on-optoblog-optoblog-shifts-in-focus-2/ On October 21, 2006, Dr. Heeney and Karla are participating in the the Enbridge CN Tower Climb for the United Way. That?s right we?re climbing the stairs up the CN Town. It?s 1,776 stairs to the top. The money raised from the Climb will help support United Way?s network ... http://theoptometryblog.com/from-dr-kristin-heeney-cn-tower-climb-6/ Read more... WebMDblog:Eye On Vision - blogs.webmd.com/eye-on-vision http://theoptometryblog.com/from-eye-on-vision-is-there-a-visual-gender-gap/ My career started out as a government optometrist. I idolized private practice optometry and demonized commercial practice. I did this so much that I forsook my excellent career in the Indian Health Service, hired a practice consultant, and started my own private practice. Of course, I had ... http://theoptometryblog.com/posted-on-optoblog-optoblog-shifts-in-focus/ Every wonder about those cool special effects contact lenses. Dr. Heeney was interview by Christine Crosbie on Global News Hour on October 5, 2006. Read more... From Dr. Kristin Heeney - heeney.ca http://theoptometryblog.com/from-dr-kristin-heeney-special-effects-contact-lenses-7/ If you are having a tough time carrying your iPod and your shades, then Oakley has a solution for you. The Oakley Thump sunglasses has an embedded MP3 player. Read more... From Dr. Kristin Heeney - heeney.ca http://theoptometryblog.com/from-dr-kristin-heeney-thump-mp3-sunglasses-5/ Read more... WebMDblog:Eye On Vision - blogs.webmd.com/eye-on-vision http://theoptometryblog.com/from-eye-on-vision-how-will-you-spend-your-tax-rebate/