Nearly 10 million Americans are severely nearsighted
HealthDay News Rates of nearsightedness -- also known as myopia -- in the United States rose from 25 percent in the early 1970s to 40 percent around 2000, a new study finds. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - June 21, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nearly 10 Million Americans Are Severely Nearsighted
TUESDAY, June 21, 2016 -- About 9.6 million Americans are severely nearsighted, a new study finds.
Rates of nearsightedness -- also known as myopia -- in the United States rose from 25 percent in the early 1970s to 40 percent around 2000, the study... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - June 21, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
New Report Finds China's Optical Industry Is Creating Blurry Future For World's Most Populous Nation
In addition to being the most populous nation on Earth, China also has the most people with vision disorders - 610 to 650 million have presbyopia (the diminishing ability of the eye to focus on up-close items) or myopia (nearsightedness), according to a new study from the China Center for Health Development at Peking University. The concern is that the country's optical industry might not be helping the situation.
A key to the country's economic muscle has been its productive and growing workforce. However, a workforce with a large percentage of people having uncorrected vision impairments isn't one that is functioning at...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 16, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Health and Technology: What You Should Know
We are pioneers in a new world -- the digital world. As we seek to plant flags on new tech summits, it is important to be aware of the health risks involved in navigating this unknown and rocky terrain. Technology-induced accidents notwithstanding, the gadgets have already produced a variety of physical and mental maladies among the general public, which have been unknown or hitherto restricted to specific occupations.
Living and working in the digital world entails long hours of sitting in one position, and requires movement of no part of the body other than the fingers. Such sedentary lifestyle is known to cause metab...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 25, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Visual impairment, blindness cases in U.S. expected to double by 2050
With the youngest of the baby boomers hitting 65 by 2029, the number of people with visual impairment or blindness in the United States is expected to double to more than 8 million by 2050, according to projections based on the most recent census data and from studies funded by the National Eye Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health. Another 16.4 million Americans are expected to have difficulty seeing due to correctable refractive errors such as myopia (nearsightedness) or hyperopia (farsightedness) that can be fixed with glasses, contacts or surgery.
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Source: News from NEI - May 18, 2016 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Jason Source Type: news
MassDevice.com +5 | The top 5 medtech stories for May 17, 2016
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5. Biostage unveils $5 million offering for organ regeneration tech
Organ regeneration specialist Biostage, formerly know as Harvard Apparatus Regenerative Technology, announced that it will offer $5 million worth of common stock ...
Source: Mass Device - May 17, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: MassDevice Tags: News Well Plus 5 Source Type: news
Staar Surgical wins Health Canada nod as shares hit 52-week low
Implantable contact lens maker Staar Surgical (NSDQ:STAA) said it earned Health Canada approval to sell its EVO Visian ICL in the country.
The device to correct myopia and astigmatism is permanently implanted between the iris and the eye’s natural lens. Staar sells 3 implantable lenses under its Visian franchise, but none are available in the U.S., according to the company’s website.
“We are very pleased with Health Canada’s approval that allows us to offer the EVO ICL for myopia, with a broad power range of -3.0 to -18.0 diopters, to our surgeons and their patients in Canada. This represents an i...
Source: Mass Device - May 17, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Varun Saxena Tags: MassDevice Earnings Roundup Optical/Ophthalmic Regulatory/Compliance Wall Street Beat Source Type: news
New genetic risk factors for myopia discovered
Myopia, also known as short-sightedness or near-sightedness, is the most common disorder affecting the eyesight and it is on the increase. The causes are both genetic and environmental. Experts have now made important progress towards understanding the mechanisms behind the development of the condition. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 21, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
New genetic risk factors for myopia discovered
(Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz) Myopia, also known as short-sightedness or near-sightedness, is the most common disorder affecting the eyesight and it is on the increase. The causes are both genetic and environmental. The Consortium for Refractive Error and Myopia (CREAM) has now made important progress towards understanding the mechanisms behind the development of the condition. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 21, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
What really happened on Easter Island?
Hundreds of iconic moai statues stand testament to the vibrant civilization that once inhabited Easter Island, but there are far fewer clues about why this civilization mysteriously vanished. Did they shortsightedly exhaust the island's resources? Were they decimated by European illnesses and slave trade? Such theories have spread widely, but recent evidence shows that the truth is not as simple as any one of these alone. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 8, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
What really happened on Easter Island?
(Frontiers) Hundreds of iconic moai statues stand testament to the vibrant civilization that once inhabited Easter Island, but there are far fewer clues about why this civilization mysteriously vanished. Did they shortsightedly exhaust the island's resources? Were they decimated by European illnesses and slave trade? Such theories have spread widely, but recent evidence shows that the truth is not as simple as any one of these alone. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - April 7, 2016 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Outdoor light has role in reducing short-sightedness in kids
Increasing exposure to outdoor light is the key to reducing the myopia (short-sightedness) epidemic in children, according to ground-breaking research by Australian optometrists. Children need to spend more than an hour and preferably at least two hours a day outside to help prevent myopia from developing and progressing, say experts. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 6, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Outdoor light has role in reducing short-sightedness in kids
(Queensland University of Technology) Increasing exposure to outdoor light is the key to reducing the myopia (short-sightedness) epidemic in children, according to ground-breaking research by Australian optometrists. Optometrist and lead researcher on the project, Associate Professor Scott Read who is the director of research at QUT's School of Optometry and Vision Science, said children need to spend more than an hour and preferably at least two hours a day outside to help prevent myopia from developing and progressing. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - April 6, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
An Open Letter to the Boston Globe About Lyme Disease
Today, the Boston Globe editorial board spoke out against a bill "that would require insurers in Massachusetts to cover Lyme disease treatments for as long as a doctor says they're needed." The Globe writes: Lawmakers may have good intentions, but they don't possess the expertise to decide whether it's beneficial, cost-efficient, or safe, to keep using strong medicines to treat a condition the medical establishment doubts is real. Such questions should be resolved by a consensus of doctors and researchers -- and buttressed by convincing clinical date [sic] -- not determined by legislative mandate. Who among the Boston Gl...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Reducing alcohol-related aggression: effects of a self-awareness manipulation and locus of control in heavy drinking males - Purvis DM, Gallagher KE, Parrott DJ.
Alcohol Myopia Theory (AMT; Steele & Josephs, 1990) purports that alcohol facilitates aggression by narrowing attentional focus onto salient and instigatory cues common to conflict situations. However, few tests of its counterintuitive prediction - that al... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 13, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
