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MEA is delighted to provide links to a powerhouse of informational resources relating to Health Care and Government.

Click on a category and have fun finding the information you seek.

• Eye Care Links on the Web
• Government Health Links

Eye Care Links:

• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• American Academy of Optometry
• American Printing House for the Blind
• American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery—Information on cataract and refractive eye surgery.
• American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS) 
• Association for Macular Diseases
• Blinded Veterans Association
• Cataract Surgery
• CLAO - Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists
• Canadian Ophthalmological Society
• Cornea Research Foundation of America
• Eye Smart
• Eye Surgery Education Council—Information on a variety of common vision problems and therapies
• Foundation Fighting Blindness—Retina donor program and national registry, research and more 
• The Glaucoma Foundation
• International Society of Refractive Surgery
• Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO)
• Lighthouse International—Information, resources and help for enabling blind people to live independently
• Low Vision Gateway—Information and resources on low vision
• National Eye Institute
• Optical Society of America (Optics Net)
• Optomap -The Optomap Retinal Exam is used by your eye doctor to get an ultra-widefield view of the retina through a non-dilated pupil.
• Scheppens Eye Research Center - Harvard University—Information on SERC, including cataract fact sheet for patients. 
• Sjogren's disease—National Sjogren's Syndrome Association World Wide Web homepage designed to provide basic information about Sjogren's Syndrome
• Wills Eye Surgical Network—network of affiliated multi-specialty same-day surger centers located throughout the Delaware Valley
• Wilmer Eye Institute - Johns Hopkins University—Information on Eye Institute, research (i.e., MPEG movies on Retina) and glaucoma FAQ for patients.

Government Links:

• Centers for Disease Control 
• Food and Drug Administration 
• Health and Human Services 
• Library of Congress 
• NASA Vision Science 
• National Eye Institute 
• National Institutes of Health 
• National Library of Medicine 
• National Science Foundation 
• Library of Congress database of current bills in Congress 
• U.S. Bureau of the Census 
• U.S. House of Representatives 
• U.S. Postal Service ZIP Code Lookup and Address Information  
• White House 
• World Health Organization