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Boston Globe
Vision tests via cellphone could aid poor nations
Boston Globe
“We're not optometry-ophthalmology people. We work in imaging and optics. We didn't start off thinking, 'Half a billion people don't have access to eye care ...




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Diaton Tonometer Receives Approval in Australia by Government Department of ...
PR-USA.net (press release)
... such as Hospitals, Emergency Rooms, Nursing & Elderly Homes, General & Specialty Practitioners as well as by Ophthalmology and Optometry practices. ...




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Patients will pay for quality, indie marketing group says
Optometry Today
An independents' marketing group is tackling the question of 'How do patients know if they are getting genuine value from an independent practice ...




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The man in the Guatemalan eye clinic was so excited that he grabbed the shirt of Kitchener optometrist Dr. Valerie Dippel and shook her.

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Optometry October 2010

"Several medical organizations have published yet another joint statement trivializing vision therapy and vision disorders in the learning-disabled population. A review of the references in the joint statement as well as other references find that the joint statement is misleading because of inappropriate citations and selected references, as was the case with previous joint statements. The most current joint statement ignores the results of evidence-based research and makes recommendations regarding the treatment of convergence insufficiency that have no scientific validity. Ophthalmology should not allow professional rivalry to cloud its judgment regarding optometry’s involvement in the diagnosis and treatment of learning-related vision problems.”

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.optm.2009.11.007

126 new pubmed citations were retrieved for your search. Click on the search hyperlink below to display the complete search results: optometry These pubmed results were generated on 2010/08/26PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.

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Why do male retirees meet for fellowship in doughnut shops and female retirees ...
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You have retired men from various professions such as optometry, accounting, and engineering, for example. These are men in their 80s and 90s who went to ...




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As attorneys for Dr. Steven Hall opened his defense Monday, they tried to establish for the jury that Hall was in shock after his wife's death, and was unsteady and vulnerable when he gave statements to police.

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One in 10 infants in the U.S. have undetected vision problems, ranging from crossed eyes to cancer. While most parents know eye and vision problems can be detected in children before they're a year old, only 19 percent of those who participated in the American Optometric Association's annual Eye-Q® survey report taking their infant for a comprehensive eye assessment.

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Eye doctor returns home to practice
BCLocalNews
Pasin was born and raised in Trail and shortly after acquiring her doctorate of optometry degree from Pacific University in Oregon, she journeyed north to ...




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Has your computer screen been looking a little fuzzy lately?

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33 new pubmed citations were retrieved for your search.Click on the search hyperlink below to display the complete search results:human visionThese pubmed results were generated on 2010/08/19PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's.These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.

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Dr. Eli Peli of Schepens Eye Research Institute Wins 2010 Edwin H. Land Medal
TMC Net
He is also a fellow of OSA, the American Academy of Optometry, the Society for Information Display and the International Society of Photo-Optical ...

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More than a year has passed since a federal probe revealed that eight veterans had been needlessly blinded at a California hospital and still the public doesn't know what happened. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has said it is investigating...

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Scientific American
Space Spectacles: NASA Evaluates Adjustable Astronaut Eyewear
Scientific American
... limited field of view provided by bifocals or progressive lenses, says Mark Bullimore, a professor at The Ohio State University College of Optometry. ...




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Nearly 2300 eye care practitioners registered
Channel News Asia
And the other is that all fresh optometry and opticianry graduates must work under the supervision of an experienced practitioner for a period of between ...

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100 new pubmed citations were retrieved for your search.Click on the search hyperlink below to display the complete search results:human visionThese pubmed results were generated on 2010/08/16PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's.These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.

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Los Angeles Times
Some affluent areas qualify for tax breaks intended to benefit the poor
Los Angeles Times
Cindy Parker, who sells Prada and Dolce & Gabbana frames at an optometry shop on Weyburn Avenue, said, "Uh, no, I don't think many disadvantaged people live ...




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International Business Times AU
Supercomputer to be used in Australia to battle glaucoma
International Business Times AU
... of Australian with, or at risk for developing glaucoma, said Dr Allison McKendrick from the University's Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences. ...




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Deccan Herald
Wrong font can cause computer vision syndrome
Deccan Herald
According to Dr Jim Sheedy, head of Vision Ergonomics Research Laboratory and professor of optometry, Pacific University, close to 50 per cent of the people ...

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Aquino optometrist leads new appointees
Manila Standard Today
OPTOMETRIST Vivian Sarabia, responsible for making President Benigno Aquino III see more clearly, has been appointed board member of the Philippine ...

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Buffalo Business First (blog)
SUNY tuition up for prof programs
Buffalo Business First (blog)
And they're increasing for both in-state and out-of-state students in the MBA and optometry programs. The State University of New York released its 2010-11 ...




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Effects of sweep VEP parameters on visual acuity and contrast thresholds in children and adults. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2010 Aug 6; Authors: Almoqbel FM, Yadav NK, Leat SJ, Head LM, Irving EL BACKGROUND: There are many parameters that may impact the thresholds obtained with sweep visually evoked potentials (sVEP), yet a number of these parameters have not been systematically studied, and there is no recognised standard for sVEP recording. In this study, the effects of electrode placement, temporal frequency, sweep direction, presence of a fixation target, stimulus area, and sweep duration on visual acuity (VA) and contrast thresholds of the sVEP were investigated. Additionally, the effect of these parameters on the number of viable threshold readings obtained from five active electrodes was investigated. METHODS: Participants were six children (aged 6-8 years) and six adults (aged 17-30 years) with normal vision. Binocular sVEP VA and contrast thresholds were measured for two electrode placements (ISCEV and PowerDiva) of five active electrodes, three temporal frequencies (6, 7.5, and 10 Hz), two sweep directions (low to high and high to low), presence or absence of a fixation target, three stimulus areas, and three sweep durations. RESULTS: There were differences between adults and children with respect to visual acuity, the adults having better VA than the children (p = 0.033 in experiment 2). Overall, there were more viable readings at 7.5 Hz than at either 10 or 6 Hz (p = 0.0014 for VA and 0.001 for contrast thresholds). The adults performed better (in terms of viable readings) with the fixation target than without it (p = 0.04). The smallest stimulus size used gave rise to fewer viable readings in both adults and children (p = 0.022 for VA and 0.0001 for contrast thresholds). The other parameters (electrode placement, sweep direction and sweep duration) did not give rise to significant differences. CONCLUSIONS: A temporal frequency of 7.5 Hz, a stimulus area of 4 degrees or larger for VA and 10 degrees or larger for contrast thresholds, and the use of a fixation target gave more viable readings, and may be indicated for future application. Consideration of the number of viable readings showed more differences between parameters than the actual thresholds, and it is suggested that more readings presumably would yield more reliable threshold measurements. PMID: 20694474 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Epithelial Responses to Rubbing-Related Mechanical Forces. Cornea. 2010 Aug 5; Authors: McMonnies CW, Alharbi A, Boneham GC PURPOSE:: To examine for epithelial thickness changes in response to compressive and shear forces associated with eye rubbing. METHODS:: The Holden-Payor optical pachometer was used to measure total and stromal-endothelial thickness, at central (right eye) and midperipheral (left eye) locations, for 12 subjects with normal corneas. Epithelial thickness was determined by subtraction. Baseline measurements were compared with measurements recorded immediately after 15 seconds of circular pattern rubbing over the cornea, using an index finger pad, and light to moderate force. Four subjects in each of 3 groups with mean ages of 19.5, 45.3, and 70.2 years were assessed. Measurement continued at 15-minute intervals until baseline thickness was restored. RESULTS:: An 18.4% reduction in epithelial thickness was recorded immediately after rubbing for central right eye and midperipheral left eye assessments. Both findings were statistically significant (P < 0.05). Recovery to baseline thickness occurred between 15 and 30 minutes centrally and between 30 and 45 minutes midperipherally. CONCLUSION:: These results indicate a statistically significant mechanical trauma to the epithelium after 15 seconds of light to moderate rubbing. With reference to the rheological properties of the cytoskeleton, an attempt to explain how the epithelium could lose and recover thickness has been made. Apart from cell flattening, displacement from the rubbed area of intercellular water, cytoplasm from ruptured cells, chains of wing cells, and mucin are suggested as possible thinning mechanisms. Extraneous eye rubbing may adversely alter the results obtained with pachymetry, videokeratography, wavefront aberrometry, refraction, and results obtained with orthokeratology contact lenses. PMID: 20697281 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Tribute paid to dead workers
Optician Online
Optometry Giving Sight (OGS) has extended its sympathies to the families and friends of the 10 International Assistance Mission (IAM) eye camp team members ...




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End to free eye exams could save up to £93m
Optician Online
Despite presentations from Optometry Scotland (OS) and Royal National Institute of Blind People Scotland about the benefits of free testing, ...




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Slew of appointees includes scion of eyewear supplier of presidents
Malaya
Today (Thursday) is my Oath Taking for the Professional Regulation Commission Optometry Board Member in Malacanang with P-Noy (President) Aquino! ...

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ONANCOCK Dr. Joseph V. Wescott, who with his father practiced a combined 122 years as optometrists in Onancock, died Monday at the age of 93.

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