IACLE Information Interface

June 2006

Information Interface is an IACLE-provided resource that includes useful information and/or the location of information that can be accessed readily.

Information is gleaned monthly from newsletters, journals, abstracts, magazines, relevant websites, and professional associations, as well as manufacturers of contact lenses, lens care products, and clinical and/or research instrumentation.

For some websites, registration [at no charge] June be required for initial access.  Some websites offer free electronic newsletters (e-zines).

Most journals offer abstracts at no charge but usually, full texts are not available free-of-charge unless your institution has an arrangement with the publishers, you are a member of an affiliated organization, you have a personal subscription, or you agree to pay for individual articles).

OPHTHALMOLOGY
Medscape & Medscape Ophthalmology MedPulse

Note: registration [no charge] June be required for your initial access to this very useful website.  A regular electronic ophthalmological newsletter (e-zine) is available from Medscape.

To subscribe, visit: https://profreg.medscape.com/px/newsletter.do  and indicate your own area(s) of interest.

Addressing the Outbreak of Fusarium Keratitis Associated With Contact Lens Wear: An Expert Interview With Herbert Kaufman, MD
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/533699?src=mp

New Recommendations Regarding Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes Issued
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/533929

Using Action Plans to Help Primary Care Patients Adopt Healthy Behaviors: A Descriptive Study
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/532506?src=mp

Information on Complementary and Alternative Medicine in US Government Databases Is Biased
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/533527?src=mp

Coffee May Protect Against Alcoholic Cirrhosis
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/536197

AIDS: The First Quarter Century (a slide presentation)
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/533923?src=mp

Not Tonight, I Have a Headache?
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/533713?src=mp

Substituting Salt With a Potassium Salt May Benefit Elderly Veterans
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/536353

Clusters of Ulcerative Keratomycosis on the Rise
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/536498?src=mp

Growth Factor Changes After Diabetic Cataract Surgery Tied to Disease Progression
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/537111?src=mp

Update on Antibiotic Resistance in Hospitals
http://www.medscape.com/editorial/cmetogo/5541

AHA Dietary and Lifestyle Recommendations Revised
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/536831

Expert Column - Risk Factors for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/532642

Going Blind on Our Watch
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/537341?src=mp

"Special" Intraocular Lens Designs: Why Do They Sometimes Fail?
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/533630?src=mp

Fish Consumption May Reduce Risk for Age-Related Maculopathy
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/540500

Treatment of Uncorrected Refractive Error Improves Vision-Specific Quality of Life
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/537049?src=mp

CONTACT LENS SPECTRUM
2006 June Issue
www.clspectrum.com

Contact Lenses: The Good, the Bad and the Sad and Wasteful
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=13046

20 Years of Contact Lenses
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=13044

10 Contact Lens Highlights from the Last Two Decades
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=13048

Assessing and Treating Complications
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=13050

Elements of a Successful Contact Lens Practice
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=13051

A Brief History of Contact Lens Materials
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=13055

Photodocumentation Without Going Broke
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=13058

Use Fusarium Cases to Emphasize Proper Lens Care
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=13060

Interpreting Piggyback Fluorescein Patterns
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=13061

OPTOMETRIC MANAGEMENT
2006 June Issue
www.optometric.com

NEW ZEALAND OPTICS
2006 June Issue
www.nzoptics.co.nz

In Contact Column
http://www.nzoptics.co.nz/backissues/jun06.htm

The Journey to Going Paperless
http://www.revoptom.com/index.asp?page=2_1731.htm

Another Primer on Plugs
http://www.revoptom.com/index.asp?page=2_1740.htm

O.D.s Not Tickled “Pink” By Study Results
http://www.revoptom.com/index.asp?page=2_1724.htm

REVIEW OF OPHTHALMOLOGY ONLINE
2006 June Issue
www.revophth.com

Little of significance to members

GP LENS INSTITUTE WEBSITE AND SYMPOSIA
2006 June Issue
www.rgpli.org

June 9:         Corneal Reshaping with Dr John Rinehart and Dr Cary Herzberg
June 13:        GP Practice Management with Dr Rob Davis
July 11:        Gas Permeable Problem-Solving with Dr. Robert Grohe, Dr.
Jon Kendall, and Dr. Ken Maller

SILICONE HYDROGELS WEBSITE
2006 June Issue
www.siliconehydrogels.org

Oxygen Flux: What’s it all about?
Review of Galvin KE, Fink B & Hill RM., Oxygen: How Well is the Cornea
Being Served?
Synopsis: Silicone Hydrogels at ARVO 2006, Part 1

GLOBAL CONTACT WEBSITE
2006 June Issue
www.gclabsite.com

The Interesting Web sites section is a comprehensive listing of the URLs of most relevant contact lens-related entities arranged under logical headings.

Abstract: Soft Lenses for Keratoconus
http://www.gclabsite.com/hotnews.php?&news=news25G07C1181N35&wofile=yes

Further US Patent Granted on Translating Bifocal
http://www.gclabsite.com/hotnews.php?&news=news56G06C1175N12&wofile=yes

CLINICAL & EXPERIMENTAL OPTOMETRY
2006 May/June Issue
www.optometrists.asn.au/ceo   (for CEO up to and including Nov/Dec 2005)

www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0816-4622   (Jan 2006 –)

From Jan/Feb 2006 edition, abstracts are available at no charge but full texts are only available to OAA members, CEOptometry subscribers, and staff of subscribing institutions, or by purchase of the particular articles.

GUEST EDITORIAL: Do contact lenses shape up?  Leo G Carney DSc PhD
MScOptom

INVITED REVIEW: Orthokeratology review and update.  Helen A Swarbrick PhD

Repeatability and agreement of two A-scan ultrasonic biometers and IOLMaster in non-orthokeratology subjects and post-orthokeratology children.

How to make clinical decisions from statistics.

CLINICAL & EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY
2006 May/June Issue
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/ceo

Aureobasidium pullulans keratitis
Mitomycin C in the treatment of pterygium.
Combined 'symmetrical conjunctival flap transposition' and intraoperative low-dose mitomycin C in the treatment of primary pterygium.Marked discordance for myopia in female monozygotic twins.

OPTOMETRY & VISION SCIENCE
2006 June Issue
www.optvissci.com

The Charles F. Prentice Award Lecture 2005: Optics of the Human Eye:
Progress and Problems.
The Effect of Overnight Contact Lens Corneal Reshaping on Refractive
Error-Specific Quality of Life
The Repeatability of Corneal and Corneal Epithelial Thickness Measurements
Using Optical Coherence Tomography
Novel Pachometry Calibration
Anterior Segment Measurements Using Digital Photography: A Simple
Technique

CONTACT LENS & ANTERIOR EYE (formerly: J of the Brit CL Assoc)
2006 June Issue
www.intl.elsevierhealth.com/journals/clae/

EYE & CONTACT LENS (formerly the CLAO Journal)
2006 May/June Issue
http://www.claojournal.org

Prolonged Hypoxia Induces Lipid Raft Formation and Increases Pseudomonas
Internalization in vivo After Contact Lens Wear and Lid Closure.
Contact Lens Care Products Effect on Corneal Sensitivity and Patient Comfort.
Higher Order Aberrations Induced by Soft Contact Lenses in Normal Eyes with Myopia.

INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY
2006 June Issue
www.iovs.org    For faster access outside North America use:
http://intl.iovs.org

UVB-Mediated Induction of Cytokines and Growth Factors in Pterygium
Epithelial Cells Involves Cell Surface Receptors and Intracellular
Signaling
http://intl.iovs.org/cgi/content/abstract/47/6/2430

Conjunctival Cytokine Expression in Symptomatic Moderate Dry Eye Subjects
http://intl.iovs.org/cgi/content/abstract/47/6/2445

ACTA OPHTHALMOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA 2006 (next issue is June)
www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1395-3907

Working in developing countries: the challenges and the satisfaction
Corneal transplantation in a developing country: problems associated with technology transfer from rich to poor societies
Symposium: Cornea in genetic disease
Symposium: Optical coherence tomography in ophthalmology: theory and clinic
Symposium: Refractive errors in European population
Symposium: Rejection of corneal grafts – a major complication
Symposium: Keratoconus

OPHTHALMIC TEACHING RESOURCES
www.ophthalmic.hyperguides.com

Free registration is required.  A wide range of teaching materials is available.  Topics offered lean towards the ophthalmological.

MEDICINE
Week in Review - Medscape Pulse
(Registration (no charge) June be required for your initial access to this very useful website).

Regular, specialized electronic medical newsletters (e-zines) are also available from Medscape.

To subscribe to any of these, visit:
https://profreg.medscape.com/px/newsletter.do  and indicate your own
area(s) of interest.

GENERAL INTEREST

NewScientist
http://www.newscientist.com/home.ns

TECHNOLOGY

www.slashdot.org
www.theregister.co.uk
www.theinquirer.org
www.dpreview.com  (an excellent digital camera website)

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CIBA Vision
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care
Bausch & Lomb
CooperVision
AMO
Alcon Laboratories
Menicon Europe

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