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 IACLE Information Interface
May 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) may 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) may 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.
Risk of Cataracts and Glaucoma With Inhaled Steroid Use in Children
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/529088?src=mp
Traffic, Susceptibility, and Childhood Asthma
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/532162?src=mp
WHO Seeks Greater Openness in Clinical Drug Trials
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/532731?src=mp
Expert Column - Risk Factors for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/532642?src=mp
Conference Report - Highlights of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
2006 Annual Meeting
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/532643?src=mp
CONTACT LENS SPECTRUM
May 2006 Issue
www.clspectrum.com
Contact Lenses and Aquatics
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=13018
Know Your Soft Bifocal Lens Options
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=13019
The Role of Oxygen in Successful Lens Wear
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=13020
Patient Selection Tips for Presbyopic GP Lenses
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=13022
Revisiting Hydrogen Peroxide Disinfection
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article=13026
OPTOMETRIC MANAGEMENT
May 2006 Issue
www.optometric.com
2006 Contact Lens Update
http://www.optometric.com/article.aspx?article=71612
GP Industry Update
http://www.optometric.com/article.aspx?article=71613
MANAGEMENT OF THE Chronic Dry Eye Patient
http://www.optometric.com/article.aspx?article=71617
Which is More Profitable —Contact Lenses or Glasses?
http://www.optometric.com/article.aspx?article=71614
Give Patients the Right Solution
http://www.optometric.com/article.aspx?article=71615
One Solution in the Battle Against Dry Eye: Nutrition
http://www.optometric.com/article.aspx?article=71616
REVIEW OF OPTOMETRY ONLINE
May 2006 Issue
www.revoptom.com
Nutrition and the Eye: How and Why to Fortify
http://www.revoptom.com/index.asp?page=2_1705.htm
Corneal Infiltrative Complications Associated With Contact Lens Wear
http://www.revoptom.com/index.asp?ArticleType=SiteSpec&page=osc/apr04/ciba.htm
REVIEW OF OPHTHALMOLOGY ONLINE
May 2006 Issue
www.revophth.com
Better Data on Contact Lenses’ Benefits, Impact
http://www.revophth.com/index.asp?page=1_941.htm
A Blueprint for Your Own Dry-Eye Clinic
http://www.revophth.com/index.asp?page=1_933.htm
GL LENS INSTITUTE WEBSITE AND SYMPOSIA
May 2006 Issue
www.rgpli.org
May 9 Corneal Reshaping with Dr John Rinehart and Dr Cary Herzberg
June 13 GP Practice Management with Dr Rob Davis
SILICONE HYDROGELS WEBSITE
May 2006 Issue
www.siliconehydrogels.org
Corneal epithelial barrier function with CW silicone hydrogels
Conjunctival Epithelial Flaps: What Are They and Do We Need to Worry?
A Conjunctival Response to Silicone Hydrogel Lens Wear
Bilateral Conjunctival Epithelial Flaps: A Case Study
GLOBAL CONTACT WEBSITE
May 2006 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.
CLINICAL & EXPERIMENTAL OPTOMETRY
May 2006 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
May 2006 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
May 2006 Issue
www.optvissci.com
Comparison of Multifocal and Monovision Soft Contact Lens Corrections in Patients With Low- Astigmatic Presbyopia.
Visual Acuity in Simple Myopic Astigmatism: Influence of Cylinder Axis.
CONTACT LENS & ANTERIOR EYE
May 2006 Issue (J of the Brit CL Assoc)
www.intl.elsevierhealth.com/journals/clae/
A decade of contact lens prescribing trends in the United Kingdom (1996–2005)
Evaluation of povidone-iodine as a disinfectant solution for contact lenses: Antimicrobial activity and cytotoxicity for corneal epithelial cells
Relative performance of soft contact lenses having lathe-cut posterior surfaces with and without additional polishing
EYE & CONTACT LENS
May 2006 Issue (formerly the CLAO Journal)
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
May 2006 Issue
www.iovs.org For faster access outside North America use: http://intl.iovs.org
Three-Dimensional Modeling of the Human Eye Based on Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
ACTA OPHTHALMOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA 2006
Next issue is June
www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1395-3907
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 Today MedPulse
Registration (no charge) may 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)
IACLE IS INDEBTED TO ITS SPONSORS FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT OF IACLE'S INITIATIVES IN FURTHERING GLOBAL CONTACT LENS EDUCATION
CIBA Vision
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care
Bausch & Lomb
CooperVision
AMO
Alcon Laboratories
Menicon Europe
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Articles and information selected by Lewis Williams, MOptom, PhD, IACLE Secretariat, Sydney.
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