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With over 18 million worldwide suffering from irreversible #blindness caused by optic nerve damage from #glaucoma, the Gokoffski lab has developed new technology using electrical stimulation to regenerate the optic nerve. #ARVO2019
Where socioeconomic development lags, vision problems are more common reuters.com/article/us-visio…
Your screen may be damaging your eyes #optometry eastidahonews.com/lifestyles…
'Ghana needs more optometrists to deal with increasing eye problems' #optometry myjoyonline.com/lifestyle/20…
State's Optometrists Win Right to Perform Certain Surgical Procedures #optometry invisionmag.com/states-optom…
OCT predicted to help optometrists detect, manage Alzheimer's disease #optometry healio.com/optometry/technol…
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Eye-study discovery causes intrigue: Do other body areas sense light and sync to circadian rhythms? ow.ly/T3fcO @VisionScience
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#EyeBlack is a grease or strip applied under the eyes to reduce #glare. It is often used by American football, baseball, ice hockey during outdoor games, and lacrosse players, where sunlight or stadium lights can impair seeing an airborne ball. #Optometry
Keratoconus, the cornea thins and bulges outward into a cone shape. Its cause is unknown.
Symptoms: Blurred vision, sensitivity to light and glare.
Treatment: Vision can be corrected with glasses or contact lenses. Advanced cases may require a cornea transplant.
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Amblyopia occurs in early childhood When nerve pathways between the brain and an eye aren't properly stimulated.
Symptoms: Eyes that may not appear to work together or poor depth perception. Both eyes may be affected.
Treatment: Eye patches, glasses or contact lenses.
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Blue eyed people are more tolerant of alcohol and less tolerant of the sun. #OptometryFacts
Now I can tweet in #280characters and that’s about it. I can lengthen this tweet to fit that 280 limit but that’ll be waste of time and space when I can make my point in lesser characters specially when people don’t read long posts anymore. I don’t read long posts on Facebook
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@VisionScience Pls share: The #PEACHTREEstudy is looking for patients with uveitis. Learn more: peachtreestudy.com #ClinicalResearch
CooperVision Employee Efforts Propel $164000 Donation to Optometry Giving Sight's 2016 World Sight Day Challenge goo.gl/oXZFAA