| Blind man gifts vision to little girl | | Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 12:59:25 PM by Blog57 Team | | He is blind, but he is only in his early 30s. And he had a chance of regaining his eyesight, even if only slightly, as long as he had his corneas. But that didn't stop Shi Qiqiang from donating his left cornea so that a little girl named Miao Miao could have a healthy pair of eyes. Shi thus didn't only become the first live cornea donor in China, but also inspired Miao Miao's mother, Liao Jun, to donate her corneas after death. And many other residents of Hangzhou in East China's Zhejiang Province have followed her. Technically speaking, Shi could get back his eyesight if a cure for the disease that afflicts him is found because his right eye is still intact. Two-year-old Miao Miao couldn't have expected a better New Year gift as the cornea transplant was carried out successfully in Hangzhou in the end of December 2006, CCTV reports.... | |
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| | | InSite Vision starts safety trial of eye drug | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 10:56:46 AM by Blog57 Team | | InSite Vision has reported the start of a phase I study to examine the safety and tolerability of AzaSite Plus, a combination of antibiotic and corticosteroid. AzaSite Plus, the next product in the AzaSite product franchise, combines azithromycin and dexamethasone in DuraSite which is InSite Vision's drug delivery system for topical ophthalmic indications. .... | |
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| | | Mobileye AWS Prevents Accidents with Unblinking, Intelligent Third Eye | | Posted Sunday, October 29, 2006 6:59:11 AM by Blog57 Team | | Mobileye's breakthrough AWS suite of intelligent vision products offers an ever-attentive "third eye" for aftermarket vehicles that can prevent accidents by providing early warnings to the driver. Using a single camera located on the front windscreen, the Mobileye AWS (advance warning system) detects and tracks vehicles on the road ahead providing range, relative speed and lane position data. In addition, the system detects lane markings, measuring and monitoring distance to road boundaries. A dashboard-mounted and a pair of left and right speakers inside the car provide timely audio and visual warnings enabling drivers to react to a variety of dangerous situations. Mobileye AWS provides advance warnings for distance keeping, lane departure, and forward collision.... | |
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| | | Eye exams: What to expect | | Posted Sunday, October 22, 2006 6:54:45 AM by Blog57 Team | | Eye exams are an important part of preventive health. If you know what tests to expect and what each test checks, you'll get more out of your eye exam. An eye exam is one of the best ways to protect your vision because it can detect eye problems at their earliest stage — when they're most treatable. Regular eye exams give your eye care professional a chance to help you correct or adapt to vision changes. And eye care specialists can give you expert tips on reducing eyestrain and caring for your eyes. Who gives eye exams? Three kinds of eye specialists may perform an eye exam: Ophthalmologists. Ophthalmologists are medical doctors who provide full eye care, such as giving you a complete eye exam, prescribing corrective lenses, diagnosing and treating complex eye diseases, and performing surgery.... | |
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| | | Lions focus on preserving vision for Cayman's children | | Posted Saturday, October 21, 2006 12:53:43 PM by Blog57 Team | | Jeheim Elliott, a student at Prospect Primary School, has his eyes tested by Dr Eugene Foley as part of the Lions' Sight-screening Programme, which provides free testing for children twice during their schooling. Photo by Christopher Tobutt The Lions Sight Screening programme aims to provide free sight testing for all school-aged children in the Cayman Islands twice during their school careers, both when they begin primary school, and again when they begin secondary school. The Lions Club is dependent on the expert help, offered for free, provided by several local optometrists: Dr Elaine Campbell; Dr Eugene Foley; Dr Krishna Mani; Dr Joanna Soutter, and Dr Natalee Da Silva. The Lions Club of Grand Cayman started its Sight Conservation programme in 1974 by financing an eye operation at the Bascom Palmer Institute in Miami, Florida.... | |
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| | | Eye tests must for students | | Posted Sunday, October 15, 2006 2:55:18 PM by Blog57 Team | | Staff Reporter The Qatar National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness has announced its plan to fight blindness and other eye-related problems as part of its participation in the Vision 2020 programme, on the eve of the International Sight Day, which is marked all over the world today. At a press conference, Dr Hamad Ahmad al-Qamra, the national co-ordinator of the programme, said there were 27mn people worldwide who suffered from blindness. “Their number would swell to 75mn by the year 2020. At least 75% of these cases can be cured." Dr al-Qamra said about 0.8% of the Qatari population suffered from blindness while 2.4% had weak sight. The government strategy to tackle the problem included making it compulsory for students to undergo eye tests at government hospitals and following it up with annual check-ups at schools.... | |
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| | | Building success one eye at a time | | Posted Sunday, October 08, 2006 10:54:38 PM by Blog57 Team | | Ophthalmologist Jay Schwartz, 39, tracks his patients eye care by their batting averages, the number of hockey puck goals they make and basketballs they dunk. Thats because the Scottsdale eye surgeon is the primary team eye doctor for the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Phoenix Coyotes and the Phoenix Suns. .... | |
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| | | Dallas model home helps people live with vision loss | | Posted Monday, October 02, 2006 6:57:45 AM by Blog57 Team | | DALLAS -- For Martha Templeton, a tour through a model home designed to make life easier for those losing their vision gave her a "wish list" of ideas on how to cope with her own failing vision. "I want a talking thermometer for sure," said the 84-year-old Dallas woman who has been losing her vision to macular degeneration for three years. "There's just so many things over there. I would take them all if I could." While there are magazines showing gadgets that can help people like herself, she said seeing and touching the items in the model gave her a better idea of what would work for her. The model home _ which includes a living room, dining area, kitchen, bedroom, closet and bathroom _ offers ideas on how to make daily life more manageable for those who are blind or losing their vision.... | |
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| | | Continue the vision | | Posted Monday, September 25, 2006 10:55:03 AM by Blog57 Team | | When things hit close to home, it's no longer a matter of feeling sorry for someone else, as that someone else may be you. While I have never been one to feel sorry for myself, I had a real struggle a few months ago when I developed a case of double vision. To top it off, it happened just a few days before I was to travel by automobile to Branson, Mo., to make a speech. In this case, since I was going to be traveling alone, I was presented with a double problem. First, I had to get there, and I have enough trouble trying to dodge one car at a time, much less two. Then I had to be able to read my brief speaking notes at the engagement after I arrived.It was not a good feeling. Fortunately, my eye doctor was able to see me and have some new glasses made a couple of days before I was to leave.... | |
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| | | Costly drug reverses some age-related blindness | | Posted Monday, September 18, 2006 7:00:53 AM by Blog57 Team | | Caroline Tate noticed the change in her vision a year ago as she closed her left eye to apply eyeliner. As she focused with her right eye, she saw a pink blind spot. Days later, her eye doctor confirmed what she'd feared: Age-related macular degeneration, the nation's most common cause of vision loss in older people, was assaulting her eyesight. Tate, 64, knew the disease well, even before the diagnosis. It had blinded her late mother, Dolly Tate. The prominent Charlotte children's activist had lost sight in one eye at age 66, and in the second at age 70. Tate's thoughts raced to her own future. She imagined no longer being able to read. Or drive. Or see her granddaughter's face. "Vision is a lifestyle," she says. "My lifestyle was terminal." The chances of getting macular degeneration increase with age, and an estimated 30 percent of people older than 75 have some form of the disease.... | |
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