New Formula Connects Optical Quality With Visual Acuity With Potential To Provide Automatic Eyeglasses Prescriptions
For the first time, a study combines measurements of abnormalities in the eye with models for assessing how well an individual can see, meaning it may be possible to program a machine to automatically produce prescriptions for corrective lenses.The model for predicting visual clarity - based on measurements taken by today's highly accurate aberrometers - could also enable surgeons to more accurately assess and correct the vision of patients undergoing lasik or refractive surgery.
Prism Glasses Expand The View For Patients With Hemianopia
Innovative prism glasses can significantly improve the vision and the daily lives of patients with hemianopia, a condition that blinds half the visual field in both eyes. The peripheral prism glasses, which were invented by Dr. Eli Peli, a Senior Scientist at Schepens Eye Research Institute, were evaluated in the first community-based multi- center trial of such a device, which is published in the May issue of the Archives of Ophthalmology.
Students Focus On Vision
"Vision is important in childhood learning, and vision care is critical to the academic development of Ohio's children, " said Karla Zadnik, OD, PhD, Associate Dean of The Ohio State University College of Optometry. With that in mind local eye doctors throughout Ohio present "The Adventures of Rhet and Tina" to classrooms of kindergarten through second grade students in their community.
ArGentis Licenses Third Treatment For Dry Eye Syndrome
arGentis Pharmaceuticals, LLC announced that the company has licensed a third treatment for Dry Eye Syndrome (DES) now designated ARG103.
Comfort For Bespectacled Kids - Eyeglasses Make Them Look Smart According To Their Peers
Young children tend to think that other kids with glasses look smarter than kids who don't wear glasses, according to a new study.Children between the ages of 6 and 10 who were surveyed for the study also thought that kids wearing glasses looked more honest than children who don't wear glasses.
A Quarter Can Prevent A Child From Going Blind
You can't buy many newspapers for a quarter anymore, but with that same twenty-five cents you can buy a year's supply of vitamin A for a child in need. Affecting up to 140 million children every year, vitamin A deficiencies that go untreated can result in the child going blind before age 6, however vitamin A, given to a child twice a year for four years, can prevent blindness forever.
Pioneering Eye Surgery Network Receives 2008 Gates Award For Global Health
In recognition of its groundbreaking work to prevent debilitating blindness and provide affordable, world-class eye care to the poor, the Aravind Eye Care System, based in Tamil Nadu, India, has won the 2008 Gates Award for Global Health. The $1 million Gates Award - the world's largest prize for international health - honors extraordinary efforts to improve health in developing countries.
New Zealand Ophthalmologists Call For Funding For Vision-Saving Drug
New Zealand Ophthalmologists (eye doctors) have repeated their call for government funding of a drug which treats the leading cause of blindness. Ranibizumab (brand-name Lucentis ) can prevent vision loss from wet macular degeneration.
Magnolia Optical Technologies Has Developed Broad Band Antireflection Coatings For Ultraviolet, Visible And Infrared Applications
Magnolia Optical Technologies, Inc. announced that in collaboration with the Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, MD it has developed broad band multi-layer AR coatings that can be used for visible and IR sensors applications including enhancing solar cell performance.
Beyond Fashion: Why You Gotta Wear Shades
Cheap sunglasses may cost you less, but are they just as likely to protect against the effects of harmful UV rays as expensive sunglasses? According to Dr. Donald J. D'Amico, chair of ophthalmology at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, there is no certain way for consumers to be sure they are getting ultraviolet or UV protection from their sunglasses -- even if they are labeled "UV absorbing" or "UV blocking.