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Thursday, 15 July 2010
Convenience Big Factor with CL Customers, According to a Study
Topic: Contact Lenses
When you are dispensing contact lenses, you might want to remember this conclusion from a recent study about the Belgian market: "Convenience is very important in the contact lenses market and demand is high for disposable and silicone hydrogel contact lenses. The two-weekly and monthly disposable category, even with sales dampened by the economic downturn, has retained its position as the most important sector in this segment. Belgian consumers are price-minded and the fact that two-weekly and monthly disposable contact lenses are cheaper and can be worn longer is important for consumers" regardless of the drawbacks.

Posted by ct3/opticalceu at 8:01 AM EDT
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CL Supports Ocular Health
Topic: Contact Lenses
According to a report released by the North American Press Syndicate , a new contact lens, called 1-Day Acuvue TruEye, "was designed, developed and clinically researched versus the ultimate benchmark: the natural eye," says Colleen Riley, OD, VP, Professional Development and Medical Affairs, Vistakon, Division of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care. "The data suggest that it can help maintain ocular health with the near 'no lens' experience, and keeps the lens-wearing eye looking white and healthy, while also providing consistent comfort throughout the day."

Posted by ct3/opticalceu at 7:56 AM EDT
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New Way to Fix Myopia?
Using the research from the University of Houston College of Optometry and the  Vision Institute, located at the University of New South Wales, Australia, researchers reportedly have come up with a new way to control myopia. The announcement from Vision Cooperative Research Centre (Vision CRC) in Australia notes that "Professor Earl Smith from the University of Houston College of Optometry has demonstrated that if we move the central image onto the retina but leave the peripheral image behind the retina, the peripheral image can drive the eye to elongate, causing myopia to increase."

Posted by ct3/opticalceu at 7:41 AM EDT
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Court of Appeals Upholds Clariti Ruling
The U.S. Court of Appeals recently upheld a lower court's ruling that Clariti Eyewear did not violate two patents held by Aspex/Contour, according to a Clariti press release. The patents were for magnetic "clip-on" sunglasses.

Posted by ct3/opticalceu at 7:34 AM EDT
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Research Report on Germany's CL Market
Topic: Contact Lenses
Fast Market Research fnished a study of the German CL market concluding: "Two important trends influenced the market for contact lenses in Germany in 2009: towards convenience on the one hand and innovation on the other hand."

Posted by ct3/opticalceu at 7:29 AM EDT
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Wednesday, 14 July 2010
New Rules on Electronic Records
Topic: Optical
The US Department of Health has revised its rules governing how and when physicians and hospitals migrate to electronic records. While it has no immediate impact on opticians, it will eventually as health care professionals, Medicare, and Medicaid rely increasing on electronic records. See the article the from the New York Times about the new changes.

Posted by ct3/opticalceu at 7:57 AM EDT
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Video Gamers Beware
Topic: Optical
Twelve percent of Britain cannot see three-dimensional projections properly, according to The Eyecare Trust. Until recently, it has not been a problem, but with the recent push by video game producers and television manufacturers to sell their new 3D products, opticians and optomerists might start hearing an entiirely new complaint from patients.

Posted by ct3/opticalceu at 7:25 AM EDT
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Optician Fined for Coming Up Short
Topic: Optical
A British optician was fined 3000 pounds (about $6000) for failing to pay his workers minimum wage, according to a report from BBC.com.

Posted by ct3/opticalceu at 7:19 AM EDT
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CLs Better than IOLs for Kids/Poor Binocular Vision?
Topic: Optical

CLs can help some children, according to a report today from Contactlenses.co.uk: "Children who wear contact lenses instead of having primary intraocular lens (IOL) correction are less likely to have to undergo more than one surgical procedure to correct their unilateral congenital cataracts, a study has shown.

"Research published in the Archives of Ophthalmology details a study involving 114 infants with a unilateral congenital cataract."

 The site also noted that  many people suffer needlessly because of poor binocular vision, according to a study: "Those affected by regular headaches could be suffering from poor binocular vision, the Eye Care Trust has claimed.

"Some 12 per cent of people are affected by poor binocular vision, which means that the brain does not correctly process the images that are captured by the eyes."


Posted by ct3/opticalceu at 7:07 AM EDT
Updated: Wednesday, 14 July 2010 8:05 AM EDT
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Geeky Is Chic-y?
Topic: Eyewear
According to the writers of the Frisky blog, it's now chic to be a geek. They advise that young women put away their contacts and wear frames. Not news, but the site might help if you and a mom need help convincing an adolescent to wear her eyeglasses.

Posted by ct3/opticalceu at 6:26 AM EDT
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Tuesday, 13 July 2010
Sclera Lenses Help Keratoconus Patients
In helping two patients deal with the negative effects of keratoconus, even after corrective surgery, a Florida optomitist fit them with scleral contact lenses, according to the Florida Times Union. Keratoconus is the distortion of the cornea to the point that the patient told the Union-Times that he saw the world as if "looking at a kaleidoscope after swimming underwater for 12 hours."

Posted by ct3/opticalceu at 11:48 PM EDT
Updated: Wednesday, 14 July 2010 8:32 AM EDT
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Improve Your Video Game Skills
Topic: Eyewear
PCWorld reported yesterday, "Could special glasses improve how you game? That's the concept behind Gunnar Optiks' $99 MLG Legend glasses. Gunnar promises "reduced reaction time, improved accuracy, and increased visual endurance" when you game."

Posted by ct3/opticalceu at 5:29 PM EDT
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Marchon Making 3D Eyewear
Topic: Eyewear
Yahoo Finance reported: "Marchon Eyewear and RealD Inc., a leading provider of 3D technology for cinema, consumer electronics and professional applications, announced today that they have signed a global licensing agreement to use the RealD brand for sales of Marchon3D™ eyewear. Additionally, to provide consumers with the best in 3D eyewear technology and design, Marchon announced they have agreed to purchase the 3D assets from MicroVision Optical to launch its 3D company, Marchon3D. David Johnson will serve as President of Marchon3D."

Posted by ct3/opticalceu at 5:25 PM EDT
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Optician Saves Apprentice
Topic: Optical
The British newspaper The Daily Mirror reported that a "19-year-old [who was recently hired by an optician] was suffering headaches and dizzy spells, so staff trained a retinal camera that she normally uses on customers on her eyes - and spotted the potentially fatal condition: Papilloedema."

Posted by ct3/opticalceu at 7:09 AM EDT
Updated: Tuesday, 13 July 2010 8:14 AM EDT
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CL Manufacturer Gets Funding for Multifocal Lens Development
Topic: Contact Lenses
With $600,000 in private funding, WaveSource Inc. will continue its work on a line of custom-made multifocal contact lenses as well as eye examination "technology." Some of its lenses would be used to correct high-order aberrations as well. It also received $87,633 in financing from the Montana Board of Research and Commercialization Technology.

Posted by ct3/opticalceu at 6:59 AM EDT
Updated: Tuesday, 13 July 2010 8:13 AM EDT
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Monday, 12 July 2010
UV Absorbing CLs Not Enough
Topic: Contact Lenses
Acuvue recently came out with a warning that UV-absorbing contact lenses are  not substitutes for protective UV-absorbing eyewear such as UV-absorbing goggles or sunglasses because the CL's do not completely cover the eye and surrounding area.

Posted by ct3/opticalceu at 8:32 AM EDT
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Hospitalized Elderly Need Their Eyewear
Topic: Eyewear
The New York Times recently noted that "situations like being without one’s eyeglasses, being in a darkened room and being unaware of the day and time can trigger delirium" in the elderly who are hospitalized. 

Posted by ct3/opticalceu at 7:39 AM EDT
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Under the Category: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Topic: Optical--Sort Of
Optician Thomas Paine of Great Yarmouth  was doing good. He was "preparing to donate his organs when he died suddenly." That's the way it was reported in Advertiser24. It didn't happen quite that way as the website explains more clearly.

Posted by ct3/opticalceu at 6:50 AM EDT
Updated: Monday, 12 July 2010 8:39 AM EDT
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CL Solution Recalled in Europe and Middle East
Topic: Contact Lenses
Last week VisionMonday reported: "Bausch + Lomb said last Friday it is conducting a voluntary recall of a limited number of lots of the company's ReNu Multi-Purpose Solution and ReNu MultiPlus multi-purpose solution in Europe and the Middle East."

Posted by ct3/opticalceu at 6:26 AM EDT
Updated: Monday, 12 July 2010 8:40 AM EDT
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Yanks Held Up Deal for CLs
Topic: Contact Lenses
CBSSports.com blogger Danny Knobler reports an official in baseball as saying in response to the claim that the New York Yankees were upset about how the Mriners handled the Cliff Lee trade: that "The Yankees? How can they say anything? They held up [last winter's three-team trade] by insisting that Curtis Granderson first get his eyes checked and then insisting that [Granderson] agreed to wear contact lenses."

Posted by ct3/opticalceu at 6:21 AM EDT
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