| Optos founder calls for routine use of system
Optos founder Douglas Anderson has described the take-up of the Optomap system as slow in the UK because unlike the US it is not viewed as part of a routine eye check. In an interview in The Times (April 9), he pointed out that US primary care OOs do a four-year postgraduate degree, as opposed to three years as an undergraduate in the UK. Six years after Optomap was launched, only 80 are in use in the UK compared to around 3,000 in the US, despite its obvious benefits, he said. While in the US there was a 'pretty straightforward referral process to the next level of care if something is detected' the UK was 'diabolically protracted'. 'There's often a lack of respect from the ophthalmologists in secondary care to those in primary care. So there's nervousness on the part of some practitioners who are trying to improve their clinical performance, and a lot won't make the clinical decision.
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Ann Arbor-based Sensicore, a developer of sensor systems for measuring and monitoring water quality, announced that Kenneth Ogan joined the firm as vice president of research and development and Douglas Reed joined as vice president of sales. Ogan is an expert in analytical instruments and applications in the water-quality and biomedical fields. Reed has more than 20 years of sales experience. MEDICAL Dr. Lylas G. Mogk of Grosse Pointe Park, an ophthalmologist with Henry Ford Health System, was named chairman of the vision rehabilitation committee of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. .
In the city, the water and sewer are magical
When we packed up the guitars and guns and dolls and dishes last spring and left our briar farm and ever-expanding pet cemetery for a house smack dab in the middle of town, naysayers insisted that I would never adjust to metropolitan living. "In the city limits, you can't drag nonfunctioning home appliances into the yard, sit in a lawn chair and shoot 'em with a .22 pistol just for the heck of it," someone said. "There comes a time in a man's life when the shooting of non-functioning appliances must stop," I replied. "And you'll have to wear pants when you go outside - every single time." "There comes a time in a man's life when boxer shorts are not considered suitable outdoor attire, even for a quick trip to the car to grab a Johnny Cash CD." "And when you play that CD, you can't crank up "Mean-Eyed Cat" so loud that the storm windows buckle and your fillings hum." "Yeah, I will miss that." But I didn't miss much more than that.
Laser iridotomy shows efficacy as prophylactic treatment for PAC ...
Laser peripheral iridotomy significantly lowered IOP and increased angle width in most patients with suspected primary angle closure, a prospective study found. However, one-fifth of patients had residual angle closure postoperatively, the authors noted. Mingguang He, MD, MPH, of University College London, and colleagues evaluated laser peripheral iridotomy (LPI) outcomes for 72 Chinese patients with suspected bilateral primary angle closure (PAC). Surgeons operated on a single eye, chosen randomly, in each patient. At 2 weeks' follow-up, investigators found that mean IOP had significantly decreased by 3 mm Hg. Axial anterior chamber length had not significantly changed, although median limbal anterior chamber depth increased from 15% to 25% of peripheral corneal thickness, the authors reported.
Popularity of LASIK Helping to Drive World Refractive Vision ...
NEW YORK, April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The popularity of laser vision correction coupled with newer technologies, such as bladeless LASIK and phakic intraocular lens implants, are setting the stage for tremendous worldwide growth in the refractive vision correction market, driving sales from $1.3 billion in 2006 to an estimated $4.5 billion in 2009, according to Refractive Vision Correction Worldwide: A Market Analysis, a new industry analysis from market research firm Kalorama Information. With the combination of a rapidly aging population, increasing incidence of myopia and presbyopia, underserved world markets and .
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