WSD: Stronger together
World Sight Day (WSD) is an annual day of awareness held on the second Thursday of October, to focus global attention on blindness and vision impairment. 2016 is the fourth…
Nobel Prize: Optical Legacies
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Oct 3, 2016: Announcement of winners of the Nobel Prize 2016 kicked off in the following categories: Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Peace, and Economic Science. Yoshinori Ohsumi, a Japanese cell biologist, bagged the Nobel Laureate in Physiology and Medicine for his discovery of mechanisms for autophagy. While the announcements continue and as we await awardees in other categories, let’s take a glimpse of the optical industry’s major contributors to scientific development.
Zika virus can be detected in the eyes
Scientists from the Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention have examined whether Zika virus (ZIKV) could be detected from conjunctival swab samples of laboratory-confirmed ZIKV cases. The clinical…
New initiative to fight sight loss, promote sight
_______________________ As someone who lost his sight to retinitis pigmentosa, Julian Jackson (ex Senior Adviser to Fight for Sight) is passionate about promoting the science behind sight and introducing the extraordinarily…
Senior citizens receive free eye care in Taguig, Philippines
TAGUIG CITY, June 15 (PIA) – The city government of Taguig provides eye care for 30,000 senior citizens with their free eye check-up and free prescription glasses. Mayor Lani…
Researcher uses imaging techniques to topple corneal disease
A researcher at the University of Houston is developing new techniques to map the structural integrity of the human cornea. The project is aimed at discovering more effective therapies for…
Brien Holden Vision Institute keeps eyes on global myopia crisis
May 18, 2016: Eyezone Institute of Opticianry, a comprehensive continuing education training centre based in Kuwait, hosted a mini-conference magnifying public health optometry in a lecture conducted by distinguished educator, Director of Global Human Resource…
Eyezone Institute conducts training at AOU
Eyezone Institute of Opticianry conducted a training session and lecture yesterday, April 26, 2016, at Arab Open University (AOU) Kuwait. The session was headed by Executive Director, Dr. Nezar Damati OD…
ECPs flock JOPAL 2016
Head of the JOPAL Scientific Program Committee and Executive Director at Eyezone Institute of Opticianry, Dr. Nezar Damati, OD MBA CIPT, together with Eyezone Institute's Assistant Training Director, Dr. Moayad Al-Deek MSc.…
Play sports, play safe
According to Andrew C. Lavey, OD, in his article published in Physicians' Health Network, "approximately 40,000 sports eye injuries occur every year. Sadly, the majority of victims are children, too…