Albiani, Smith & Smith Optometrists

11/29/2019

Now carrying TOM FORD frames and sunglasses. Come explore the collection.

11/06/2019

Now carrying Burberry frames and sunglasses. Come check them out!!

11/04/2019

Halloween didn't happen unless we have a story like this...

Special effects or colored contacts can be fun, but over-the-counter lenses can damage your eyes.

10/26/2019

We have a new optical illusion to love/hate.

Lizzo was shook, but the actual science behind it is questionable.

10/11/2019

Many vision problems can be treated if caught early. This October, remember that undiagnosed vision problems can impact a child's learning and development. Book an eye exam today!

10/08/2019

One of your favorite card games just got a little more accessible as UNO releases Braille version for blind and low vision patients.

Mattel released an accessible version of its popular card game, UNO Braille, for people who are blind or have low vision.

10/06/2019

This is , make eye health a priority for your family. Children under 19 are covered by OHIP for a comprehensive eye exam! Book a comprehensive eye exam for your children today by calling the SUDBURY office at 705-522-1177 or HANMER office at 705-969-3601.

09/16/2019

Do you know anyone who is colorblind?
They might like this app.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/color-blind-pal/id1037744228

10/15/2018

Get this man some contacts!

Princess Eugenie's walk down the aisle was straight out of a fairy tale – and Jack Brooksbank made sure not to miss a moment

09/17/2018

Birds get cataracts, too.

Zoo Miami has successfully performed double cataract surgery on a 47-year-old Sarus Crane, which are the world's tallest flying birds.

09/12/2018

Can you really kill someone with Visine?

Tetrahydrozoline, the active ingredient in both over-the-counter nasal decongestant sprays and eyedrops like Visine, has been used in a number of high-profile poisoning cases.

09/08/2018

Eye Exam Shows Promise in Predicting Alzheimer's.

Using an easy eye exam, researchers at Washington University of Medicine in St. Louis were able to detect evidence of Alzheimer’s disease in patients before they had symptoms of the disease.

09/04/2018

80% of learning is done through the eyes. Make sure your are ready to learn.
Call our Sudbury location (705-522-1177) or Hanmer office (705-969-3601) to book your child an eye exam today!

08/23/2018

It’s season and Albiani, Smith & Smith Optometrists wants to make sure you !
80% of learning is done through the eyes. Make sure your are ready to learn. Book an eye exam today!

08/19/2018

Did you know only 28% of children under 19 have had an OHIP-COVERED eye exam? We can do better than that! Put eye exams on the top of your back-to-school checklist.

08/17/2018

Woman had a contact lens stuck in her eye for 28 years!

A badminton game as a teenager came back to haunt a U.K. woman 28 years later.

08/10/2018

Researchers reveal how blue light exposure is damaging your eyes.

​In today’s connected world we are increasingly having blue light beamed into our eyes at all times of day.​ A new study from the University of Toledo has homed in on exactly how blue light can damage our eyes and the researchers recommend avoiding looking at cell phones and tablets in the dar...

07/18/2018

Art and AMD.
A current art exhibit at the University of Cincinnati is based around artists that have macular degeneration.

"Persistence of Vision," curated by DAAP and New York's Vision and Art Projects, looks at eight artists who kept painting and drawing despite being struck with vision-losing macular degeneration.

07/10/2018

Can my child get glasses to prevent myopia?
If you live in Asia, maybe later this year.
A research team has collaborated with Hoya on a new spectacle lens called the Defocus Incorporated Multiple Segments (DIMS) lens.

Hoya has announced it is preparing to release a new type of ophthalmic lens that should slow myopia progression significantly.

06/25/2018

A robot operated on a human eye for the first time ever.

https://thenextweb.com/science/2018/06/19/a-robot-operated-on-a-human-eye-for-the-first-time-ever/

Humans, we best watch out. Surgeons have used a robot to conduct eye surgery for the first time ever. The trial took place at Oxford’s John Radcliffe hospital and was published in Nature Biomedical Engineering. 12 patients were involved, half of them were operated on normally, while the other half...

06/18/2018

If you're into architecture...
This newly designed "retina house" actually blinks.

https://www.opumo.com/magazine/see-how-the-retina-house-blinks-its-remarkable-eyes/

Occupying a newly created meadow in an ancient landscape, an ultra-contemporary home looks out, like an eye, on its surroundings. Even more remarkably, this home actually blinks.

06/04/2018

Did you hear about the new artificial iris?
The FDA recently approved the first prosthetic iris.

https://www.10tv.com/article/fda-approves-first-artificial-iris

The surgically implanted device, called the CustomFlex Artificial Iris, is meant to treat adults and children whose iris is damaged.

05/10/2018

What about contacts for color blindness?

https://www.aop.org.uk/ot/science-and-vision/research/2018/05/01/birmingham-researchers-develop-contact-lens-to-correct-colour-blindness

University of Birmingham researchers have reported that contact lenses tinted with a rhodamine derivative dye can help people with deficiencies in their red-green colour vision

05/07/2018

Group of rare eye cancer cases baffles experts.

Investigators say it's too soon to call it a cluster as they look for common thread of large number of young patients with ocular melanoma

05/02/2018

Finally, a Contact Lens That Actually Beams Lasers from you Eyes!!

https://www.sciencealert.com/contact-lens-laser-thin-flexible-membrane-security-tag

Scientists have created an ultrathin, flexible film that can emit laser light - and successfully tested it on a contact lens, demonstrating the possibility of laser eye-beams.

04/25/2018

Contact Lenses with Transitions
The internet is all over the newly approved Oasys with Transitions and, as the internet does, it created a hilarious spoof on what they might look like.
Check it out on youtube!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXWzpKYXRXM

Directed by Ryan Moulton Written by John Milhiser Starring Nicole Byer, John Milhiser, Mark Schroeder, Josh Sharp, Mano Agapion, John Hartman, Marcy Jarreau,...

04/17/2018

Can I get contacts with Transitions?
The future is now. The FDA just approved Acuvue Oasys with Transitions.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., April 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson & Johnson Vision today announced ACUVUE OASYS® with...

04/12/2018

Researchers developed goggles that can be worn by a surgeon to detect cancer cells deeper in the skin.

The goggles have an integrated camera that can pick up infrared signals beneath the surface of the tissue.