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From:Review of Optometry (Vol. 158, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBinocular vision disorders are prevalent in patients at all stages of life--from pediatric to geriatric--and especially in patients with developmental disabilities and a history of traumatic brain injury. (1-10) They...
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From:Review of Optometry (Vol. 149, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThe FDA granted waived status under CLIA to the AdenoPlus, an improved version of Rapid Pathogen Screening's first point-of-care diagnostic test for conjunctivitis. Being granted this waiver classifies AdenoPlus as a...
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From:Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology (Vol. 17, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedByline: Boshra. El Byoumi, Ahmed. Mousa Aims: To determine whether the LV Prasad-Functional Vision Questionnaire (LVP-FVQ) could be used to assess self-reported visual function and quality of visual life in Egyptian...
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From:Ophthalmology Times (Vol. 29, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedLow vision aids can make a difference for the ophthalmic patient in terms of quality of life as well as quality of vision. For the ophthalmologist, the inclusion of low vision screening and products can be a natural...
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From:Indian Journal of Ophthalmology (Vol. 70, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedByline: Parikshit. Gogate, Supriya. Phadke, Taraprasad. Das, Shrivallabh. Sane, Soumya. Moosa, Ashok. Dhangar, Minhaj. Inamdar, Rajiv. Khandekar, Renu. Magdum, Jitendra. Bhawalkar, Kashinath. Bhoosnurmath Purpose: To...
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From:Indian Journal of Ophthalmology (Vol. 70, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedByline: Ravilla. Thulasiraj Rationale for vision centers The recent World Report on Vision[1] by the World Health Organization (WHO) focuses on achieving universal eye health through integrated people-centered eye...
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From:Indian Journal of Ophthalmology (Vol. 69, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedByline: Suraj. Senjam The current practice for low vision management in India exclusively focuses on clinical aspects without much of the rehabilitation components. While making all efforts to improve independent...
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From:Review of Optometry (Vol. 138, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedMarco Ophthalmic now distributes a photoscreening device that can help detect vision disorders even in preverbal children. The Marco PhotoScreener screens for conditions that can lead to amblyopia such as refractive...
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From:Optometry Times (Vol. 4, Issue 12)As an optometrist, Tracy Williams, OD, loves his job, not only because be enjoys practicing optometry, but also because be receives opportunities to do something that many optometrists don't--change people's lives....
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 90, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedObjective To estimate the global cost of establishing and operating the educational and refractive care facilities required to provide care to all individuals who currently have vision impairment resulting from...
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From:Ophthalmology Times (Vol. 31, Issue 22) Peer-ReviewedFROM STAFF REPORTS Rockville, MD -- A new random-dot stereo-test using a 3D display and infrared oculography has been found to assess stereopsis objectively in children aged more than 3 years, according to an article...
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From:PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News (Vol. 576)A multinational team of researchers has determined that visual impairment (VI) resulting from uncorrected refractive error (URE) may cost the global economy over a quarter of a trillion international dollars (I$). The...
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From:Review of Optometry (Vol. 140, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedWhat to Do When the Patient Can't Sit at the Slit Lamp Some patients are not anatomically configured to fit into slit lamp chin rests, thus precluding slit lamp ophthalmoscopy with a high dioptric condensing lens....
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From:Review of Optometry (Vol. 145, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedOptometry Giving Sight (OGS) and Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH) have formed a cooperative partnership to further optometry's ability to provide sustainable vision care services to people in need of...
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From:Indian Journal of Ophthalmology (Vol. 60, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedByline: Karl. Blanchet, Daksha. Patel Understanding Health systems have now become the priority focus of researchers and policy makers, who have progressively moved away from a project-centred perspectives. The new...
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From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 328, Issue 7440) Peer-ReviewedVisual impairment in older people in Britain is reasonably common (12.5%, in one community based sample), and the substantial proportion of it that is attributable to refractive error and cataract is remediable. Surgery...
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From:Re:view (Vol. 33, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedI have been in the field of vision rehabilitation for more than 27 years, but I have been married to someone with low vision for only 3 years. I am amazed at all the things that I have learned about my profession and...
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From:Ophthalmology Times (Vol. 24, Issue 24) Peer-ReviewedVancouver-Lasik Vision Corporation has appointed Dan Z. Reinstein, MD, as national medical director. He is sharing the office with Avi Wallerstein, MD, the corporation's current national medical director. The two will...
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From:Journal of School Health (Vol. 66, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedA population-based cohort of all children entering kindergarten in a three-year period (N = 2,938) was followed retrospectively from kindergarten through 12th grade to estimate incidence of abnormal school vision...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 40, Issue 14)The FDA has released warning letters it had sent to the owners of five laser vision correction centers that are not complying with agency rules that govern such facilities. Under the FDA's medical device regulations,...