Contact lens maker VTI plans IPO Down Under
Visioneering Technologies this week priced its A$33.3 million initial public offering on the Australian Securities Exchange.
The U.S.-based contact lens maker said it’s offering 79.4 million shares of its Class A common stock priced at ¢42 apiece. The company plans to use the net proceeds from the IPO to provide capital as VTI broadens the U.S. launch of its NaturalVue Multifocal daily disposable contact lenses for adults with presbyopia and children with myopia.
The FDA-approved NaturalVue MF contact lens is available in the U.S. and the company reported strong results from a pilot launch that began in 2015. VTI s...
Source: Mass Device - March 2, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Sarah Faulkner Tags: Initial Public Offering (IPO) Optical/Ophthalmic Wall Street Beat Visioneering Technologies Source Type: news
A 37-Year-Old Woman With Decreased Vision and Proptosis A 37-Year-Old Woman With Decreased Vision and Proptosis
A 37-year-old woman with longstanding myopia was noted to have proptosis. What is the most likely diagnosis?Medscape Ophthalmology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 21, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ophthalmology Case Challenge Source Type: news
Myopia cell discovered in retina: Dysfunction of cell may be linked to amount of time a child spends indoors
Scientists have discovered a cell in the retina that may cause myopia when it dysfunctions. The dysfunction may be linked to the amount of time a child spends indoors and away from natural light. This discovery could lead to a new therapeutic target to control myopia. More than a billion people in the world have myopia, whose incidence is rising and is linked to how much time people spend indoors as children. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 6, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
Myopia cell discovered in retina
(Northwestern University) Scientists have discovered a cell in the retina that may cause myopia when it dysfunctions. The dysfunction may be linked to the amount of time a child spends indoors and away from natural light. This discovery could lead to a new therapeutic target to control myopia. More than a billion people in the world have myopia, whose incidence is rising and is linked to how much time people spend indoors as children. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 6, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
UCL study finds people over 40 are 5 times more likely to suffer sight problems than the 1960's
Researchers from University College London have found 54 percent of adults aged 40 to 69 suffer from myopia, compared to 10 percent in the 1960s and claim the rise is a 'major public health issue'. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 15, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How to Create a Life-Changing Vision for 2017
'Tis the season when self-reflection becomes mainstream for a week or two.
And as it does social media will be buzzing with public professions of resolutions and "year in reviews" while news feeds fill up with ten-step plans for happiness in 2017. And we'll all collectively compare where we are with where others seem to be in life.
Yes, it's the time of year when we come to terms with the difference between who we are and who we want to be. Sometimes for the first time in a year.
Viktor Frankl, author of Man's Search for Meaning, termed this tension "Sunday neurosis." He wrote,"...it's the kind of depression which af...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Increased UVB Exposure in Youth Reduces Adult Myopia Risk (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- No direct role for vitamin D, but high plasma lutein cuts odds by about 40% (Source: MedPage Today Ophthalmology)
Source: MedPage Today Ophthalmology - December 3, 2016 Category: Opthalmology Source Type: news
Sunshine is the key to cutting short-sightedness, study finds
Scientists at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have found more exposure to ultraviolet B drastically reduces the risk of developing myopia (or, short-sightedness). (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Increased UVB exposure associated with reduced risk of nearsightedness, particularly in teens, young
Higher ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation exposure, directly related to time outdoors and sunlight exposure, was associated with reduced odds of myopia (nearsightedness), and exposure to UVB between ages 14 and 29 years was associated with the highest reduction in odds of adult myopia. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - December 1, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Nearsightedness Tied to High Risk for Blindness (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Myopia poses " major threats to the visual health of the public " (Source: MedPage Today Geriatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Geriatrics - October 31, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: news
Why myopia is on the rise around the world
A recent study predicted half the world's population will be nearsighted by 2050. Symptoms of myopia can include headaches, eyestrain and squinting. Dr. Christopher Starr, ophthalmologist at Weill Cornell Medical Center, joins "CBS This Morning" discuss what's behind the rising numbers. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - September 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How To Protect Your Eyesight
If you’re one of the 40% of Americans who wears glasses or contact lenses for distance viewing, you probably believe your bad vision is genetic.
It’s not.
But the belief that myopia — or nearsightedness — is hereditary is so prevalent that no one even questions it. If you have trouble seeing faraway objects, you’ll just be given a prescription for glasses. Your eye doctor isn’t interested in finding out the true cause of your poor eyesight.
Myopia Epidemic
And that’s a shame, because the rates of myopia are rising in epidemic proportions around the world. It’s even worse in Asia tha...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - September 30, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Health Source Type: news
Why the World Needs Joy Now
In April 2015, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu met in Dharamsala for a historic conversation about joy. The Book of Joy (on sale now) chronicles the week-long discussion. On the final day, co-author Douglas Abrams asked the two great spiritual giants about the importance of joy in the world today.
"Archbishop, Your Holiness, what an incredible joy and privilege it has been to join you in this conversation to prepare The Book of Joy. Today is just for a few final questions. One we received was, 'Why do you think it is important to write The Book of Joy now, and what do you hope it will do for reade...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why the World Needs Joy Now
In April 2015, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu met in Dharamsala for a historic conversation about joy. The Book of Joy (on sale now) chronicles the week-long discussion. On the final day, co-author Douglas Abrams asked the two great spiritual giants about the importance of joy in the world today.
"Archbishop, Your Holiness, what an incredible joy and privilege it has been to join you in this conversation to prepare The Book of Joy. Today is just for a few final questions. One we received was, 'Why do you think it is important to write The Book of Joy now, and what do you hope it will do for reade...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - September 29, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Staar Surgical wins Health Canada nod for Visian Toric ICL
Staar Surgical (NSDQ:STAA) said today it won approval from Health Canada’s Medical Devices Bureau for its Evo Visian Toric ICL intraocular lenses.
The Evo Visian Toric ICL is designed to be implanted inside the eye between the iris and the natural lens indefinitely to correct vision, Monrovia, Calif.-based Staar Surgical said.
“We are very pleased with Health Canada’s approval that allows us to offer the EVO Toric ICL for myopia and astigmatism, with a broad spherical power range of -3.0 to -18.0 diopters and cylinder power range of 1.0 to 6.0 diopters, to our surgeons and their patients in Canada. This repre...
Source: Mass Device - September 22, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Optical/Ophthalmic Regulatory/Compliance STAAR Surgical Co Source Type: news
