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Education about Proactive Health, Computer Related Health Symptoms and Computer Dry Eye. Grants Pass, OR (PRWEB) January 05, 2012 Sharon Kleyne, host of the Sharon Kleyne Hour Power of Water syndicated radio talk show, recently interviewed Adetutu Ijose, of SOG Consultants, about computer eye strain, computer related health issues and proactive steps to avoid computer health problems. Adetutu Ijose has 20 years experience in computers and information technology and suffered a...
Following the October 2011 publication of WHO figures revealing the high levels of avoidable visual impairment, one of the UK's leading eye care experts is driving home the message about how important it is to get regular eye check-ups, reminding the UK public that in many cases, these check-ups are completely free. (PRWEB) November 24, 2011 In the wake of World Health Organisation estimates that more than 285 million people in the world are visually impaired, and that of those...
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (NANOS) member describes novel eye findings in astronauts after long duration space flight A newly published ophthalmologic study recently described the history, clinical findings, and possible etiologies of novel ophthalmic findings discovered in astronauts after long-duration space flights. The study team included ophthalmologists Thomas H. Mader, MD, of Alaska Native Medical Center and neuro-ophthalmologist and NANOS member, Andrew G. Lee, MD,...
Efforts by local Doctors Vision Center offices result in donation to Prevent Blindness North Carolina, helping the organization promote healthy vision for all communities in North Carolina. Raleigh, North Carolina (PRWEB) November 10, 2011 On October 12, 2011, representatives from Doctors Vision Center presented a check to Prevent Blindness North Carolina in the amount of $3,458 as the result of a campaign to make a donation from every child’s eye exam between August 10, 2011 and...
Report featured in Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology A new study sponsored by NASA finds that space flights lasting six months or more can cause a spectrum of changes in astronauts' visual systems. Some problems, including blurry vision, appear to persist long after astronauts' return to Earth. The results are affecting plans for long-duration manned space voyages, such as a trip to Mars. The study team included ophthalmologists Thomas H. Mader, MD, of...
Eye medical doctors partner to educate parents and teens about the dangers of buying costume contact lenses without a prescription. WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Each year, as Halloween approaches, revelers find new and interesting ways to enhance their costumes. Many have turned to decorative contact lenses to complete their ghoulish or fantasy-like looks. Topping off a costume with blood-drenched vampire eyes, glow-in-the-dark lizard lenses or...
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Seventy eight percent of baby boomers rank vision as the most important of the five senses according to Eye on the Boomer, a new survey released today by the Ocular Nutrition Society. What's more, many (55%) baby boomers surveyed worry about vision loss - almost as much as they worry about heart disease (60%) and cancer (65%). Despite this worry, almost one half of respondents said they don't typically have an eye exam at least annually, and even...
BOSTON, Oct. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Australian Professor, Brien Holden, and South African Professor, Kovin Naidoo, are recognised as global four-star generals in the war on avoidable blindness and vision impairment in developing communities. With an army amassed in the last 13 years of locally trained and based eye care workers on the ground in locations in which they work (429 sites and Vision Centres at last count), they have fought and won battles with governments and institutions...
LAKE MARY, Fla., Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- PediaVision announced today that the company is working with pediatric offices throughout the United States to increase their efficiency and income through the introduction of Spot, a new, quick and mobile screening device that will help redefine the pediatric office of the future. Tenafly Pediatrics, a six-facility pediatrics center in New Jersey, is a model of the efficiencies and income generated through the incorporation of Spot into the...
LAKE MARY, Fla., Sept. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- PediaVision today announced that Loma Linda University's Vision Intervention Program is the first in the State of California to receive the revolutionary new vision screener from PediaVision called "Spot." The University's Department of Ophthalmology is offering free vision screenings to children from Riverside County, thanks to the support of First 5 Riverside, which invests in partnerships committed to improving physical health,...
