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Increased comfort for contact lens wearers
Monday, May 13 2013 | 00 h 00 min | News
A study published in Optometry and Vision Scienceconfirms that simply switching to an alternative product or solution can relieve the discomfort...
Read MoreGene mutations associated with nearsightedness
Sunday, May 12 2013 | 00 h 00 min | News
Researchers at Duke University, in North Carolina, are closer to identifying gene mutations associated with severe nearsightedness In a paper...
Read MoreGoogle Glass: information, hesitation, competition
Wednesday, May 8 2013 | 00 h 00 min | News
Google recently released its technical specifications for its augmented reality eyewear, while making it clear that consumers will have to be patient...
Read MoreWearing an eye patch longer corrects amblyopia
Monday, May 6 2013 | 00 h 00 min | News
Wearing an eye patch six hours a day instead of two hours is much more effective after a 10-week period Now to convince the children… Researchers...
Read MoreNew vision health awareness campaign
Sunday, May 5 2013 | 00 h 00 min | News
During Vision Health Month, CNIB and Doctors of Optometry Canada have launched a new vision health awareness campaign Good vision is not necessarily...
Read MoreThe virtues of Tetris
Thursday, May 2 2013 | 00 h 00 min | News
The popular video game Tetris may help treat adult amblyopia, according to researchers at McGill University The usual treatment for this disorder...
Read MoreGlaucoma eye drops… a thing of the past?
Monday, April 29 2013 | 00 h 00 min | News
Researchers in Singapore have come up with a new treatment that may put an end to taking daily medication for glaucoma The Ocular Therapeutic...
Read MoreFrench eyewear manufacturers meet the president
Sunday, April 28 2013 | 00 h 00 min | News
It isn’t every day that professionals from the optical-eyewear industry get the chance to sit down at a table with heads of state And what’s...
Read MoreNew treatment in sight for dry eye disease
Wednesday, April 24 2013 | 00 h 00 min | News
Topical anakinra (Kineret), an interleukin-1 receptor antagonist generally used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, may be effective in treating dry eye...
Read MoreTwo treatments are better than one
Monday, April 22 2013 | 00 h 00 min | News
Combining two treatments are effective in defeating certain inherited disorders that cause blindness In 2010, András Komáromy and colleagues at...
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