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Study Reveals How Diet, Antioxidants Prevent Blindness In Aging Population
20 Aug 2008 at 3:00am
A new study reveals part of the magic behind a diet rich in antioxidants, showing how artichokes, blueberries and pecans can hold at bay the leading cause of age-related blindness in developed countries. Researchers discovered a link between two processes in the retina that, in combination, co...
Study Shows How Light Receptors In Eye Play Key Role In Setting Biological Clock
18 Aug 2008 at 12:00am
Biologists at the University of Virginia have discovered a switching mechanism in the eye that plays a key role in regulating the sleep/wake cycles in mammals. The new finding demonstrates that light receptor cells in the eye are central to setting the rhythms of the brain's primary timekeeper...
RNIB Backs Pensioner's Fight For Sight Saving Treatment Denied By Barnet NHS
15 Aug 2008 at 7:00am
Barnet PCT is routinely forcing patients in its care to either pay for sight saving treatment or go blind, says the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB). Peter Mulvie, 84, of Golders Green, is just one of several patients being supported by RNIB in their bid for treatment from Barnet ...
Uninsured Americans Less Likely To Receive Eye Care Than Canadians And Insure...
13 Aug 2008 at 12:00am
In comparison with Canadians, Americans with vision problems are equally or more likely to access eye care services, if they have health insurance. Without health insurance, Americans visit eyecare professionals at lower rates, according to a report released August 11, 2008 in the Archives o...
Refractive Errors Significantly Affect Adults In United States
13 Aug 2008 at 12:00am
Approximately half of all adults in the United States aged 20 and older have refraction errors in their eyes that result in less than 20/20 vision, according to an article released on August 11, 2008 in the Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. When the eye does not...
Eye Abnormality Associated With Increased Heart Disease Death
12 Aug 2008 at 12:00am
Abnormalities of the retina, the light sensitive tissue at the back of the eye, are associated with an increased risk of death from heart disease, finds research published ahead of print in the Heart. A higher than normal risk was found in people without diabetes, a disease that is known to b...
Unite For Sight's High Impact Volunteer Abroad Opportunities
12 Aug 2008 at 12:00am
Volunteers Are Part Of Global Problem Solving And Have The Thrill Of Experiencing and Contributing To Change on the Highest Level. With The Assistance of Volunteers Like You, Unite For Sight Has Restored Sight To 15,958 Patients and Provided Eye Care to 600,000How Do I Apply? The application as w...
Enrollment In Phase IIb Clinical Trial For I-vation? TA (MK-0140) Suspended P...
11 Aug 2008 at 1:00am
SurModics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRDX), a leading provider of surface modification and drug delivery technologies to the healthcare industry, announced that Merck & Co., Inc. has informed the company that, in light of results reported in a recently published study comparing laser treatment and intravitre...
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VMail Exclusive: VSP's Lynch, Marchon's Berg Define New 'Integrated...
19 Aug 2008 at 3:13pm
Vision Service Plan "will continue to remain committed to a provider network of independent private practice optometry in the U.S.," according to president and chief executive officer Rob Lynch, while Marchon ...
Optometrist receives Circle of Caring Award
19 Aug 2008 at 6:10am
Volunteers in Medicine recently awarded its Circle of Caring Award for 2008 to local optometrist, Scott Severson.
New law in sight?
18 Aug 2008 at 9:50pm
For almost a decade, optometrists in Massachusetts have been fighting to offer glaucoma treatments and prescribe oral medication -- privileges that state law currently restricts to ophthalmologists.
Group Offering Free Eye Care At Fair
18 Aug 2008 at 5:46am
A group of local optometrists was providing free eye care at a Hispanic health fair in Hartford.
Horn elected president of state optometric association
16 Aug 2008 at 5:25am
Dr. Barbara Horn has been elected president of the Michigan Optometric Association.
'Doc' Bowers made sure his work lived on
15 Aug 2008 at 1:48am
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Eye Checks Can Avoid Blindness
14 Aug 2008 at 1:46am
Thursday, 14 August 2008, 5:29 pm Press Release: New Zealand Association Of Optometrists Most people would agree losing their sight would be one of the most devastating disabilities to come to terms with.
Eye Testing Valuable as Kids Head Back to School
13 Aug 2008 at 9:31pm
Here's some valuable information as your child heads back to school. Is your child identified as a problem learner? Maybe they don't pay attention in class or give up reading after just a little while.
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