Optometry

• More People -- Even Kids -- Need to Wear Sunglasses

  

  Posted 5:03 AM 5/17/2012

  May 17, 2012 -- With summer nearly upon us, our sunglass habits could use improvement, according to a new report issued today by The Vision Council, an industry group.

  While 73% of adults do wear sunglasses, only 58% of them make their children wear shades, too, the report found.

  More than half of us lose or break our sunglasses every year. More than a quarter of us never bother to wear them, despite benefits to (More)
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• Could Caffeine Help Dry Eye?

  

  Posted 7:06 PM 4/20/2012

  April 20, 2012 -- Caffeine can increase tear production and may someday be a treatment for dry eye, a new study shows.

  The study was small, including only 78 people with normal tear production, says researcher Reiko Arita, MD, PhD, a clinical researcher at the University of Tokyo School of Medicine and an associate professor at Keio University in Japan.

  She also found those with certain genetic variations had more tears in their response to caffeine. (More)
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• Eye Disease Linked to Memory Decline

  

  Posted 9:01 PM 3/14/2012

  March 14, 2012 -- To update the old saying, the eyes may be the windows to the brain.

  A new study suggests that people with even minimal eye damage involving the blood vessels of the retina, due to vascular disease, have a higher risk for memory and thinking (More)
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• Gene Therapy Helps People With Inherited Blindness See

  

  Posted 7:20 PM 2/8/2012

  Feb. 8, 2012 -- Functionally blind for many years, Tami Morehouse calls the gene therapy that partially restored her sight nothing short of a miracle.

  Morehouse was the first of 12 patients with a rare congenital retinal disease to receive the experimental treatment in one eye three years ago, and she is one of just three who has now had the gene therapy in (More)
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• Stem Cells: New Hope for Macular Degeneration

  

  Posted 10:49 PM 1/23/2012

  Jan. 23, 2012 -- Two legally blind women with macular degeneration are the first people ever to get new retina cells grown from human embryonic stem cells.

  One patient has dry macular degeneration, the top cause of (More)
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• Experimental Contacts May Ease Pain After Laser Eye Surgery

  

  Posted 10:06 PM 1/20/2012

  Jan. 20, 2012 -- Researchers are developing contact lenses that may one day deliver painkilling drugs directly to the cornea after laser eye surgery.

  The contact lenses rely on nanotechnology to slow the delivery of anesthetic medications.

  Researchers say that if the technique works, it could eliminate the need for patients to repeatedly apply numbing eye (More)
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• Most Contact Lens Users Don't Follow Safety Steps

  

  Posted 8:09 PM 12/9/2011

  Dec. 9, 2011 -- Most people who wear contact lenses say they know about the wear and care recommendations, but almost none actually comply with them, a new study shows.

  More than 80% of contact lens wearers surveyed prior to an eye exam believed they followed good lens wear and care practices, but just 2% actually complied with most recommended lens hygiene (More)
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• Child Vision Problems, Screening, and Treatment

  

  Posted 11:58 PM 11/1/2011

  Everyone has a vision of what children's eye problems look like: Squinting, sitting too close to the television, rubbing their eyes.

  Though those can be symptoms of vision issues, sometimes there are no signs your child isn't seeing well. Here's what to watch out for and (More)
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• Studies: Vision Problems in Preschoolers Are Common

  

  Posted 9:19 PM 10/28/2011

  Oct. 28, 2011 (Orlando, Fla.) -- Vision problems among preschoolers may be more common than previously thought.

  That's the conclusion of researchers who conducted two large studies funded by the National Institutes of Health.

  Previously, it was estimated that one in 20 preschoolers had vision problems. But the studies show that as many as one out of every four (More)
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• Studies: Vision Problems in Preschoolers Are Common

  

  Posted 9:19 PM 10/28/2011

  Oct. 28, 2011 (Orlando, Fla.) -- Vision problems among preschoolers may be more common than previously thought.

  That's the conclusion of researchers who conducted two large studies funded by the National Institutes of Health.

  Previously, it was estimated that one in 20 preschoolers had vision problems. But the studies show that as many as one out of every four (More)
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