Source: miamiherald .com

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, the University of Miami’s top-ranked clinical and research facility, is planning major expansions in three counties as part of UM’s goal of becoming a major health service throughout South Florida.

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Source: joelg.wrytestuff .com

Nearly everyone is born with it. It is more sensitive than the best scientific equipment we possess today, being capable of detecting a particle smaller than an atom. Without it, we would have no idea what the difference would be between a blue mustang and a yellow mustang of the same model, or the difference between white and black. What are we talking about? You guessed it: the eye. Without it, we would not have vision.

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Source: ophsource .org

Purpose
To evaluate the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders among eye care physicians compared with family medicine physicians.

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Source: ophsource .org

Purpose
To ascertain the effects of aging on corneal morphology and to illustrate the morphologic diversity of the different layers in the normal cornea as seen by in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM).

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Source: ophsource .org

Purpose
To report spontaneous corneal clearing with improved visual acuity and central endothelial cell repopulation after Descemet's stripping without endothelial replacement.

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Source: ophsource .org

Purpose
Open-angle glaucoma (OAG) is associated with systemic metabolic and cardiovascular disorders, and both share common risk factors with erectile dysfunction (ED). However, few studies have investigated the association of ED with OAG. This study aimed to estimate the association of ED with prior OAG by using a nationwide, population-based data with a retrospective case-control cohort design in Taiwan.

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Source: ophsource .org

Objective
To test for differences in reliability and performance between traditional, isolated perimetry and simultaneous testing with 2 patients in the same room.

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Source: ophsource .org

Purpose
Our previous study, Atropine for the Treatment of Myopia 1 (ATOM1), showed that atropine 1% eyedrops were effective in controlling myopic progression but with visual side effects resulting from cycloplegia and mydriasis. The aim of this study was to compare efficacy and visual side effects of 3 lower doses of atropine: 0.5%, 0.1%, and 0.01%.

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Source: nature .com

Infectious keratitis represents a significant cause of ocular morbidity in the United States. The work-up and treatment of presumed infectious keratitis (PIK) has changed in the past two decades. The development of newer topical antibiotics has enabled broad-spectrum antibiotic coverage with good tissue penetration.

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Source: nature .com

There are more microorganisms that colonize the human body than resident cells; some are commensal whereas others are pathogenic. Pathogenic microorganisms are sensed by the innate or adaptive immune system, an immune response is initiated, and the infection is often cleared. Some microorganisms have developed strategies to evade immune defenses, ensuring their long-term survival with potentially devastating consequences for the host.

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Source: uveitis .org

Uveitis is the third leading cause of blindness in developed countries. Uveitis.org is designed to provide the most current information and state-of-the-art development in ocular immunology, in both clinical and research fields as well as provides patient support.

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Source: onlinelibrary.wiley .com

Introduction: The decade has seen developments in non-medical prescribing with the introduction of prescribing rights for healthcare professionals. In this article, we focus on the education, training and practice of non-medical prescribers in the UK. There are around 20,000 nurse independent prescribers, 2,400 pharmacist supplementary/independent prescribers, several hundred allied health professional supplementary prescribers and almost 100 optometrist supplementary/independent prescribers. Many are active prescribers managing chronic conditions or acute episodes of infections and minor ailments.

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Source: kevinmd .com

I found a recent Associated Press article on an aspect of the new health care law that many of us may have overlooked. It requires consumer-friendly summaries of what insurance plans cover, a provision that now seems to be at risk. The insurance industry is up in arms about implementation costs and added regulatory burdens. (There’s a good story at NPR, which includes a link to an example of what the language would look like.)

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Source: gizmag .com

Traditionally just big, goofy optics designed to protect your eyes from cold, snow and bright light, ski goggles have taken all kinds of new roles over the past few winters. Some goggles track your speed and vertical and some capture video. The Buhel Speakgoggle provides a seamless, vibration-based communications mechanism to keep you in touch with your crew.

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Source: tech.slashdot .org

Chieko Asakawa went blind at age 14, learned to program mainframe computers by sense of touch, and has spent her 27 years at IBM-Tokyo bringing personal computing and the Internet to the blind. From the article: 'By 1997 she had developed a plug-in that worked with the Netscape browser, mapping Web navigation commands to the computer keyboard's number pad and using text-to-speech technology to read out content.

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Source: medgadget .com

TearScience of Morrisville, NC received FDA clearance for the new version of the LipiFlow Thermal Pulsation System for evaporative dry eye. The condition leaves patients with too few tears, making the remaining ones feel too salty. The system heats and massages the eyelids, helping unblock the flow of lipids from the meibomian glands found under the eyelids.

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Source: gizmodo .com

Well this is mildly terrifying: according to a new Pew study, the Facebook privacy mode a lot of us rely on for photos and status updates is, on average, anything but private. Time to reconsider your settings, everyone.

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Source: idle.slashdot .org

Reports swirling around the Internet are that a boy in China may have cat-like night vision. The boy with eerie blue-eyes was able to fill out a questionnaire in the dark and his eyes reflect like a cat's when a light is shined on them. No reports yet if he marks his territory or is litter box trained.

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Source: osnsupersite .com

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the second generation of the LipiFlow Thermal Pulsation System, according to a press release from TearScience.

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Source: imedicalapps .com

The iPads large screen and interactive interface make it an ideal platform for medical imaging.

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Source: lww .com

Purpose: To determine whether ocular itching associated with ocular demodicosis can be treated by lid massage with 5% tea tree oil ointment (TTOO).

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Source: msj.sagepub .com

Objectives: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) frequently causes injury to the anterior visual pathway (AVP), impairing quality of life due to visual dysfunction. Development of biomarkers in MS is a high priority and both low-contrast visual acuity (LCVA) and time-domain optical coherence tomography (TD-OCT) have been proposed as candidates for this purpose. We sought to assess whether psychophysical assessments of color vision are similarly correlated with structural measures of AVP injury, and therefore augment measures of visual disability in MS.

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Source: reuters .com

Allergan Inc, maker of wrinkle treatment Botox, eye drops and obesity treatments, said it will rely less on the United States for revenue in coming years as its products gain wider acceptance in Asia, particularly China.

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Source: springerlink .com

The objective of this paper is to review the main findings of the largest studies on the etiopathogenesis and microbiology of the development of dacryocystitis and to formulate clinical and surgical guidelines based on said studies and on our experience at Cruces Hospital, the Basque Country, Spain. The most common sign of this entity is the distal nasolacrimal duct obstruction, and this should be treated to prevent clinical relapse.

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Source: visionmonday .com

The World Council of Optometry (WCO) announced that it has launched a search for the International Optometrist of the Year for 2012. The award, presented to an optometrist who has made an outstanding contribution to the development of the profession worldwide, was last given posthumously to Tom Little, OD, who was killed in August 2010 while leading a humanitarian health mission in Afghanistan, according to the organization,.

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Source: payvand .com

Iranian ophthalmologist Khalil Ghasemi Falavarjani managed to push out the heavy silicone oil from the sclerotomy without using any suction pump.

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Source: gizmodo .com

The limitations of typing on a touchscreen hinder how effective tablets can be as productivity tools. There is hope, though, at least for iPad users. This TypeWay keyboard supposedly makes things easier, by adapting the key layout for each user.

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Source: facebook .com

The final winner of the the 2012 SECO Registration giveaway is Patrick Fahey from North Carolina! Congratulations! Please contact SECO by emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. !

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Source: http://visionhelp.wordpress .com

Take a good look at Larry Fitzgerald, the superlative wide received for the Arizona Cardinals. His eyes aren’t on the ball as he catches it; they’re well above and beyond the ball.

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Source: readwriteweb .com

From a technological perspective, near field communications (NFC) is one of the most powerful and prominent innovations to come about in the last several years. But from a functional, real world standpoint, NFC is a technology without a clear-cut purpose. What problems does it actually solve? When it comes payments, how much different is a tap with your smartphone than a swipe of your debit card? What about the ability to open doors or share content with your friends? There are solutions already available on mobile devices for many of these "problems." So, what is the real future for NFC?

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