Wednesday, 22 September 2010

Nouveau Kicks Poor Vision
Topic: Eye Care
Nouveau Eyewear kicked off a series of vision screenings for children in rural South Africa. In five months, the campaign, called Bona Bolo (See the Ball), has brought vision care to more than 650 children. The Bona Bolo goal: Screening 2020 youth by the end of the year. To sustain the program's momentum, Nouveau recently teamed up with Dreamfields Project, a non-profit organization that helps rural schools restore their soccer fields. Read more.

Posted by ct3/opticalceu at 7:36 AM EDT
Updated: Wednesday, 22 September 2010 7:39 AM EDT
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"Teacher, Teacher! I Can't See!"
Topic: Eye Care

The state of Maine surprised eye care providers when it raised its MaineCare dispensing fee to $14.40, less than half what other states pay, reports the Portland PressHerald. To help children, "Portland school officials have raised more than $4,000 for a fund" to buy glasses for as many as 500 students who cannot afford them. The Portland Regional Chamber raised $1,000. Maine is not the only state in financial crisis and looking to cut costs, including Medicaid coverage.

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Tuesday, 21 September 2010

Avoidable Blindness Should Become a World Health Priority
Topic: Eye Care

TheStar, a New Zealand newspaper, reported that avoidable blindness had to be included in the broader development agenda to receive the necessary attention from policymakers, according to speakers at the World Congress on Refractive Error. Almost 700 million people in the world are vision impaired. Why? They can't get an eye exam or glasses. The World Health Organization has noted that the world economy annually loses $269 billion in productivity because of correctable myopia.

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Myopia in Individuals of Asian Decent
Topic: Optical
"Myopia affects many people around the world; however, it has shown to affect people of Asian backgrounds at an alarmingly higher rate. In countries such as Singapore, the rate of myopia is estimated at 90%," according to a posting on AsiaWeek.

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B&L Gets Miochol-E
Topic: Optical
BusinesWeek reports that Bausch & Lomb has finally acquired the drug Miochol-E from Novartis AG. Novartis had to stop selling Miochol-E if it were to buy Alcon, according to a Federal Trade Commission ruling. Why? Novartis and Alcon are the only two companies that sell injectable miotics, drugs that stabilize the iris during cataract surgery. Now Novartis will finalize its purchase of Alcon.

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Monday, 20 September 2010

Old before Our Time
Topic: Optical--Sort Of
The UK's Mirror reports that "Wearing glasses ages people by at least three years, a survey claims. Those who use spectacles are also regarded as "geeky" compared with people who do not. On average, glasses-wearers were put at 3.3 years older than they actually were, while specs aged people over 45 by five years."

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Sunday, 19 September 2010

Raising Mac D Awareness
Topic: Eye Care
Affecting more than 10 million Americans, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) remains the leading cause of vision loss in the United States. The global cost is higher. According to a recent report by AMD Alliance International (AMDAI), the dollar amount totals $343 billion.Sept. 18 to Sept. 26, AMDAI, along with other eye-care organizations from 25 countries, has challenged doctors, patients and caregivers to learn more about AMD. The National Institutes of Health projects the number of AMD diagnoses to double to 20 million by 2020. Losing vision has devastating consequences to an individual's daily life and those affected by the disease often suffer from severe depression and loss of independence. During AMD Week, from

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Saturday, 18 September 2010

Aussies See Genetic Connection in the Case of Blindness and Have a New Way of Seeing the Ocular Fundus
Topic: Optical

"Researchers from the Queensland Institute of Medical Research's Genetics and Population Health Division have tapped into data collected from more than 1,000 sets of twins to discover genes that affect people's eyesight," according to a story posted on MiVision.

The website also reports: "A new imaging system using six different wavelengths to illuminate the interior of the eyeball (ocular fundus) may pave the way for optometrists and ophthalmologists to easily screen patients for common diseases of the eye, such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic retinopathy." The system is described in the journal Review of Scientific Instruments.

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Updated: Saturday, 18 September 2010 7:01 AM EDT
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Friday, 17 September 2010

Gorilla Cataract Surgery--Yeap
Topic: Optical--Sort Of

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NCNW & Transitions Optical Team Up
Topic: Eye Care
Recognizing the increased risks African Americans face for a number of eye health issues, Transitions Optical, Inc., a supplier of photochromic lenses, launched "Healthy Sight for Life: Focus on African-American Eyes" campaign at the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)'s 25th annual Black Family Reunion Celebration in Washington, D.C.

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Updated: Friday, 17 September 2010 6:27 AM EDT
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Thursday, 16 September 2010

IEI Launches Eye Care Program for Needy
Topic: Eye Care
The Illinois Eye Institute (IEI) has launched Chicago Vision Outreach, a pilot initiative providing eye care for patients in need. The program will connect optometrists to underserved patients who suffer from visual health problems asociated with chronic illnesses such as diabetes.

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Chuck E. Cheese's Foray into Eyewear Shortlived
Topic: Eye Care
With prodding from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Chuck E. Cheese ended his foray into eyewear and recalled more than 120,000 eyeglasses, as well as 1.1 million light-up rings.The old Chuckster and the CPSC weren't fooling around. They were worried that a child might break one of the give-aways and ingest the batteries.

Posted by ct3/opticalceu at 7:19 AM EDT
Updated: Thursday, 16 September 2010 7:21 AM EDT
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Complete Line of 3D Prescription Lenses
Topic: 3D Eyewear
Luxottica will launch in late 2010 the world's first range of glasses for watching 3D films with prescription lenses. Oakley, the Luxottica brand that will launch the next line, reportedly has maintained visual clarity anded extended the peripheral viewing angle, resulting in a better alignment of 3D images. Luxottica has tested its initial idea at DreamWorks workshops.

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Wednesday, 15 September 2010

Men and Women See Eye Health Differently
Topic: Eye Care

The American Optometric Association's (AOA) annual American Eye-Q® survey shows that men and women see and treat vision health differently. For example, almost three-quarters of women suffer from seasonal eye allergies, compared to only two-thirds of the men surveyed. The report adds, "Surprisingly though, more men (16 percent) than women (9 percent) have missed work because of seasonal eye allergies."

Thirty-five percent of women (compared to 28 percent for men) check for UV protection when purchasing sunglasses. The survey also showed that "more men (36 percent) than women (27 percent) mistakenly believe name-brand sunglasses are better for your eyes and offer more protection than generic or less expensive sunglasses."

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Army Warns Soldiers about Safety Eyewear
Topic: Safety Eyewear

"Eyeglasses that failed ballistic tests four years ago are available in Self Service Supply Centers, and the Army wants them off the shelves now. What’s more, the Army is warning soldiers against wearing the inferior glasses. All Army Action Message calls on the supply centers to stop stocking and issuing Pyramex Venture II glasses, national stock number 4240-01-500-6173, and directs commanders to ensure their personnel are wearing Army-approved eyewear." That's a story from ArmyTimes.

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Tuesday, 14 September 2010

CL Website Misleads
Topic: Contact Lenses

A story posted by 3news says that "a complaint about a website advertisement for contact lenses wrongly claiming approval by optometrists has been upheld by the New Zealand's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). L Frederikson of the New Zealand Association of Optometrists (NZAO) complained about claims made by Luxottica Retail NZ on its Contacts2Go website, saying they contained errors in fact and were misleading."

Optometrists in New Zealand objected to the phrase on the home webpage saying "Optometrist Approved" and the body of the ad that stated Contacts2Go has been approved by optometrists.

The story noted that "the ASA said there was a high standard of social responsibility expected in the advertising of therapeutic products and the ad failed to meet those standards, so breached the therapeutic products advertising code."

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Eye Care Documentary Wins CINE Award
Topic: Eye Care

"The Armenian EyeCare Project (AECP) and Art Simon Productions are pleased to announce that 'The Armenian EyeCare Project' documentary has won the prestigious CINE Golden Eagle Award, which has been widely recognized as a symbol of excellence in professional and independent filmmaking for over 50 years," says ArmeniaDiaspora. The documentary tells about the operations of the AECP in providing quality eye care to Armenians. The following is a short clip from the documentary.

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Updated: Tuesday, 14 September 2010 12:21 PM EDT
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Monday, 13 September 2010

Drops to Cure Myopia?
Topic: Eye Care

"A gene that causes shortsightedness has been pinpointed by British scientists, paving the way for eye drops that could make glasses history. Within just ten years, a drug that prevents short-sightedness or stops it in its tracks could be in widespread use," according to the DailyMail.

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Sunday, 12 September 2010

Glasses Concern with 3D TV
Topic: 3D Eyewear

Nearly three-quarters into the first year of the latest launch of 3D TV, a Nielsen survey released Thursday finds plenty of reluctance among consumers to embrace the technology. Much of it is centered on the need to wear 3D glasses.

Fifty seven percent of people surveyed said the glasses were a major reason they were unlikely to buy a 3D TV. Nearly 90 percent said the glasses would hinder multitasking while watching television," according to a story on CNETNews.

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DB Wearing Glasses Years after Laser Surgery
Topic: Optical--Sort Of

Who cares? Great Britiain's DailyMirror apparently has little better to do than follow David Beckham, wondering why he was honing and then removing his eyewear.

Here's one from VisionMonday: "The President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies appeared in newspapers and on national TV wearing Pramaor eyewear."

Posted by ct3/opticalceu at 7:46 AM EDT
Updated: Sunday, 12 September 2010 8:03 AM EDT
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