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AMHERSTBURG Windsor-Essex County has been chosen to try an optometry program aimed at JK students and an Amherstburg optometrist is helping to organize local efforts. Dr. Melissa Dattilo-Kidd is a co-ordinator of a committee bringing the “Eye See Eye Learn” program to the region.

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwire - July 6, 2010) - New decorative contact lenses called circle lenses are an emerging and potentially dangerous trend among teenagers and young adults. In response to this, the American Academy of Ophthalmology (Academy) would like to alert consumers to the hazards of buying any decorative lenses, including circle lenses, without a prescription. Any type of contact …

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Remember Bokodes , MIT’s tiny replacement for barcodes and the like? Their holographic nature enabled them to represent different information from different angles, and it’s this property that allows the tech behind them to be used in a very different and even more useful way: figuring out just how busted your vision is. The Camera Culture team at MIT’s Media Lab evolved that tech into a $2 box …

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Meta-Analysis Reported in July 2010 “Ophthalmology”

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Sulphur, La. At the annual membership conference of the Optometry Association of Louisiana held in Lafayette, last week, Dr. Robert C. Janot, of Sulphur was unanimously elected chairman of the Associations Past Presidents Council.

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( American Academy of Ophthalmology ) Although already one of medicine’s most successful transplant procedures, doctors continue to seek ways to improve corneal transplants. Now, for the first time, a team of German and British researchers have confirmed that failure and rejection of transplanted corneas are more likely in patients whose eyes exhibit abnormal vessel growth, called corneal …

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ORLANDO, Fla.—-The Florida Society of Ophthalmology , the preeminent statewide professional association for doctors who specialize in vision care, installed Charles B. Slonim, MD, as vice president at its Annual Meeting, Masters in Ophthalmology, held June 25-27 in Orlando.

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The College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD) has posted its current issue of Optometry & Vision Development online and invites all to read the full-text articles free of charge.

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AURORA, Ohio, June 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD) has posted its current issue of Optometry & Vision Development online and invites all to read the full-text articles free of charge.

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American Academy of Ophthalmology Offers Tips for Fireworks Safety

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