IN BRIEF….

This section presents an update on issues related to optometry. A research on the need for future eye care services will be launched at the Dali Universe in London, England on October 9, 2009. The registration of student optometrist Karampreet Singh Roewal at Aston University was suspended for a year after verbally abusing and threatening fellow students. A multi-site study found that soft contact lenses do not increase myopia progression.