The prevalence of ocular structural disorders and nystagmus among preschool-aged children
....Structural ocular abnormalities and nystagmus combined are present in
nearly 2% of preschool-aged children in this population-based study.
Vision loss due to these abnormalities is uncommon....
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Mom of Struggling Reader Finds Help and Speaks Out for College of Optometrists in Vision Development's National Children's Vision and Learning Month
Mom of Struggling Reader Finds Help and Speaks Out for College of Optometrists in Vision Development's National Children's Vision and Learning Month
...Despite being told by five different eye doctors that her 8-year-old daughter Shelby's vision was fine, Lynn DeVore of Yakima, Washington continued to search for reasons why her daughter continued to struggle with reading. The pediatrician said that since the eye doctors said Shelby's vision was fine that Lynn "was just being paranoid and that maybe Shelby was simply not very smart." She continued to search until she found the answer and now DeVore is stepping forward to help other parents by sharing their story for National Children's Vision and Learning Month....
Friday, August 3, 2012
Medicare's 2013 Proposed Fee Schedule: The Physician Impact
Medicare's 2013 Proposed Fee Schedule: The Physician Impact
....Every year CMS publishes the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) for the coming calendar year. On July 9, CMS issued the proposed MPFS for calendar year 2013. These proposed rules can greatly impact physicians, both positively and negatively.....
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Eye position stability in amblyopia and in normal binocular vision.
Eye position stability in amblyopia and in normal binocular vision
....Deficits in spatiotemporal vision in amblyopia are associated with poor position stability. position stability of amblyopic and fellow eyes is differentially affected depending on viewing condition....
New Journals in PubMed
Brain and Behavior
ISSN 2162-3279 (electronic)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/1650/
Archive includes volume 1 (2011) to current
Note: There is no embargo delay for this journal.
Ecology and Evolution
ISSN 2045-7758 (electronic)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/1740/
Archive includes volume 1 (2011) to current
Note: There is no embargo delay for this journal.
ISSN 2162-3279 (electronic)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/1650/
Archive includes volume 1 (2011) to current
Note: There is no embargo delay for this journal.
Ecology and Evolution
ISSN 2045-7758 (electronic)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/1740/
Archive includes volume 1 (2011) to current
Note: There is no embargo delay for this journal.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Differences in Gene Expression between Strabismic and Normal Human Extraocular Muscles.
Differences in Gene Expression between Strabismic and Normal Human Extraocular Muscles
....Differences in gene expression between strabismic and normal human EOMs point to a relevant contribution of the peripheral oculomotor system to the strabismic condition. Decreases in expression of contractility genes and increases of extracellular matrix-associated genes indicate imbalances in EOM structure. We conclude that proteins involved in contractile mechanics and extracellular matrix structure are involved in pathogenesis and/or consequences of strabismus, suggesting potential novel therapeutic targets...
Antibiotics For Children On The Decline But ADHD Medicine Increases
Antibiotics For Children On The Decline But ADHD Medicine Increases
The American Academy of Pediatrics announced the results of an FDA study today, stating that use of antibiotics for infants, children and adolescents has decreased. This is good news, because there are worries of superbugs building from overuse and incorrect use of the drugs. ...
Monday, July 30, 2012
Why Concussions Affect People Differently: Novel Brain Imaging Technique
Why Concussions Affect People Differently: Novel Brain Imaging Technique
....Patients vary widel....y in their response to concussion, but scientists haven't understood why. Now, using a new technique for analyzing data from brain imaging studies, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Montefiore Medical Center have found that concussion victims have unique spatial patterns of brain abnormalities that change over time......
How Music Benefits The Brain
How Music Benefits The Brain
Studies by the University Hospital San Raffaele (Milan, Italy), presented at the 22nd Meeting of the European Neurological Society (ENS) in Prague demonstrated that test persons with no musical background were not only visibly more skilled after completing two weeks of regular exercise on a piano keyboard, their brains also changed measurably. .....
Sunday, July 29, 2012
August is National Children's Vision & Learning Month
August is National Children's Vision & Learning Month
Have your children evaluated by a pediatric optometrist today!
You can find many pediatric eye docs at COVD and OEPF.
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