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For the first time, a study combines measurements of abnormalities in the eye with models for assessing how well an individual can see, meaning it may be possible to program a machine to automatically produce prescriptions for corrective lenses. A study recently published in the online,...
Trusted LASIK Surgeons recently consulted a few of the top LASIK research experts listed in its Lasik Surgeons Directory httpwwwtrustedlasiksurgeonscomfindalasikeyesurgeonhtm on the implications of the recent US Food and Drug Administrations FDA Ophthalmic Devices Panel hearing on LASIK An...
LISBON, May 15 (IPS) - Cuba’s offer to provide cataract operations for people who have been on waiting lists for years at Portugal’s public hospitals triggered a reaction by the government and doctors, who may finally begin to provide a solution to this problem that affects thousands of elderly...
Thomas J. Berryman founded WavetecVision Systems, a company developing an instrument that helps doctors get better measurements of a patient's corrected vision. Stephanie Diani for The New York Times THAT Orange County, Calif., has become a center of small companies developing devices for eye...
Back files of IJO from vol 1 available for free access, Medknow, May 2008. Back files of last 55 years of Indian Journal of Ophthalmology are now available online (except for a couple of issues). The entire collection of over 3,500 articles is available for free access. IJO is PubMed and SCI...
Innovative prism glasses can significantly improve the vision and the daily lives of patients with hemianopia, a condition that blinds half the visual field in both eyes. The peripheral prism glasses, which were invented by Dr. Eli Peli, a Senior Scientist at Schepens Eye Research Institute, were...
For the first time, a study combines measurements of abnormalities in the eye with models for assessing how well an individual can see, meaning it may be possible to program a machine to automatically produce prescriptions for corrective lenses. The model for predicting visual clarity -- based on...
SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, FRANCE, May 14 / MARKET WIRE/ -- Sophia Antipolis, France. www.nicox.com NicOx S.A. (Eurolist: COX) today reported financial results for the first three months of 2008. On March 31, 2008, the Company had cash, cash equivalents and financial instruments of EUR 153.7 million,...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IRIDEX Corporation (Nasdaq: IRIX) today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2008 ended March 29, 2008. The Company's net loss was $0.9 million or $0.10 per diluted share for the first quarter of 2008 compared with a net loss...
After more than 20 years of service to the San Diego community, William R. Freeman, M.D., professor of ophthalmology at UC San Diego School of Medicine and Director of the UCSD Jacobs Retina Center adjacent to Shiley Eye Center, is being recognized by The Foundation Fighting Blindness as well as...
