WASHINGTON, D.C. – With renewed Congressional fervor surrounding the health care law, the American Academy of Ophthalmology has made repealing the law’s egregious components and protecting Medicare payments as top priorities. The Academy determined its…
Free Radicals In Cornea May Contribute To Fuchs Dystrophy, Most Common Cause Of Corneal Transplants
Boston, MA-Scientists have found that free radicals (unstable molecules that cause the death of cells as the body ages) may also cause the damage in the eyes of patients with Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy (FECD), a hereditary disease that is one …
US Task Force Issues Updated Statement on Visual Screening in Young Children
The US Preventive Services Task Force has updated its 2004 statement about screening for visual impairment in children younger than 5 years. Medscape Medical News
Importance Of Vision Screening For 3- to 5-Year-Olds Reaffirmed
New Statement from U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) Recommends Vision Screening for All Children at Least Once Between 3 and 5
USPSTF Endorses Kiddie Vision Screening (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) — Young children should have their vision screened at least once between ages 3 to 5 years — but not any earlier — according to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
ONR’s TechSolutions Providing SEALs With New Glasses That Change Lens Color On The Fly
The Office of Naval Research’s (ONR) TechSolutions department is set to deliver to Navy Special Warfare Command personnel later this year new protective eyewear that will eliminate the need for warfighters to stop to change out colored lenses to accomm…