What’s new at Vision Expo East 2012

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Organizers of the upcoming Vision Expo East have announced that participants can expect to see a few new program features this year. Something to dream about this spring. The event will be held March 22–25, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. Thanks to the renovations made to the building, the continuing education sessions will be located...

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Hoya invests in Mississauga

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Hoya Canada is making a major capital investment to increase the capacity of freeform lens production at its facility in Mississauga (Ontario). The investment, the exact amount of which is secret though it is said to be in the “seven-figure” range, will help add equipment used in the manufacture and quality control of advanced freeform lenses. HOYA Vision...

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Glaucomas that like cold weather

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

An American study recently published in Ophthalmology shows that the risk of developing exfoliation glaucoma is greater in the North than in the South. Almost all patients with exfoliation glaucoma have a mutated version of the LOXL1 gene. However, the environment also seems to play an important role in the development of the disease. The American study...

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Treating farsightedness in three months.... on the phone

Monday, January 23, 2012

The American company Ucansi, based in Israel, claims to have developed a smartphone app that treats farsightedness in three months. The GlassesOff application operates by stimulating the visual cortex. According to Ucansi, it “enhances the visual system’s image processing capabilities with the help of the Gabor patches, using the brain as optical lenses.”...

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Trachoma: Achieving more with less

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Researchers from the University of California in San Francisco conducted a study in Ethiopia which showed that trachoma can be treated with smaller doses of antibiotics given every six months, instead of once a year. This discovery could treat twice the number of patients, particularly in areas where the high cost of drugs impedes treatment. In the 24 Ethiopian...

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  • February 1, 2012 to February 29, 2012

    Seva donor trip to Guatemala

    Guatemala

    Seva Canada Society

    100-2000 West 12th Ave.

    Vancouver, B.C. V6J 2G2

    Tel: 604-713-6622

    Fax: 604-733-4292

    http://www.seva.ca/sevainguatemala.htm

  • February 16, 2012 to February 20, 2012

    World Ophthalmology Congress 2012

    Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates

    The Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre - ADNEC

    XXXIII International Congress of Ophtalmology 2012

    Phone :+966 1 466 1085

    Fax : +966 1 466 1049

    Email : pco@woc20102.org

    http://www.woc2012.org/index.html

  • February 28, 2012 to March 4, 2012

    SECO International 2012

    Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA (USA)

    Southern Council of Optometrists
    Phone: 1-770-452-0600

    http://www.secointernational1.com