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Vision: a casualty of war
Monday, February 18 2013 | 00 h 00 min | News
A recent study published in Optometry and Vision Science has found that soldiers often develop vision problems after a blast-related traumatic...
Read MoreNew glasses for people with colour-blindness
Sunday, February 17 2013 | 00 h 00 min | News
American neurobiologist Mark Changizi has developed eyewear that corrects colour-blindness and clearly enhances colour vision This innovation is...
Read MoreBarack Obama honours LASIK inventor
Wednesday, February 13 2013 | 00 h 00 min | News
American President Barack Obama awarded Gholam Peyman, the inventor of LASIK eye surgery, the National Medal of Technology and Innovation This is...
Read MoreContact lenses play the role of sterile dressing
Monday, February 11 2013 | 00 h 00 min | News
A new type of therapeutic soft contact lenses developed in Russia by Liomed could soon greatly contribute to healing eye burns The new lens would...
Read MoreUV rays don’t take winter holidays
Wednesday, February 6 2013 | 00 h 00 min | News
A new study by Johnson & Johnson Vision Care shows that 90% of patients only feel exposed to UV rays in summer Only 6% of respondents thought to...
Read MoreWhat our ancestors looked like
Tuesday, February 5 2013 | 00 h 00 min | News
A method used to determine hair and eye colour using human remains is able to specify what people from the Middle Ages must have looked like The...
Read MoreRachel Hill-Campbell wins the 2012 Transitions ECP of the Year award
Monday, February 4 2013 | 00 h 00 min | News
Optician Rachel Hill-Campbell, owner of Personal Optical in St Catharines, Ontario, was named 2012 Transitions Eyecare Professional of the Year at...
Read MoreNew Look Eyewear: 2012 Retailer of the Year
Sunday, February 3 2013 | 00 h 00 min | News
New Look Eyewear has been named Transitions Retailer of the Year for Canada New Look was recognized on January 29 at the 17th annual Transitions...
Read MoreRisk of AMD linked to prolonged aspirin use
Wednesday, January 30 2013 | 00 h 00 min | News
Researchers from the University of Sydney, Australia, report that taking aspirin over a long period of time increases the risk of developing...
Read MoreBausch + Lomb and CROMA fight blindness in Africa
Monday, January 28 2013 | 00 h 00 min | News
Light for the World, the Austrian organization that helps people who have no access to basic eye care, has received support in its fight against...
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