by Bruce Brown | April 29, 2021 | Health, Medical
Would you like one more reason to trade in your Samsung Galaxy smartphone for a newer model? How about if your old Galaxy smartphone could help improve access to eye care for underserved populations? The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that nearly half of the...
by Bruce Brown | August 25, 2020 | Medical
Ophthalmology exams do a lot more than determine what sort of glasses you need. We’ve covered at-home vision screening including EyeQue’s Vision Monitoring Kit and Notal Vision’s ForeseeHome platform. EyeQue’s kit measures for refractive error to...
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by Bruce Brown | July 29, 2020 | Medical
As if a diagnosis of glaucoma isn’t bad enough, the progressive disease is the second leading cause of blindness worldwide according to the World Health Organization. An undetected and untreated IOP increase can result in permanent blindness due to optic nerve...
by Bruce Brown | December 4, 2019 | Health
People with impaired vision lose more than their visual acuity. The loss of independence can lead to changin their place of residence and requiring assistance with certain everyday tasks. We wrote about NuEyes in 2016, a lightweight wearable headset that projects...
by Bruce Brown | November 20, 2018 | General News, Medical
Nearly three million Americans have glaucoma, according to the CDC. The disease is one of the most common causes of blindness. When glaucoma is detected, the disease progression can be slowed so that the patient won’t lose any more vision. There are no early...
