Small glasses supplement – additional guidance
NHS England has published additional guidance providing details about the supplements payable on a GOS 3 spectacles voucher where the patient has a need for special changes to their spectacle frame.
Source: NHS Networks - June 11, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

US$244 billion lost annually because people don't have spectacles to correct myopia
(Brien Holden Vision Institute) Vision impairment caused by uncorrected myopia cost the global economy an estimated US$244 billion in lost productivity in 2015, according to a new study published in the scientific journal Ophthalmology.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - May 1, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Evaluation of aircrew low-intensity threat laser eye protection - Reddix MD, Funke ME, Kinney MJ, Bradley JL, Irvin G, Rea EJ, Kunkle CK, McCann MB, Gomez J.
Prototype low-intensity threat laser eye protection (LIT-LEP) spectacles were evaluated for US Coast Guard (USCG) cockpits and night vision goggle compatibility. The impetus for interest in aviation LIT-LEP is driven in part by the fact that easily accessi...
Source: SafetyLit - March 25, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

Most Students Receiving Spectacles Wear Them at Follow-Up
FRIDAY, Feb. 1, 2019 -- Three-quarters of students aged 11 to 15 years from government schools in India receiving spectacles wear them at follow-up, according to a study published online Jan. 31 in JAMA Ophthalmology. Priya Morjaria, Ph.D., from the...
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 1, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Woman, 29, who suffered burns to 90 PER CENT of her skin after an allergic reaction to penicillin
Camille Lagier, from Avignon in the south of France, was left with the extreme burns because of a condition called toxic epidermal necrolysis, which is thought to only affect one in a million.
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 26, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Hi-tech spectacles could cut the risk of heart attacks and strokes
The high-tech glasses — being developed by Microsoft —have hidden sensors at various positions in the frames that monitor the rate that blood is being pumped every few seconds.
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 4, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Why do people drive when they can't see clearly? - Fylan F, Hughes A, Wood JM, Elliott DB.
PURPOSE Refractive blur is associated with decreased hazard perception and impairments in driving performance, but little is known about why people who have spectacles to correct their distance vision drive with uncorrected vision. Methods We conducted...
Source: SafetyLit - June 27, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

No death and an enhanced life: Is the future transhuman?
The 21st-century tech revolution is transforming human lives across the globeThe aims of the transhumanist movement are summed up by Mark O ’Connell in his bookTo Be a Machine,which last week won the Wellcome Book prize. “It is their belief that we can and should eradicate ageing as a cause of death; that we can and should use technology to augment our bodies and our minds; that we can and should merge with machines, remaking ourselves, finally, in the image of our own higher ideals.”The idea of technologically enhancing our bodies is not new. But the extent to which transhumanists take the concept is. In the past, w...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 6, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Robin McKie Science editor Tags: Artificial intelligence (AI) Computing Consciousness Technology Ageing World news Science Ethics UK news Source Type: news

Cochrane Reviews on vision screening and reading aids updated
The College of Optometrists, UK has funded two Cochrane Review updates in support of theCochrane Eyes and Vision (CEV) group based at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). The global review updates were used to answer questions on the topics ofVision screening for correctable visual acuity deficits in school-age children and adolescents andReading aids for adults with low vision.The review updates produced the following key findings:Vision screeningThere are no studies comparing vision screening with no vision screening highlighting a gap in evidence.Vision screening with the provision of free spectac...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - April 30, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news

FT Health: Action on air pollution
Spectacles for the poor, Chinese lessons, cinema as therapy
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - February 23, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Why Doctors Are Using Snapchat Glasses in Operating Rooms
Shafi Ahmed dons a pair of digital sunglasses and explains how the tiny lenses built into its black plastic frame, which can capture high-resolution images, are transforming how doctors get trained in operating rooms. The British colorectal surgeon used Snap Inc.’s high-tech spectacles a year ago to walk rookie physicians and millions of curious viewers through a hernia operation using the Snapchat photo-sharing app. In 2018, he plans to beam his avatar into operating rooms with so-called immersive technology, which spans everything from military training to adult entertainment, and promises to support the next gener...
Source: TIME: Science - January 25, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Jason Gale / Bloomberg Tags: Uncategorized Bloomberg healthytime medicine onetime Virtual Reality Source Type: news

Ruptured globe from badminton racquet injury while wearing spectacles - Tsui E, Lo CC, Lazzaro DR.
[Abstract unavailable] Language: en...
Source: SafetyLit - December 11, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Blue Planet II: from octopus v shark to fish that crawl, the series ’s biggest discoveries
The documentary ’s marvels are not just new to television – many are new to science as well. From hyper-intelligent fish to the origin of life itself, we round up the series’s breakthrough momentsIt is testament to the number of spectacles packed into Blue Planet II that a giant wrasse ’s strategetic change of gender is – scientifically speaking, at least – one of the least remarkable. Changing gender, or sequential hermaphroditism, is a fact of life for more than 400 species of fish, andhas already been widely studied.But many of the programme ’s marvels are new not just to television but to science itself. ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 10, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Elle Hunt Tags: David Attenborough Marine life Zoology Television & radio Culture Factual TV Documentary Wildlife Environment Animals World news Conservation BBC Science Biology Source Type: news

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