OcuSource.com, LLC announces its online Magnifier Giveaway Sweepstakes to aid those with macular degeneration and other disorders causing vision loss. Drawing is to be held February 14th, 2005.
Study funded by the National Eye Institute on amblyopia, or “lazy eye,” the most common cause of visual impairment in childhood, finds that a drop of atropine given 2 days per week works as well as the same drop given 7 days per week. This research finding should lead to better treatment and improved quality of life for children with amblyopia.
CustomLASIK produces superior vision quality compared to Conventional LASIK eye surgery, according to research presented at the recent American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) annual meeting.
Petting the classroom rabbit, tasting an afternoon snack, listening to a story, smelling a budding flower, and seeing words on the chalkboard -- children use all five senses to learn in the classroom. But if the words on the chalkboard are blurry and hard to read, much of a student’s efforts will be spent making sense of a blurry world -- not on the lesson or task at hand.
Optelec USA, Inc., the North American subsidiary of The Tieman Group (The Netherlands) announced today the appointment of Mr. Mike Pedersen as Director of Corporate Development for Optelec’s growing blindness division.