Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: optometry http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Contacts uncomfortable? Changing lens type or lens care product may help If your contact lenses are causing you discomfort, simply switching to a different type of contact lens or lens care product may bring improvement, reports a study, " Effect of Lens and Solution Choice on the Comfort of Contact Lens Wearers", appearing in the May issue of Optometry and Vision Science, official journal of the American Academy of Optometry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-contacts-uncomfortable-lens-product.html Ophthalmology Wed, 01 May 2013 04:56:23 EST news286602974 Blindness more than a pain in the neck (Medical Xpress)—Surveys regularly reveal that, when asked about their greatest fear, people nominate blindness as one of the two things they dread most (cancer being the other). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-pain-neck.html Health Fri, 05 Apr 2013 06:50:02 EST news284362728 Curable eye disease still rife among Indigenous Australians Australia remains the only developed country in the world not to have eliminated trachoma, the leading cause of infectious blindness, despite recent progress in tackling the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-curable-eye-disease-rife-indigenous.html Ophthalmology Tue, 26 Feb 2013 07:41:46 EST news281086895 In combat vets and others, high rate of vision problems after traumatic brain injury Visual symptoms and abnormalities occur at high rates in people with traumatic brain injury (TBI)—including Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans with blast-related TBI, reports a study, "Abnormal Fixation in Individuals with AMD when Viewing an Image of a Face", in the February issue of Optometry and Vision Science, official journal of the American Academy of Optometry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-combat-vets-high-vision-problems.html Neuroscience Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:50:01 EST news279200228 Cataract risk up for statin users with type 2 diabetes (HealthDay) -- Statin use, which is substantially higher in patients with type 2 diabetes, correlates with an increased risk of age-related (AR) cataracts, according to a study published in the August issue of Optometry and Vision Science. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-cataract-statin-users-diabetes.html Diabetes Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:00:01 EST news264090667 Telemedicine vision for remote eye care (Medical Xpress) -- Optometrists from Flinders University will soon be able to diagnose and manage eye diseases in rural and remote communities – all from the comfort of their computer chair. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-telemedicine-vision-remote-eye.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:30:01 EST news254977591 Don't send your recycled glasses to developing countries, it costs twice as much as giving them ready-made glasses You might feel good sending your old reading glasses to a developing country. But a recent international study, led by the International Centre for Eyecare Education (ICEE), a collaborating partner in the Vision CRC, in Sydney, suggests it is far better to give $10 for an eye examination and a new pair of glasses if you want to help someone in desperate need, and it is far better for building capacity in these communities. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-dont-recycled-glasses-countries-ready-made.html Ophthalmology Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:56:52 EST news252752201 Optometry experts prove the effectiveness of orthokeratology in myopic control After a lengthy study spanning over four years, Professor Pauline Cho from the School of Optometry at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and her research team concluded that orthokeratology not only can correct refractive error, but also effective in slowing the progression of myopia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-optometry-experts-effectiveness-orthokeratology-myopic.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:40:51 EST news245493632