Children’s Vision Summit

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Posted on April 27, 2021 by AEOAdmin

The American Optometry Association (AOA) has been holding a virtual emergency children’s vision summit to discuss Covid-19 and the impact it has had on the increased screen time for children. WHAT The conversation at the virtual AOA Emergency Children’s Vision Summit on March 24 was so rich tha...

Can Multifocal Contact Lenses Slow Myopia?

Posted on August 19, 2020 by AEOAdmin

The (NIH) National Eye Institute is reporting their study’s findings that myopia progression (nearsightedness) in children is slowed with the use of multifocal contact lenses. Myopia increases the risk of cataracts, glaucoma and retinal detachment later in life. Investigators of the Bifocal Lense...

Eyes are Amazing

Posted on May 25, 2020 by AEOAdmin

The Eyes are Amazing! The eyes are amazing. They do so many things that many of us take for granted. Even today they hold surprises for scientists! A new study out in late April from Northwestern University has discovered the eyes communicate with the brain through more than one type of signaling...

We’re All in This Together

Posted on March 17, 2020 by AEOAdmin

We will be closed March 17th through April 7th due to the Covid-19 outbreak. We have received the following message from the American Optometric Association: The American Optometric Association (AOA) is closely monitoring developments and will actively provide updates regarding COVID-19 to ensure...

Babies in the Womb May See More Than We Thought

Posted on February 3, 2020 by AEOAdmin

Babies in the Womb and Vision By the second trimester, long before a babies in the womb can see images, they can detect light. But the light-sensitive cells in the developing retina — the thin sheet of brain-like tissue at the back of the eye — were thought to be simple on-off switches, presumabl...

Air Pollution Linked to Higher Glaucoma Risk

Posted on December 9, 2019 by AEOAdmin

A study by the University College London findings linked living in an area with high rates of air pollution is linked to a higher glaucoma risk, a debilitating eye condition that can cause blindness. Study Findings People in neighborhoods with higher amounts of fine particulate matter pollution w...

Helper Protein Worsens Diabetic Eye Disease, A John Hopkins Study

Posted on November 27, 2019 by AEOAdmin

In a recent study using mice, lab-grown human retinal cells and patient samples, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they found evidence of a new pathway that may contribute to degeneration of the light sensitive tissue at the back of the eye. The findings, they conclude, bring scientists a ste...

New Research Uses Artificial Intelligence to Target Eye Disease

Posted on November 23, 2018 by AEOAdmin

The potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to diagnose and treat health conditions continues to gain momentum, as a new study shows how the technology can speed diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases. A paper published February 22 in the journal Cell describes how AI can be applied to patien...

Macular Degeneration Hallucinations: What You Should Know!

Posted on October 29, 2018 by AEOAdmin

New research from the University of Queensland has shown for the first time that visual hallucinations in people with macular degeneration are associated with abnormally heightened activity in the visual cortex of the brain. The findings, published in the journal Current Biology, could improve di...

Eating Leafy Greens Could Help Prevent Macular Degeneration

Posted on October 24, 2018October 25, 2018 by AEOAdmin

(AMD).Researchers at the Westmead Institute for Medical Research interviewed more than 2,000 Australian adults aged over 49 and followed them over a 15-year period. The research showed that people who ate between 100 to 142 mgs of vegetable nitrates each day had a 35% lower risk of developing ear...

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