Xbox Kinect

Xbox Kinect: can you imagine what awesome things we could do with this in optometric vision therapy?

Toll-like Receptors Play Role In Brain Damage In Newborns

.....Roughly two in every thousand babies are at risk of suffering brain damage as a result of events before, during and after delivery. Infections in the blood or a reduced supply of oxygen and blood can lead to inflammation in the brain, causing injury. This type of brain damage, which is much more common in premature babies, can result in neurological problems such as cerebral palsy, learning difficulties and epilepsy.....

Digital Health Summit Consumer Electronics Show 2012

Digital Health Summit at Consumer Electronics Show

The Digital Health Summit at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show gives you a ringside seat for a look at today’s and tomorrow’s medical care. You’ll hear from innovative change agents in medicine and technology today and see the building blocks of at the forefront of this brave new world. Join us in the life-changing discussions that will impact the future of global healthcare.

Just a few of the Speakers and Moderators:

Gary Strumolo, Global Manager of Health & Wellness Research, Interiors and Infotainment for Ford Research and Innovation, Ford Motor Company

Ira Flatow, Science Correspondent and TV Journalist, Science Friday on NPR

Eric J. Topol, M.D., Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute, Vice-Chair, West Wireless Health Institute, Author, Creative Destruction of Medicine

Reed Tuckson, M.D., Executive Vice President and Chief of  Medical Affairs, UnitedHealth Group

John Sculley, Served as: President of PepsiCo, CEO of Apple, Chairman of Watermark Medical

Daniel Kraft, MD, Founder and Executive Director, Intellimedicine and FutureMed

Don Jones, Vice President of Wireless Health, Global Strategy and Market Development, Qualcomm

Eric Taub, Writer, New York Times ..... and many more!

What You’ll Learn:

Who are the visionaries shaping the future of digital health?

How are gaming and social networking revolutionizing healthcare?

How can your organization can capitalize on this high-growth market?

Diabetes and Obesity: How Can Technology Change the Outcomes?

Is Technology Changing the Doctor-Patient Relationship?

Is Mobile Making Us Healthier?

How the new platforms like automobiles and kitchen appliances will be delivering consumer health solutions?

Who is paying the bill for eHealth?

How will personalized medicine play an essential role in the future of healthcare?

Go to Consumer Electronics Show

Comments: I spoke at this show last year and it was awesome! DM



Banning Sugar-Sweetened Beverages In Schools Does Not Appear To Reduce Consumption Among Adolescents

...State policies banning all sugar-sweetened beverages in schools are associated with reduced in-school access and purchase of these beverages, however these policies are not associated with a reduction in overall consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages ...

Comments: Another example of why you do not what government telling you what to eat... Let the parents tell the kids what they should/should not eat. DM

Shedding Light On How We See Family Resemblance In Faces

.....Whether comparing a man and a woman or a parent and a baby, we can still see when two people of different age or sex are genetically related. How do we know that people are part of a family? Findings from a new study published in the Journal of Vision increases our understanding of the brain's ability to see through these underlying variations in facial structure.....

Vision and School Performance

...Betsy Cowand, a kindergarten teacher from West Shore elementary in Tampa, Florida and Dr. Larry Lampert, a developmental and behavioral optometrist, join The Balancing Act to discuss the relationship between eyesight and scholastic performance. With one in four children having an undetected vision problem that can interfere with the ability to read and learn, the discussion focuses on the importance of children having their eyes examined BEFORE school starts. Poor eyesight affects scholastic performance....

Comments: Watch this video by clicking on the link above. DM

Excerpt from research conducted by Professor Dr. Anne Bamford, Director of the International Research Agency

3D Education Research

Excerpt from research conducted by Professor Dr. Anne Bamford, Director of the International Research Agency

Social and non-social cueing of visuospatial attention in autism and typical development.

Three experiments explored attention to eye gaze, which is incompletely understood in typical development and is hypothesized to be disrupted in autism. ....ASD children made more saccades, slowing their reaction times; however, exogenous and endogenous orienting, including gaze cueing, appear intact in ASD. ...

Make Christmas Happen!

Come and listen to Handel's Messiah by the  

Apollo Chorus of Chicago.

Orchestra Hall Sunday December 10 at 3PM

Harris Theater for Music and Dance December 18th at 3PM

Click the link above for information about ticket prices.

What to Do if You Feel Sick Watching 3D Movies

 

What to Do if You Feel Sick Watching 3D Movies

When you watch a 3D movie, do you experience symptoms like headache, nausea, dizziness, blurred vision or double vision? If so, you may be one of the 16% of the population affected by 3D Vision Syndrome.

According to the American Optometric Association, 3D Vision Syndrome is caused by common binocular vision problems, such as:....