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October 22, 2007

From Dr. Kristin Heeney - Lacrosse Players set their Sights on Eyewear

October 22nd 2007 Posted to Optometry

According to the Washington Post, lacrosse player in the NCAAs will have to wear protective googles for the playoffs during the 2004 season. The eyewear protective equipment becomes mandatory under US Lacrosse rules in 2005. Hockey, lacrosse, football, racquet sports players are all susceptible to eye injury. The Ontario Association fo Optometrists has an excellent resource for Protecting your Eyes and the Canadian Association of Optometrists and the American Optometric Association have petitioned the NHL to require a hockey visor (Letter to Mr. Gary Bettman, Commissioner, National Hockey League).

Your Vision, what could be more important?

If you have questions about protecting your eyes, please contact Dr. Heeney at 416-703-2797 or heeney.ca, and we can help find an protective eyewear solution for you.

October 20, 2007

From Eye On Vision - Wash Hands Before Pushing MRSA Panic Button

October 20th 2007 Posted to Optometry

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Posted on Optoblog - HRT-OCT and MS

October 20th 2007 Posted to Optometry

MedGadget reports that optical coherence tomography helps diagnose and manage multiple sclerosis, and they display an HRT2-3 picture. So my HRT2 may still have legs! Now I’ll get the referrals from the neurologist (to use my HRT2) instead of the other way around! I’m sure they’ll charge extra for the stats package that helps manage MS. […]

MedGadget reports that optical coherence tomography helps diagnose and manage multiple sclerosis, and they display an HRT2-3 picture.
So my HRT2 may still have legs! Now I’ll get the referrals from the neurologist (to use my HRT2) instead of the other way around!
I’m sure they’ll charge extra for the stats package that helps manage MS. But listen to this:

In addition, says Calabresi, OCT scans take roughly one-tenth as long and cost one-tenth as much as the MRI, which means they are faster and cheaper to use in studies that track the effectiveness of new treatments for MS.

They must have really cheap MRI’s where he comes from. The average price in my neck of the woods for optic nerve imaging with Stratus OCT, HRT2-3, or GDx is ~$80-90 for both eyes. Do you know of any place that just charges $800-900 for an MRI? I believe it’s more like $1200. Also, you’d have to additionally pay a Radiologist to give an interpretation and report, but the optic nerve imaging fee includes the report.

October 19, 2007

Optometry News - Optometry board seeks Black hearing - Charlotte Observer

October 19th 2007 Posted to Optometry

Optometry board seeks Black hearing
Charlotte Observer, NC - Oct 16, 2007
The NC agency that regulates optometrists wants to hold a disciplinary hearing in Raleigh for former House Speaker Jim Black, who is serving a prison term …

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October 18, 2007

From Dr. Kristin Heeney - The War on Optometrists

October 18th 2007 Posted to Optometry

The Torontoist adds to the summary of international press that have picked up on George Smitherman?s comments from last week.

There?s nothing like throwing around the ?T? word to get yourself some international attention. Australia had to stage a raid with hundreds of police officers to get itself on the news. Ontario health minister George Smitherman only had to target that new member of the axis of evil, optometrists.

At a recent fundraiser, the one McGuinty cabinet minister we wouldn?t want to meet in a dark alley, called the province?s optometrists ?terrorists.? And apparently, Smitherman doesn?t negotiate with terrorists. He?s since apologized. But not before the comment made it on the, now airing in Canada, Colbert Report.

All we have to say is that Smitherman better be careful during his next eye exam?.

From Dr. Kristin Heeney - heeney.ca

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October 17, 2007

From Eye On Vision - Revised Adult Eye Exam Recommendations

October 17th 2007 Posted to Optometry

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October 16, 2007

Posted on Optoblog - There is No Biofinity Conspiracy

October 16th 2007 Posted to Optometry

Apparently there is no corporate sponsored campaign against the Biofinity contact lens (see my earlier post conjecturing that there could be). My mistake. I removed the name of the business “John” works at since apparently they have nothing to do with his personal comments. It turns out “John” is some actual person who must search the […]

Apparently there is no corporate sponsored campaign against the Biofinity contact lens (see my earlier post conjecturing that there could be).
My mistake.
I removed the name of the business “John” works at since apparently they have nothing to do with his personal comments. It turns out “John” is some actual person who must search the internet for mentions of Biofinity and if possible comment about his bad experience with it.
But I think it would be cool to run a grassroots internet comment campaign against a product. I would personally like to contribute any negative comments about low oxygen lenses. (By the way, I got a fancy letter from Vistakon this week saying they weren’t going to be giving away any more trial lenses on Acuvue original contact lens. What? Who even sells those anymore!?)
So I hope this teaches you all a lesson. Always supply your correct e-mail address (which only I see) when commenting so that I don’t think you are a secret corporate entity out to get me.

October 15, 2007

Optometry News - Donald J. Horowitz | Optometrist, 59 - Philadelphia Inquirer

October 15th 2007 Posted to Optometry

Donald J. Horowitz | Optometrist, 59
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - 16 hours ago
Donald J. Horowitz, 59, of Wynnewood, an optometrist and contact-lens specialist, died of complications from multiple myeloma Oct. 7 at the Hospital of the …

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From Dr. Kristin Heeney - Sunglasses that record everything

October 15th 2007 Posted to Optometry

Gizmodo links to a BBC story about researcher at HP who have prototyped a pair of sunglasses with a digital camera embedded into them. The camera constantly takes pictures of everything the wearer sees through out the day, though it does have an off-switch for those private moments. The HP sunglasses appear to be an evolution of the technology designed and worn by Steve Mann at MIT and now at the University of Toronto. The HP sunglasses capture additional meta-data to help classify and organize the images.