The comparative health economic study on the delivery of primary eye care in Germany, France and the UK, led by Professor Wasem of the University of Duisburg-Essen, has been finalised. The full study is available here. On 22 November 2011, ECOO and the ZVA...
PRESS RELEASE – September 2012 – Vision exercises do not help presbyopic patients (PDF) New Research Results published in “Optometry and Vision Science” Vol. 89, No. 8, August 2012 Read Without Glasses (RWOG) is a training method developed at...
Fluorescein strips, used in contact lenses fitting and to assess ocular health, have been considered and used as medical devices since their invention. Recently, confusion about its classification has caused significant supply problems in Europe. Non-binding guidance...
PRESS RELEASE – How does visually demanding computer work increase eye-related pain? (pdf) Visually demanding computer work is often known to reinforce eye strain including glare and increased squinting. Given the limited number of studies on this topic, there...
Wearing goggles over contact lenses while swimming is often recommended by eye care professionals. However, limited data are available to assess this recommendation. For this reason a study has been carried out in Australia by the optometrists Yvonne T. Wu et al. to...
