Vision & Eyecare News
Observe the latest news on all aspects of vision and eyecare, including leading technology, nutrition, treatment of common disorders, laser surgery, industry changes and innovations. Find news geared toward optometrists, ophthalmologists and opticians as well as patients and industry professionals.
Haag-Streit UK to Showcase 2 Exciting New Products at BCLA 2011
Haag-Streit UK will showcase two new products at the British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) 2011 event this month; the DRS non-mydriatic retinal imaging camera and the Perkins Mk3 hand-held applanation tonometer. The new DRS fully-automated retinal camera has been designed to maximise patient... - May 06, 2011 - Haag-Streit UK
Students Design Next-Generation Glaucoma Treatment at Stevens Institute of Technology
A Stevens Senior Design Team has created a biomedical implant for intraocular pressure relief that uses a novel method to sidestep the problems associated with traditional glaucoma treatment. - April 29, 2011 - Stevens Institute of Technology
Enhanced Vision’s Sleek New 24" Screen Option Offers New Features to Popular Line of Video Magnifiers
New 24 inch video magnifiers provide even more features to benefit individuals with visual impairments. - April 28, 2011 - Enhanced Vision
Haag-Streit UK Unveils 2 New Products and Achieves Record Sales at Optrafair 2011
Haag-Streit UK achieved record sales at Optrafair 2011. The supplier of gold-standard optometric equipment experienced a busy 3 days and saw a 66% overall increase in sales, compared to the 2009 event. - April 23, 2011 - Haag-Streit UK
Pennsylvania Company Launches Mobile Health Practice: Mobicize Health Solutions
Mobile Health Solutions are now available at http://MobicizeMe.com/health. Mobicize, a company providing mobile strategy development and execution services, has launched a practice dedicated to supporting the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. - April 14, 2011 - Mobicize, Inc.
VersaSuite, Version 8.0 Has Achieved CCHIT 2011 Certification with a Perfect Five Star Usability Rating
VersaSuite has passed all required elements in the CCHIT 2011 Ambulatory, Child Health, Cardiovascular, Cardiovascular Advanced Reporting, Dermatology and Security Test Scripts with eRx conditional. - March 23, 2011 - VersaSuite
Workplace Eye Wellness: McCaa Focuses on Refractive Solutions
Workplace Eye Wellness Month focuses on widespread refractive vision problems, or the eyes' inability to focus – which can be corrected. Nationally noted LASIK laser vision correction expert Connie McCaa explains such eye problems can be corrected with eyeglasses, contact lens, LASIK (a refractive surgery) or lens implants. - March 18, 2011 - Connie McCaa, MD, PhD
BioRegenerative Sciences, Inc. Releases I-Ease, a Stem Cell-Based Eye Drop for Dry Eye
Dr. Greg Maguire and Peter Friedman, founders of BioRegenerative Sciences, Inc., a privately owned stem cell therapeutics corporation headquartered in San Diego, CA, USA, announced today the release of I-Ease, a topically applied eye drop for relieving the pain and irritation associated with dry... - March 02, 2011 - BioRegenerative Sciences, Inc.
What You Don't Know Can Blind You - What You do Know Can Save Your Sight
Comprehensive New Guide for Glaucoma Patients and Their Loved Ones In her new nonfiction, Glaucoma – Patient to Patient: A Guide for You and Your Family (published by iUniverse), accomplished author Edith Marks expounds on her widely read, acclaimed book, Coping With Glaucoma (1997 Avery... - February 22, 2011 - Edith S. Marks
New Year, New Laser - IQ Laser Vision Introduces the Allegretto Wave Eye-Q Laser for 2011
IQ Laser Vision acquires new advanced technology, the Allegretto Wave Eye-Q, manufactured by Wavelight AG. It is the fastest LASIK platform available in the country today. The Allegretto Wave Eye-Q laser boasts of state-of-the-art surgical laser for safe, accurate and customized vision correction. - February 17, 2011 - IQ Laser Vision
Cataract Surgery Camp at Hazari Nursing Home
Hazari Nursing Home conducted the annual cataract surgery screening camp on 10th Feb. 70 patients attended the camp of which 34 patients were diagnosed with operable cataracts. - February 13, 2011 - Hazari Nursing Home
Phaco Lecture by Dr. Ajit Hazari
A lecture on 'selecting a phaco machine' was given by Dr. Ajit Hazari, consultant at Hazari Nursing Home during a one day symposium on Cataract and Refractive surgery at Sri Ganapati Netralaya, Jalna on 16th January, 2011. - January 19, 2011 - Hazari Nursing Home
Study Proves Macular Health Dissolves Up to Five and a Half Times Faster Than Many Competing AMD Vitamin Supplements
According to a recent study, the Macular Health vitamin supplement dissolves up to five and a half times faster than other leading eye vitamin supplements. The study indicated that Macular Health, which slows the progression of vision loss due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD), dissolves in... - January 12, 2011 - Macular Health
Evaluation of Glaucoma - a Lecture by Dr. Ajit Hazari
Dr. Ajit Hazari, glaucoma specialist and phaco surgeon at Hazari Nursing Home Aurangabad was invited by Nanded Ophthalmic Society to deliver a lecture on Evaluation of Glaucoma on 09th January, 2011. - January 12, 2011 - Hazari Nursing Home
Glaucoma Eye Test Through Eyelid Supports National Glaucoma Awareness Month – BiCOM Sets Up Free Eye Exam Events Worldwide
BiCOM Inc. global distributor of Glaucoma Eye Test Diaton supports National Glaucoma Awareness Month. It is imperative to get regular eye pressure (IOP) screenings from your eye doctor. Vision loss caused by Glaucoma can be slowed or halted with the proper medication. Getting an eye pressure screening has never been easier or safer with painless through the eyelid Tonometer Diaton aka Glaucoma Eye Test. - January 08, 2011 - BiCOM Inc.
Hazari Nursing Home Enters Tenth Year of Eye Care
Hazari Nursing Home was established in 1971 and its eye care department started in 2002. The eye department enters the tenth year of service on Jan 6th. - January 06, 2011 - Hazari Nursing Home
ABiSee Inc. Announces That Its Instant Readers, Eye-Pal and Zoom-Ex, Are Now Compatible with Kurzweil 1000™
Users of the ABiSee Eye-Pal & Zoom-Ex can now have access to the broad variety of reading, learning and productivity features found in Kurzweil 1000. - January 05, 2011 - ABiSee, Inc.
Dr. Mike Lenhardt Offers $1200 Discount on LASIK Eye Surgery
FullertonEyeCare.com optometrist recently announced a holiday special that includes a $50 coupon for all eye exams with contacts. The special, which is intended to help the entire community achieve clear vision, is expected to run from November through the New Year. - December 23, 2010 - Lenhardt Optometric Group
Enhanced Vision and “Your Low Vision Store” Join Forces to Help Southern California’s Low Vision Community
Enhanced Vision, America’s leading manufacturer of electronic devices for the visually impaired is pleased to announce a partnership with Your Low Vision Store. The group will be an authorized dealer for Enhanced Vision in Southern California. Your Low Vision Store group is comprised of the... - December 16, 2010 - Enhanced Vision
Enhanced Vision Makes Donation to Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to Help Cleveland Family
Anderson Family Receives the Gift of Sight - December 07, 2010 - Enhanced Vision
Let Lenhardt Optometric Group at Fullerton Eye Care Online Help You Achieve Clear Vision
Lenhardt Optometric Group has launched FullertonEyeCare.com to provide a convenient way for clients to make appointments and review ocular health care products and services. - November 24, 2010 - Lenhardt Optometric Group
Nouveau Eyewear Nearing Goal to Provide Vision Screenings for Over 2,000 Youth in South Africa
Since it's launch in April, Nouveau Eyewear and the Bona Bolo team have provided free vision screenings for 1,450 children in rural regions of South Africa. Nouveau Eyewear has donated hundreds of free Umbro and Nickelodeon eyewear to children who require vision correction. - November 19, 2010 - Nouveau Eyewear
Nationally Known LASIK Surgeon’s Center Passes 1 Year as Region’s Only LASIK Certified Clinic
Connie McCaa, MD, PhD, just passed the one-year mark as having the only iLASIK Certified clinic in her region. McCaa, who has been named by her peers as one of the Best Doctors in America for 12 consecutive years, also was one of the first doctors in America to perform LASIK laser vision correction. She has successfully performed LASIk thousands of times and also is a leading consultant surgeon for other physicians’ patients who have LASIK complications. - November 12, 2010 - Connie McCaa, MD, PhD
Beeve Vision Care Center Welcomes New Optometrist
Garineh Nersisyan, O.D. recently joined Beeve Vision Care Center as a Part Time Optometrist in the practice’s Glendale office. A 2010 graduate of Southern California College of Optometry, Dr. Nersisyan earned her bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Physics from California State University... - November 08, 2010 - Beeve Vision Care Center
A New Generation of Portable Electronic Magnifiers Means Independence for the Visually Impaired
Enhanced Vision Introduces "Transformer USB" – An Intuitive Magnifying Solution with Laptop USB Connectivity. - November 02, 2010 - Enhanced Vision
"Healthwise" to Provide Content on Cataract Solutions
“HealthWise” will take a look at cataract solutions in this season’s program. - October 29, 2010 - Healthwise
Pay-It-Forward: Gap Adventures Staff Inspired, Launch Spontaneous Global Employee Fund-Raising Initiative for Cambodia Eye Care Centre
Global adventure travel company Gap Adventures’ employees pay-it-forward. Staff video contest on company Core Values takes an interesting direction. Contest prize: VIP tix to Neil Young’s Annual Bridge School Benefit Concert. Contest winner launches spontaneous, global employee fund-raising initiative. Staff raises more than $2k in donations donations for Planeterra’s “Ignite the Nite” event, a fundraiser to establish a permanent eye care centre in rural Cambodia. - October 23, 2010 - G Adventures
On the Eve of World Sight Day Gap Adventures Celebrates 20th Anniversary and Announces Initiative to Build 20/20 Vision Centre in Cambodia
Planeterra Foundation’s Ignite The Nite event to help raise $50,000 for critical vision centre. Gap Adventures (www.gapadventures.com) and the non-profit Planeterra Foundation announce plans to build a permanent vision centre with the goal of restoring sight to thousands of rural... - October 14, 2010 - G Adventures
Small Group Adventure Tour Operator Gap Adventures Offers 10% Discount This 10/10/10 Encouraging Travellers to Gift the Right to 20/20 Sight
Gap Adventures encourages travellers to ‘see the world’ and to help local people see it too. - October 09, 2010 - G Adventures
Jim Vitkus Named to Lead Advanstar Eye Care Group
Jim Vitkus, Vice President & General Manager of the Advanstar Dental Group, will also assume responsibility for the company’s Eye Care Group, including the leading publications Ophthalmology Times and Optometry Times, as well as the group’s websites, custom project activities and other initiatives. - September 24, 2010 - Advanstar Communications, Inc.
New Jersey Optometrist Dr. Rose Frasco Interviewed in New Episode of Ear on Careers Podcast Series
Top-Tier Tutoring proudly presents its latest podcast episode of “Ear on Careers,” during which Dr. Rose Frasco, an optometrist, is interviewed about her profession. - September 24, 2010 - Top-Tier Tutoring, LLC
Eyes Cream Shades- The Superb All-Weather Dessert for Kids
Eyes Cream Shades serves up kids' sunwear by offering a wide variety of fun and sturdy styles in ice- cream hued colors ( i.e. pink licorice, cotton candy, mocha, grape ice, etc...) - September 22, 2010 - Eyes Cream Shades
Nouveau Eyewear Provides Vision Screenings for Thousands in South Africa
Nouveau Eyewear kicked off a series of screenings in an effort to bring healthcare to more than 2000 children in South Africa. Since its launch in April, the Bona Bolo (“see the ball”) campaign has gained momentum and brought much needed health care to over 650 children. With a goal of... - September 22, 2010 - Nouveau Eyewear
Living With Macular Degeneration
Liz Trauernicht, Director of the Macular Degeneration Foundation, and the Houston Low Vision Club will host a public discussion on the topic "Living with Macular Degeneration" at three locations in Houston during September. According to Mrs. Trauernicht, "As the leading cause of... - September 10, 2010 - Macular Degeneration Foundation
Diaton Tonometer Receives Approval in Australia by Government Department of Health and Ageing
BiCOM Inc., obtained approval for unique medical device Diaton, Through the Eyelid Tonometer by Department of Health and Ageing, Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), which approves new medical devices before they can be sold in Australian market. Diaton Glaucoma IOP Eye Test through the eyelid aids in quick and painless glaucoma diagnostics in children and adults. - August 29, 2010 - BiCOM Inc.
Mother of Two Wins a Free Pebble Low Vision Magnifier Just in Time to Read Bedtime Stories
Within the first month of announcing the release of the Pebble Portable 4.3, Enhanced Vision also announces an “enter to win,” Pebble 4.3 monthly drawing. The features presented by the Pebble 4.3 delivers daily life enhancing vision assistance within the palm of your hand. Providing up to 10x magnification, viewable on a 4.3” high resolution LCD, offering freeze frame viewing, and 28 video viewing modes, this lightweight portable low vision magnifier is perfect for everyday use. - July 29, 2010 - Enhanced Vision
LenspriceCompare.com Announces Updated 2010 Rebate Listings
LenspriceCompare.com is a website that has been created to offer consumers the ability to learn about contact lens products, compare prices and find the best possible rebate and coupon schemes for their purchase. On the site, users can select a specific product type and they will be shown a... - July 27, 2010 - Lenspricecompare.com LLC
Glaucoma Lecture by Dr. Hazari
CME on glaucoma was held at Amravati on Sunday 11th July. It was organised by Amravati District Ophthalmic Society. Dr. Ajit Hazari, glaucoma consultant from Hazari Nursing Home, Aurangabad was an invited speaker. - July 21, 2010 - Hazari Nursing Home
FDA Research at Newsom Eye Benefits Local Celebrity
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the new Softec HD™ intraocular lens, but not without the help of local ophthalmologist T. Hunter Newsom, MD and Newsom Eye. Newsom was hand-selected to participate in this study, and as a result has had the honor of enabling this new lens to... - July 18, 2010 - Newsom Eye
Founding Father of Chicago Lighthouse Low Vision Clinic Inducted Into National Optometry Hall of Fame
Dr. Alfred A. Rosenbloom honored for his global impact on the field of Optometry - July 09, 2010 - The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
Cataract Lens Implants Lead New Era of Vision: Popular Implants Correct Vision of McCaa's Senior Patients
New trends in cataract vision correction are giving senior citizens something to brag about. Dr. Connie McCaa, an ophthalmologist named one of the Best Doctors in America for 12 consecutive years, said new corrective lens implants are the fastest growing part of her practice. Nowadays, implanted lenses are correcting multiple vision problems - including nearsightedness, farsightedness, reading problems, and even astigmatism. - July 02, 2010 - Connie McCaa, MD, PhD
Exciting New Upgrades to Popular Handheld Device Offers Even More Options to the Visually Impaired
Enhanced Vision launched their latest addition, Pebble 4.3, to their line of portable magnifiers. Pebble 4.3, with its larger 4.3” LCD screen is an upgraded version of its predecessor Pebble 3.5, a powerful handheld device that provides independence to the 15 Million+ Americans with low vision. - June 22, 2010 - Enhanced Vision
Workshop on Gonioscopy by Dr. Ajit Hazari MD, Consultant at Hazari Nursing Home
Dr. Ajit Hazari, Hazari Nursing Home, Aurangabad was an invited faculty for Hands on Training in Gonioscopy for resident doctors at Ambejogai Medical college on June 6th 2010 at Ambejogai Medical College. The workshop and meeting was attended by local ophthalmologists from nearby areas. - June 09, 2010 - Hazari Nursing Home
Free Vision Correction Surgery for Blown Sports Calls
In the wake of the public outcry surrounding the bungled call that cost Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarrago a perfect game, an eye surgeon offers free vision correction surgery to any professional umpire or referee whose blown call has a significant impact on the outcome of a game or impacts the record books. - June 04, 2010 - Dr Dean Dornic
Newsom Educates on New Surgical Treatment for Glaucoma
Glaucoma patients are finally being given the opportunity to live without tedious drop regimens. Newsom Eye’s T. Hunter Newsom, MD was featured in the March 2010 edition of Outpatient Surgery Magazine as an educator for the new surgical treatment available to glaucoma patients, endoscopic... - May 30, 2010 - Newsom Eye
Dr. Bong-Hyun Kim and Seer & Partner Eye Institute Launches Cosmetic Eye Whitening Web-Training Site
Dr. B.H. Kim, in response to increasing interest in his Cosmetic Eye Whitening procedure, launches a website offering education, videos, articles and a forum for ophthalmologists interested in adding a new offering to their services. - May 28, 2010 - Seer & Partner Eye Institute, Inc.
New Eyewear Sales Regulations in B.C., Canada Will Benefit Consumers
Without having to renew a prescription from an eye-health professional, British Columbians now have more freedom and choices to buy eyeglasses online. - May 27, 2010 - Eyeglasses123
GDX Test for Early Detection of Glaucoma
GDX VCC machine is available for early detection of glaucoma at Hazari Nursing Home. - May 25, 2010 - Hazari Nursing Home
Lasik Eye Surgery Directory Appoints New 2010 Editorial Advisors
The LASIK information, patient education and LASIK surgeon directory website www.seewithlasik.com is pleased to announce the addition of two new Editorial Advisors for 2010. - May 20, 2010 - Medical Management Services Group
The Chicago Lighthouse Low Vision Clinic Opens New, Cutting Edge Facility
With over 100 years of established leadership within the blind community and the field of low vision, The Chicago Lighthouse honors its reputation by unveiling a one of a kind low vision clinic. - May 13, 2010 - The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired