Pediatrics

Back-to-School Health: Are Your Child's Eyes Ready for the Classroom?

Published in Healthcare Mergers, Acquisitions and Ventures Week, August 15th, 2009

Good vision can be directly correlated with a child's learning ability. As much as 80% of the learning a child does occurs through his eyes and approximately 1 in 4 school-age children have some type of vision impairment.

Does your child have normal, healthy vision needed for classroom learning, or is there a problem that requires treatment by a pediatric ophthalmologist, optometrist or pediatrician'

"Generally, the earlier we diagnose vision issues, the better the outcome for the child," said Dr. Mark Borchert, a pediatric ophthalmologist and the director of The Vision Center at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and associate professor of ophthalmology...

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Source: Healthcare Mergers, Acquisitions and Ventures Week (2009-08-15)

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