American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS) 39th Annual MeetingAmerican Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS) 39th Annual Meeting
Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from AAOS 2013. Medscape Ophthalmology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - April 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Conference Coverage Source Type: news
Could being kept in the dark cure lazy eye?
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This study suggests that an extended period in complete darkness may result in the restoration of normal vision among kittens with induced vision problems. It should not be interpreted to mean that keeping children with a lazy eye in the dark for 10 days could help them see better – even if it did, such an action would be unethical and arguably illegal.
Treatment of amblyopia in children generally involves first treating the underlying condition. For example, strabismus (crossed eyes) or other visual problems such as short sightedness (myopia). After treating these causes, a patch can be used to obscure the vi...
Source: NHS News Feed - February 15, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical practice Pregnancy/child Source Type: news
Amblyopia screening guidelines updated
The American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, the professional body for pediatric eye care, has issued revised guidelines for preschool vision screening based on new evidence. (Source: MedWire News - Pediatrics)
Source: MedWire News - Pediatrics - February 14, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Obituary: Leonard Apt, 90, doctor-scientist who gave gift of vision to millions of children
Internationally respected UCLA eye surgeon Dr. Leonard Apt, who co-developed an inexpensive antiseptic eye drop that substantially reduced the incidence of blindness in children in developing countries, died Feb. 1 at UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, after a brief illness. He was 90.
A founding member of the Jules Stein Eye Institute at UCLA and an emeritus professor of ophthalmology, Apt was the first physician in the world to become board-certified in both pediatrics and ophthalmology. He devoted his career to preventing blindness in children.
Together with longtime collaborator Dr. Sherwin Isenberg, Apt ...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - February 8, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Evidence-Based Guidelines For Automated Preschool Vision Screening
The Vision Screening Committee of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, the professional organization for pediatric eye care, has revised its guidelines for automated preschool vision screening based on new evidence. The new guidelines are published in the February issue of the Journal of AAPOS. Approximately 2% of children develop amblyopia, sometimes known as "lazy eye" - a loss of vision in one or both eyes caused by conditions that impair the normal visual input during the period of development of vision... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 6, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Eye Health / Blindness Source Type: news
New criteria for automated preschool vision screening
(Elsevier Health Sciences) The Vision Screening Committee of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, the professional organization for pediatric eye care, has revised its guidelines for automated preschool vision screening based on new evidence. The new guidelines are published in the February issue of the Journal of AAPOS. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 4, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
CES 2013: the health and fitness gadgets coming your way
From a fork that tells you when you're eating too fast to a skin patch that constantly monitors your vital signs, there was plenty of exciting kit on show in Las VegasThe Consumer Electronics Show, an annual innovation showcase which brings over 100,000 industry professionals to Las Vegas and fills 172,000 square metres of convention floor space, is traditionally a cornucopia of gadget prototypes for couch potatoes. At this year's CES, alongside the usual array of computers, robots and giant televisions, about a quarter of the exhibits were related to health and fitness, selling the idea that technology is the key to menta...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 13, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Rory Carroll Tags: The Guardian Diets and dieting Health Medical research & wellbeing Technology CES 2013 Features Life and style Science Source Type: news
The Thursday Throng Author Interview with Sue Brayne, author of Sex, Meaning and the Menopause
Well, it’s that time of the week again when I welcome another author to join me for the Thursday Throng and this week we have the pleasure of hosting an author of a book on a subject that is very close to my heart, the menopause. You may or may not know but I run an organisation called The Hysterectomy Association and so the menopause features heavily in discussions among our members on regular basis, the subject of sex probably runs a very close second. The book is Sex, Meaning and the Menopause and it is by Sue Brayne.
According to Sue it is a menopausal woman’s search for what matters, and a challenge to...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - June 28, 2012 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Interviews author interview self help books Source Type: news
The Thursday Throng Author Interview with Sue Brayne, author of Sex, Meaning and the Menopause
Well, it’s that time of the week again when I welcome another author to join me for the Thursday Throng and this week we have the pleasure of hosting an author of a book on a subject that is very close to my heart, the menopause. You may or may not know but I run an organisation called The Hysterectomy Association and so the menopause features heavily in discussions among our members on regular basis, the subject of sex probably runs a very close second. The book is Sex, Meaning and the Menopause and it is by Sue Brayne.
According to Sue it is a menopausal woman’s search for what matters, and a challenge to...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - June 28, 2012 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Interviews author interview self help books Source Type: news
