Brain & Eye Connection

10/30/2023

https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-warns-consumers-not-purchase-or-use-certain-eye-drops-several-major-brands-due-risk-eye

FDA warns consumers not to purchase or use certain eye drops from several major brands due to risk of eye infection

08/31/2023

Nationwide Recall Of Tainted Eye Drops Growing
The Hill Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (8/30, Tanner ) reports, “A nationwide recall of tainted eye drops is growing after bacterial and fungal contamination were found in sample tests, according to the” FDA. Currently, “Dr. Berne’s Whole Health Products is... voluntarily recalling Share to FacebookShare to
Twitter all lots of the company’s MSM Drops 5% Solution, 15% Solution, Organic Castor Oil Eye Drops and MSM Mist 15% Solution.” On Aug. 22, the agency “announced in a statement that tests of Dr. Berne’s MSM Drops 5% Solution detected bacterial and fungal contamination,” which “could cause the loss of vision or a life-threatening infection.”

07/30/2023

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05/27/2023

05/22/2023

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/19/health/ezricare-eye-drops-recall-update/index.html

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting an additional death and six more cases of vision loss linked to infections from eye drops recalled due to bacterial contamination.

04/28/2023

Abnormalities of the thalamus could be to blame for persistent symptoms in the months following a concussion, according to new research.

04/16/2023

Looking Through Rose-Colored Glasses 👓
Let’s take a look at how tints play an important role in treating brain injury.

"Photophobia is common following an acquired brain injury (ABI). It is not rare for patients to wear sunglasses both indoors and outside following their injury. We have even seen some patients present with sunglasses, a hat and a hoodie pulled over their heads. As with other symptoms related to ABI, the level of photophobia varies with the severity of the injury.
We can help these patients quite quickly and easily through the use of tints. This intervention can be added to a standard pair of glasses or prescribed as a fit-over on top of glasses or contact lenses. Researchers studied 51 concussed patients, 76% of whom complained of photophobia. Of those patients with photophobia, 85% were successfully treated with tints.2 In our experience at Southern College of Optometry (SCO) in the Vision Therapy & Rehabilitation Service, we can boast of similar treatment results. Here, we will present a case of successful treatment of ABI-related photophobia."

Read more in the latest Focus on Refraction column: https://www.reviewofoptometry.com/article/looking-through-rosecolored-glasses

03/11/2023

BRAIN INJURY AWARENESS

Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)/concussion is an all-encompassing/umbrella term for damage to the brain that occurs after birth. Typically this damage is sudden, non-progressive, non-degenerative, and leads to abnormalities in neurological processing. These neurological changes can adversely affect the way a person functions in their activities of daily living, i.e., thought process, emotional behavior, speech ability, and physical changes such as impaired motor function, problems with a person’s visual system.

Learn More Here: https://www.covd.org/page/braininjury

Find a Developmental Optometrist Here: https://locate.covd.org/

10/27/2022

09/26/2022

https://automaton-media.com/en/news/20220905-15414/

Meteor Blaster is a mobile game that can assist in the early detection of glaucoma. A demo version is currently available as a browser game for iOS and Android.

09/12/2022

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1433510737125068&id=373911946418291

I saw the dog first

07/10/2022

https://bigthink.com/the-future/augmented-reality-ar-milestone-wearable-contacts/

For the first time, an augmented reality contact lens was worn on the eye of a human subject. It has about 30x the pixel density of an iPhone.