The ten million adults and two million children in the UK who are obese are at double the risk of losing their sight, according to a report published today by the Royal National Institute for the Blind.
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The World Council of Optometrists (WCO) is looking for volunteers who can provide expertise, insight and hands-on assistance with their program initiatives.
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NHS Connecting for Health, the organisation responsible for delivering the National Programme for Information Technology, recently held a series of clinical engagement workshops to capture specialty-specific requirements for ePrescribing systems.
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Vision Aid Overseas has welcomed a new chairman and elected two new trustees at its Annual General Meeting at Burleigh Court in Loughborough on 23 July 2006.
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A new centre has opened in Brighton bringing together for the first time clinical diagnosis and social care support, as well as training and advice to help people with low vision maintain their independence.
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South Wales optometrist and part-time clinical tutor, Peter Hong, is taking a group of Cardiff University students to Romania to experience optics at the sharp end, dispensing glasses to the needy.
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Trevor Warburton has been appointed the new Chairman of the Association of Optometrists, succeeding Lynne Hansford who had held the position for 3 years.
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Contact lens wearers using ReNu MoistureLoc made by Bausch & Lomb have been advised to stop using the product.
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On Wednesday 12 April Secretary of State for Health, Patricia Hewitt, announced a reorganisation of Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs) in England.
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