“Imagine you are playing ping-pong with a friend. Your friend makes a serve. Information about where and when the ball hit the table is provided by both vision and hearing…
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Post-baseline vision data from Lundbeck’s Sabril patient registry presented at AES meeting
Post-baseline vision data from Lundbeck’s Sabril patient registry is available for the first time today as a late-breaking poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Epilepsy Society.
New Evidence Of An Unrecognized Visual Process
We don’t see only what meets the eye. The visual system constantly takes in ambiguous stimuli, weighs its options, and decides what it perceives. This normally happens effortlessly. Sometimes, however, an ambiguity is persistent, and the visual system…
Smokers More Likely to Face Surgery With Thyroid Eye Disease
Strabismus surgery to correct diplopia is less common among nonsmokers. Medscape Medical News
Contact Lends Care – Few Do It Properly Although Most Think They Do
According to an investigation in the November issue of Optometry and Vision Science, official journal of the American Academy of Optometry, the majority of individuals who wear contact lenses believe that they are following standard guidelines for lens…
Mass Eye And Ear Expands South Shore ENT Practice
Mass. Eye and Ear is pleased to announce that Drs. David Kam, Cathy Chong, and Amee Dharia of the Weymouth based South Suburban Ear, Nose, Throat Associates have joined Mass. Eye and Ear’s physician practice as part of the South Suburban Center of Otol…
Looking Over Your Shoulder in Healthcare: Documentation
All of the electronic tools in the world won’t help us escape the perils of poor documentation if we don’t understand the rules and what “they” are looking for. Medscape Nurses
Spread Of Aggressive Uveal Melanoma Cells May Be Slowed By Seizure Drug
A drug commonly used to treat seizures appears to make eye tumors less likely to grow if they spread to other parts of the body, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Their findings are available online in t…
Japan approves Visian Toric Implantable Collamer Lens
STAAR Surgical Company, the leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of minimally invasive refractive lenses, today announced that its Visian Toric Implantable Collamer Lens has been approved by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
Seizure drug slows spread of uveal melanoma
A drug commonly used to treat seizures appears to make eye tumors less likely to grow if they spread to other parts of the body, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Retinal Detachment in Patients With BRVO and Macular Edema
How is visual function changed in patients with retinal diseases such as branch retinal vein occlusion? BMC Ophthalmology
Childhood Strabismus Strongly Predicted by Refractive Error
Researchers have established a strong severity-dependent link between refractive error and strabismus, and confirmed the role of other risk factors, such as prematurity and smoking during pregnancy. Medscape Medical News
Upper Eyelid Surgery Improves Vision and Quality of Life
Upper eyelid ptosis and blepharoplasty surgery significantly improve vision and quality of life, researchers report online October 22 in Ophthalmology. Reuters Health Information
How to Discover and Achieve Your Life Goals
Many doctors know there’s something missing from their lives; or they have a nagging feeling that they’re not achieving a goal that would bring satisfaction. Here’s how to solve that problem. Medscape Business of Medicine
What Is Pepper Spray? Is Pepper Spray Dangerous?
Pepper Spray, or OC (oleoresin capsicum) spray is a lachrymatory agent – a compound that makes the eyes tearful. The active ingredient in pepper spray is also an inflammatory agent that swells up the eyes and mucous membranes of the upper respiratory t…
Shedding Light On How We See Family Resemblance In Faces
Whether comparing a man and a woman or a parent and a baby, we can still see when two people of different age or sex are genetically related. How do we know that people are part of a family? Findings from a new study published in the Journal of Vision …
One Step Closer To Terminator-Style Info-Vision
The streaming of real-time information across your field of vision is a step closer to reality with the development of a prototype contact lens that could potentially provide the wearer with hands-free information updates…
Europe Holds First-Ever Workshop on Ophthalmic Drugs
Participants from private, public, and government sectors discuss the future of ophthalmic drug development. Medscape Medical News
Bionic Contact Lens to Check Your Email
We’re another step closer to integrating real time information into our vision. Researchers from the University of Washington and Aalto University Finland have engineered the first prototype of a computerized contact lens on which you can see informa…
Calling Doctor Nurse!
Physicians discuss whether nurses and physician assistants should be addressed as “doctor” by patients. Medscape Family Medicine