http://www.contactspedia.com Articles, news and background information on contact lenses. Home of the free VisionScan Eyesight selftesting software. en-US http://www.contactspedia.com/Silicone-Hydrogel-Lenses_article_31.html http://www.contactspedia.com/Silicone-Hydrogel-Lenses_article_31.html Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0200 <p>The latest generation of contact lenses, made of <strong>silicone hydrogel</strong>, now accounts for nearly half of all new fits of contact lenses. This new lens material provides a hyper oxygen flow to the cornea, enhancing comfort and enabling contact lenses to be worn on a daily basis, or, in certain cases, overnight for up to 30-days continuous wear. Silicone hydrogel len... http://www.contactspedia.com/Defined--Orthoptics_article_29.html http://www.contactspedia.com/Defined--Orthoptics_article_29.html Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0200 <p>Orthoptics (from the Greek words ortho meaning ;quot;straight;quot;, and optikas meaning ;quot;vision;quot;) is the discipline dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of defective eye coordination, binocular vision, and functional amblyopia by non-pharmaceutical and non-surgical methods, e.g., glasses, prisms, exercises. The goal of orthoptics is to improve comfort and efficiency of bino... http://www.contactspedia.com/Defined--Contact-lens_article_30.html http://www.contactspedia.com/Defined--Contact-lens_article_30.html Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0200 <p>A contact lens (also known simply as a ;quot;contact;quot;) is a corrective, cosmetic, or therapeutic lens usually placed on the cornea of the eye. Modern contact lenses were invented by the Czech chemist Otto Wichterle, who also invented the first gel used for their production.</p><p>Contact lenses usually serve the same corrective purpose as conventional glasses, but are lig... http://www.contactspedia.com/Defined--Optician_article_28.html http://www.contactspedia.com/Defined--Optician_article_28.html Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0200 <p>An optician is an eye care professional who provides lenses for the correction of vision defects. The lenses may be contact lenses, or held in a frame in front of the eye, rarely as a monocle or most frequently as a pair of glasses, also known as spectacles or eyeglasses. An optician specifies the optical properties of corrective lenses based on a refraction prescription supplied by a per... http://www.contactspedia.com/Research-team-identifies-childhood-blindness-gene_article_24.html http://www.contactspedia.com/Research-team-identifies-childhood-blindness-gene_article_24.html Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0200 A McGill University-led study has identified a gene responsible for the most common cause of congenital blindness in infants and small children. <p>Lead officer Dr. Parliamentarian Koenekoop says the discovery has the potential to fast-track a cure for Leber Nonheritable Amaurosis, or LCA. The team, which included Dutch and British researchers, used a new technique called S-N-P (single nucle... http://www.contactspedia.com/Defined--Ophthalmology_article_26.html http://www.contactspedia.com/Defined--Ophthalmology_article_26.html Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0200 <p>Ophthalmology is the branch of medicine which deals with the diseases and surgery of the visual pathways, including the eye, brain, and areas surrounding the eye, such as the lacrimal system and eyelids. The word ophthalmology comes from the Greek roots ophthalmos meaning eye and logos meaning word, thought or discourse; ophthalmology literally means ;quot;The science of eyes.;quot; As a ... http://www.contactspedia.com/American-Academy-Of-Ophthalmology-advices-on-protection-against-infection_article_20.html http://www.contactspedia.com/American-Academy-Of-Ophthalmology-advices-on-protection-against-infection_article_20.html Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0200 <p>American Academy Of Ophthalmology Offers Contact Lens Wearers Advice On Protecting Eyes Against Infection</p><p>In salutation to the CDC upbeat alert about an event of Acanthamoeba keratitis, a rare but overserious eye infection, the Earth Establishment of Ophthalmology is gist advice to all striking lens wearers to turn their risk of eye infections.<br /><br />;qu... http://www.contactspedia.com/Defined--Ocularist_article_25.html http://www.contactspedia.com/Defined--Ocularist_article_25.html Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0200 <p>An ocularist is an eye care professional who specializes in the fabrication and fitting of ocular prostheses for people who have lost an eye or eyes due to trauma or illness. The fabrication process for a custom made eye typically includes taking an impression of the eye socket, shaping a plastic shell, painting the iris and then fitting the ocular prostheses.</p><p>In additio... http://www.contactspedia.com/Protect-your-eyes-from-UV-rays_article_23.html http://www.contactspedia.com/Protect-your-eyes-from-UV-rays_article_23.html Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0200 <p>We didn;#39;t have much sun today....But that doesn;#39;t mean you shouldn;#39;t have worn your sunglasses.;nbsp; That;#39;s because the pernicious UV rays from the sun can cut finished the clouds.;nbsp; Those rays are cerebration to cause up to three 1000000 grouping to go blind each year.;nbsp; Dr. Kristie Chevalier;nbsp;with Foreign Eyecare says 80 proportionality of that scathe happen... http://www.contactspedia.com/New-warnings-for-contact-lens-wearers_article_18.html http://www.contactspedia.com/New-warnings-for-contact-lens-wearers_article_18.html Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0200 <p>Health officials are urging consumers to throw out their bottles of the contact-lens set Over MoisturePlus after agent researchers judicious that the use of the amount might be linked to an magnified risk of the rare but potentially glaring eye infection Acanthamoeba keratitis. The warning, issued May 26, came as the solution;#39;s maker said it would forthwith pull the set from store she...