Contact Lenses/Eye Wear News

Participants in a roundtable event recommended that eye care providers increase education and professional collaborative efforts to help ethnic minority populations.

Your report from Optometry’s Meeting in Philadelphia noted that Bernard Maitenaz was the recipient of the Apollo Award, “the highest honor awarded to the general public” by the American Optometric Association (“AOA presents awards at Optometry’s Meeting,” August 2014).

One of the great features of Healio.com is the ability to access so much contemporary information across so many medical disciplines. Among the topics I “link” with is that of infectious disease. My interest – and fascination – lies in the similarities between eye care and systemic infectious disease. We both encounter an evolving cast of characters (microbes) that present diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.

Most scientific experts concur that existing testing methods for contact lenses and solutions should be reviewed. In September, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Devices and Radiological Health along with organized optometry and ophthalmology hosted a workshop involving scientists, clinicians and industry experts with the goal of formulating a consensus for new standards and guidelines for improving microbiological test methods as well as patient education.

Johnson & Johnson Vision Care introduced 1-Day Acuvue Define contact lenses designed to accentuate the natural eye color while improving vision.

Amblyz announced in a press release that its electronic occluder eye glasses for children 3 to 10 years old received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval.

Long-term soft contact lens wear may be associated with a decrease in epithelial thickness, according to a study recently published in Optometry & Vision Science.

Welch Allyn Inc. announced its support and sponsorship of KidSight USA, a Lions Club program to aid in proper vision screening for children between 6 months and 6 years of age.

The Brien Holden Vision Institute is in the process of bringing to market advanced products for myopia and myopia control, presbyopia, and the detection and management of potentially blinding eye disease, the institute reported in a press release.

We concluded the last blog with a question: Which type of light do you feel is more dangerous to your patients, UV light or visible light including blue light?