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Confirmation email from the Optician Awards reads as follows: “I am delighted to inform you that your company has been shortlisted in the Optical Assistant Team of the Year category of the 2013 Optician Awards. Many congratulations on this achievement, since the number and standard of entries this year was very high. The full shortlist may be viewed on the awards website www.opticianawards.com in due course. The winning entry will be announced on the night of Saturday 13th April at the Birmingham Metropole Hotel, Birmingham”
BCLA urges wearers to buy their lenses with care in response to article in The Sun Newspaper
The British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) is urging contact lens wearers to always buy their contact lenses under the supervision of a registered practitioner and in person.
BCLA President, Dr Catharine Chisholm, commented:
“Contact lens wearers who buy lenses from sources other than their eyecare practitioner have been shown to be less likely to follow good eyecare health practices, including being less likely to attend regular aftercare check-ups”
“A recent study reported that the risk of contact lens-related microbial keratitis – a potentially sight-threatening inflammation of the cornea – was 4.8 times more likely in those that purchased their lenses online compared to directly from their eyecare practitioner”
“Thankfully it is extremely rare for someone to develop an eye infection as a result of contact lens wear – and even less common for this to result in a loss of vision or the eye itself,” added Dr Chisholm
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Intelligent Hands-Free Display for Smartphones
Just as smartphones forever changed the telephone, the Vuzix smart glasses M100 redefines our interface to the ever-expanding digital world.
Vuzix smart glasses M100 is the world’s first enhanced “Hands Free” smartphone display and communications system for on-the-go data access from your Smartphone and the Internet. Running applications under the Android operating system; text, video, email, mapping, audio and all we have come to expect from smartphones is available through this wireless personal information display system. Vuzix smart glasses offer a wearable visual connection to the Cloud, through your smartphone or other compatible smart device, wherever you go.
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In partnership with Crisis at Christmas, Vision Care for Homeless People is calling for volunteers to screen and dispense spectacles to London’s homeless during the Festive period. Read more
A teenager from Northumberland owes his life to his optician after she spotted a large brain tumour during a routine eye test.
Sam Storey, who’s 19, from Hexham, had delayed making an appointment because he was concerned he may have to wear glasses.
But after suffering headaches and problems with his sight he finally went along, and was glad he did.
Watch the full report HERE: http://vimeo.com/54137212
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