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AllAboutVision.com to Provide Comprehensive Eyecare, Eyewear Information to Consumers.


WESTPORT, Conn.--(BW HealthWire)--Aug. 18, 1999--

A new website will give consumers easy access to information on eye health, and advice on different options for correcting their vision. More than 160 million Americans need vision correction, and AllAboutVision.com(SM) will be a one-stop source they can use to make decisions on frames and lenses, contact lenses contact lenses contact nplverres mpl de contact

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The site will help consumers learn about all the available options to correct their vision and enhance their lives -- incorporating the fashion, as well as functional, aspects of vision correction. Also included will be content on proper eyecare and common eye conditions. As well, AllAboutVision.com(SM) will encourage consumers to try new product options through its e-couponing section, will provide ongoing news and advice through targeted e-mail newsletters, and will help site visitors to locate eyecare practitioners.

Consumers are increasingly turning to the Internet Internet

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 for health information. In 1998, 17 million consumers researched health topics, a number that is projected to grow to about 33 million this year, according to according to
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AllAboutVision.com(SM) will be produced by Access Media Group, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

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, a print and electronic communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D.  whose principals have more than 35 years of experience in vision care publishing. Access Media has produced Internet content for various clients, and publishes OptiStock.com, a website serving investors in publicly held vision care companies.

AllAboutVision.com(SM) will launch on January 1, 2000.
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