'Being a gay woman doesn't mean you can't have truly loved a man'
Sue Perkins discusses her first boyfriend, falling in love and finding out she's infertile
Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice - September 28, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: biological clock brain tumour memoir Great British Bake Off adoption GBBO Sue Perkins gay Spectacles Anna Richardson Source Type: news

Intermediate addition multifocals provide safe stair ambulation with adequate 'short-term' reading - Elliott DB, Hotchkiss J, Scally AJ, Foster R, Buckley JG.
PURPOSE: A recent randomised controlled trial indicated that providing long-term multifocal wearers with a pair of distance single-vision spectacles for use outside the home reduced falls risk in active older people. However, it also found that participant...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - August 29, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Half of people with learning disabilities suffer eye problems pilot reveals
Over half the people with learning disabilities seen in specialist sight tests suffered an eye health issue. And almost two thirds required spectacles, new results from a pilot scheme in London have revealed.
Source: NHS Networks - August 24, 2015 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Safety of spectacles for children's vision: a cluster-randomized controlled trial - Ma X, Congdon N, Yi H, Zhou Z, Pang X, Meltzer ME, Shi Y, He M, Liu Y, Rozelle S.
PURPOSE: To study safety of children's glasses in rural China, where fear that glasses harm vision is an important barrier for families and policy-makers. DESIGN: Exploratory analysis from a cluster-randomized, investigator-masked, controlled trial...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - August 22, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news

Selected papers from the 14th Meeting of the European Society of Sonochemistry, Avignon, France, June 2014
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, Volume 25, pages 1-96 (Jul-15) Edited by Farid Chemat, Sergey Nikitenko, Timothy J Mason
Source: Elsevier Updates: Physics - July 1, 2015 Category: Physics Source Type: news

Chris Pratt And Bryce Dallas Howard Are Living Our Dinosaur Fantasies In 'Jurassic World'
Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard have come as close as anyone can to walking among dinosaurs. While filming "Jurassic World" in Louisiana and Hawaii last summer, they had daily access to what they say amounted to a functioning prehistoric facility. But given the film's lengthy development, which began in 2001, it seems like quite the feat to have anyone shielding themselves from dinosaurs at all. "Jurassic World" is a beast unto itself, though. Numerous directors were attached to the movie throughout its various stages, including "Jurassic Park III" maestro Joe Johnston, and it was rumored that several cast members fr...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - June 10, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news

Vision, training hours, and road testing results in bioptic drivers - Dougherty BE, Flom RE, Bullimore MA, Raasch TW.
PURPOSE: Bioptic telescopic spectacles can be used by people with central visual acuity that does not meet the state standards to obtain an unrestricted driver's license. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among visual and demograph...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - May 11, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Celebrities need glasses too
Joe Shute isn't the only one who's going blind. Even famous people need (fairly spectacular) spectacles
Source: Telegraph Health - April 2, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: glasses blind spectacles famous cool celebrities Source Type: news

'I may now be a four eyes, but I'm not the only one going blind'
Telegraph writer Joe Shute, who has just been given his first pair of glasses at the age of 30, may not like it, but he is part of a "short-sighted epidemic" now sweeping the world
Source: Telegraph Health - April 2, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: legolas glasses short-sighted myopia spectacles harry potter Source Type: news

Dear Dr. Phil -- Is the 3rd Time a Charm?
Dear Dr. Phil, Maybe you remember, we've been in touch a few times before. Back in 2013, I shared some thoughts with you about the use of language around mental health . My point was simply that the widespread and unconscious use of discriminatory language to describe people with brain health challenges has blurred our minds, hearts and souls. People were very interested in that conversation along with the two open letters that I wrote you. My best guess is that these were popular because many of us, or our loved ones, feel completely dismissed by that kind of language. We also know first-hand that choosing our words car...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 13, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Jins Meme smart spectacles can sense when you are sleepy
The Japanese glasses use sensors in the arms and nose bridge to detect tiny changes in eye and body movements, and send the data to an app for analysis.
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 29, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

In The Latest Issue
The Price of Genius Alan Turing, the man who pioneered computing, also forced the world to question what it means to be human The 25 Best Inventions of 2014 Welcome to Time’s annual round-up of the best inventions making the world better, smarter and—in some cases—a little more fun A Constitutional Moment The Founding Fathers were clear about who sets immigration policy Tackling Immigration Alone The President has good reason to bypass Congress. But he’ll pay a price GE Makes a Big Bet on Manufacturing The company’s plan to make things again is a test for the entire American economy Jorge Ramo...
Source: TIME: Top Science and Health Stories - November 20, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Megan Gibson Tags: Uncategorized Cover TOC Source Type: news

Edie & Lew Wasserman Building opens in Stein Plaza at UCLA
Campus officials dedicated the Edie & Lew Wasserman Building, a new landmark research and patient-care facility at UCLA, at a festive ceremony Tuesday. Named to honor the late philanthropists Edie and Lew Wasserman, whose generosity made the striking structure possible, the state-of-the-art facility will meet the expanding needs of the Stein Eye Institute and provide space for UCLA’s Department of Neurosurgery and Institute of Urologic Oncology.  “This world-class complex culminates years of planning to ensure the effective use of several exceptionally generous gifts to benefit the public,” Chancellor Gene Block...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - October 30, 2014 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Materials for the building industry: A shape-conscious alloy
When the frame of a pair of glasses is bent out of shape, it's not that easy to return it to its original form. If, however, your spectacles are made of a shape memory alloy then you don't have a problem. Just place the frame in hot water and bingo! – they're as good as new again. Empa researchers have now shown that these materials can also find applications in the building industry. For example in the reinforcement of bridges.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 20, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news

Geoffrey Woodward obituary
My friend and colleague Geoffrey Woodward, who has died aged 79, did a great deal to enhance the profession of optometry. He was principal optometrist at Moorfields eye hospital (1976-87) and professor of optometry and visual science at City University, London (1987-99).Geoff's wish to see members of the public protected in their dealings with optometrists and dispensing opticians led to his service on the General Optical Council (1977-2000). He was also concerned with how the profession should best be run, as a council member of the College of Optometrists (1980-98), with a year as president (1983-84).Born in Leamington S...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 13, 2014 Category: Science Tags: theguardian.com Obituaries Medical research Science From the Guardian Source Type: news

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