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Bedford Eye Care Centre Welcome Video
A short video describing the services and products provided by the Bedford Eye Care Centre in Bedford, Nova Scotia by our optometrists, Dr. Toby Mandelman, Dr. Angela Dobson, Dr. Avila Cox and Dr. Erin Sheppard.
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Every week, the Bedford Eye Care Centre posts topics of interest, including eye and general health news as well as news about our office. Feel free to comment on any of the blog posts or ask us a question at information@bedfordeyecarecentre.ca ... we are more than happy to answer!
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Meet Mensa’s youngest US member: She joined at age 2
Once thought to be delayed, little Emmelyn Roettger just needed glasses
Would you wear Terminator-style contact lenses?
A team at the University of Washington have created a prototype wireless contact lens display.
Laser Vision Correction EVENT
TLC (Laser Eye Centers) Celebrating 10 years in Halifax
Information Session
Special Testing on Site
FREE Procedure to win
Doctor claims he can permanently change eye colour
A Laguna Beach doctor claims that he is about a year away from perfecting a new laser technology that lets you permanently change your eye colour from brown to blue.
AOA Study Cites Safety and Compliance Issues for Rx Eyeglasses Ordered Online
Consumers who order prescription eyeglasses online often receive glasses that fail to comply with optical tolerance and impact resistance requirements, according to a newly released study.
Save the Eyeballs This Halloween!
Tis the season when the best costumes rule! Nowadays many of the best costumes entail decorations from head to toe and sometimes the eyes, with the use of cosmetic contact lenses. However, there are potentially serious consequences to consider when deciding if altering your eyes will be part of the costume.
myVisionTrack App in Development To Test Vision Changes in People With Macular Degeneration
An upcoming iPhone/iPod Touch app called myVisionTrack will give macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy patients the ability to monitor changes in their vision over time. This in turn can help their eye doctor adjust treatment as needed.
The plastic eye implant to replace reading glasses
It is one of the signs of reaching middle-age: the need to wear reading glasses.An estimated 23 million Britons suffer from presbyopia, or age-related longsightedness.Now a revolutionary new treatment, involving an operation to insert a plastic implant into the eye, could allow millions to abandon their spectacles.
Mouse-eye view may lead to gene therapy for blindness
IF YOU’VE EVER wanted to look through someone else’s eyes, you can do it right here in Halifax at Dalhousie’s medical school.
Sunglasses should be worn all year to protect eyes from UV rays
We all know the importance of guarding your skin with sunscreen, but what about protecting your eyes on these long, bright summer days?
Virtual White Cane for the Blind
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem recently unveiled a new "virtual cane" that allows blind users to reconstruct a more accurate image of their surroundings than with a traditional white cane.
In Eyes, a Clock Calibrated by Wavelengths of Light
Just as the ear has two purposes — hearing and telling you which way is up — so does the eye. It receives the input necessary for vision, but the retina also houses a network of sensors that detect the rise and fall of daylight. With light, the body sets its internal clock to a 24-hour cycle regulating an estimated 10 percent of our genes.
Giant Weed Can Cause Blisters, Even Blindness
Officials urge people to steer clear of the giant hogweed. Note: This is a US post, but this weed IS present in Nova Scotia and the Halifax area... beware!!
The Sun Is the Best Optometrist
WHY is nearsightedness so common in the modern world? In the early 1970s, 25 percent of Americans were nearsighted; three decades later, the rate had risen to 42 percent, and similar increases have occurred around the world.
Scientists make eye’s retina from stem cells
A part of the eye that is essential for vision has been created in the laboratory from animal stem cells, offering hope to the blind and partially sighted.
Revolutionary new X-ray treatment that could save the sight of thousands
An X-ray treatment that could save the sight of thousands is being trialled on the NHS.
Stem cell injection ‘reverses glaucoma’
People with glaucoma could receive a simple injection in the near future to halt - or even reverse - the eye condition.
Acupuncture Might Treat Certain Kind of Lazy Eye
Small Chinese study found it worked better than an eye patch in older kids with condition
Laser Treatment of Eye Floaters
Some people call them floaters. Eye doctors call them "vitreous opacities." Emily Flynn of Dunedin, New Zealand, called hers "a little fuzzball." She flew halfway around the world to have it removed.
How to permanently get rid of your red, bloodshot eyes.
Dr. Boxer Wachler has invented a surgical technique, called I-Brite Eye Whitening which can permanently remove conspicuous redness and brown or yellow spots from the eyes.
Girl, 4, sees parents for the first time thanks to miracle stem cell operation
A little girl who has been blind since birth has seen her mother and father for the first time - at the age of four.
Retina-Damaging Green Laser Pointers Easy To Get Online.
So far, the reports have been scattered and anecdotal. But eye doctors around the world are warning that recent cases of teenagers who suffered eye damage while playing with high-powered green laser pointers are likely to be just the first of many.
14 Things Your Eyes Say About Your Health
Looking people straight in the eye may or may not reveal their honesty -- but the eyes *can* tell you about cholesterol, liver disease, or diabetes, if you know what to look for.
Is your computer damaging your eyes?
More and more women are reporting problems with their vision—and their computers are to blame.
The amazing bionic eye that lets the blind see with the help of a microchip
A 46-year-old man thought he would never see again after a devastating eye disease robbed him of his sight.
Eating omega-3-rich fish may keep vision loss at bay
Dishing up fish and shellfish more often at meals could help some older adults protect their eyesight longer.
Can Boomers Throw Away Their Reading Glasses?
With the baby-boom generation now firmly in the age range when near-range vision goes blurry, advances in refractive surgery and implants could allow many of them to do away with reading glasses, researchers said here.
Canadian breakthrough in cataract treatment
The Canadian company Vision Rejuvenation™ Victoria (British Columbia) has become the first centre in Canada to implant the world’s first light adjustable intraocular lens.
Vodka eyeball shots a dangerous way to imbibe
College students have long done crazy things, from swallowing gold fish to jamming themselves into telephone booths. Not all things they try are dangerous, but some are.
Two new cases in point: consumption of controversial alcoholic energy drinks likely to be banned today; and a bizarre method of trying to get plastered by absorbing alcohol through the eyeball.
Scientists May Have Partially Reversed Age-Related Degeneration In Mice.
U.S. scientists say they have partially reversed age-related degeneration in mice, leading to new brain and testes growth, improved fertility and the return of lost cognitive function, or thinking skills.