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 IACLE Information Interface
October 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 [often an expensive route to take]).
Ophthalmology
Medscape & Medscape Ophthalmology, MedPulse,
Week in Review - Medscape Today
Note: registration [no charge] may be required for your initial access to this very useful website. A regular electronic ophthalmological newsletter (e-zine) is also available from Medscape.
To subscribe, visit: https://profreg.medscape.com/px/newsletter.do and indicate your own area(s) of interest.
Coffee Consumption May Reduce Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/546561
Vegetable Consumption Slows Rate of Cognitive Decline
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/546472
Moderate Drinking Lowers CV Risk in Healthy Men
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/546660
Transplanted Precursor Cells Restore Vision in Blind Mice
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/547466?srcmp
Exercise May Help Protect Against Age-Related Macular Degeneration
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/547338?srcmp
Another Hidden Epidemic: Limited Health Literacy
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/546811?srcmp
Look at Your Garbage Bin: It May Be the Only Thing You Need to Know About Statistics
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/546515?srcmp
Will Transparency of Performance Information Improve Quality?
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/545080?srcmp
Weighing in on Obesity -- A Sample Size Issue?
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/546933?srcmp
Long-term Travelers at Much Higher Risk for Malaria Than Short-term Travelers
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/547504
SBK will be next trend in laser refractive surgery, surgeon predicts
http://www.osnsupersite.com/view.asp?rid19330
Contact Lens Spectrum – 2006 October Issue
www.clspectrum.com
Fitting Reverse Geometry Lenses for Keratoconus
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article13123
GP Practice Management
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article13124
Fitting Irregular Corneas with a Hybrid Lens
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article13126
Hybrids for Regular Astigmats
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article13128
GPs and Loyal Patients (Editorial)
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article13127
GPs and Young Practitioners
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article13129
Modulus, Water Content and Dk in Silicone Hydrogels, Part 2
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article13130
Manufacturer Guidelines for Current No-rub Solutions
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article13132
Revisiting Piggyback Lens Fitting for Flat Corneas
http://www.clspectrum.com/article.aspx?article13138
Optometric Management – 2006 October Issue
www.optometric.com
More than Meets the Eye
http://www.optometric.com/article.aspx?article71765
Silicone Hydrogels: STOP and Consider
http://www.optometric.com/article.aspx?article71767
Getting Serious About DRY EYE
http://www.optometric.com/article.aspx?article71766
Build Your Practice with Today's Corneal Topographers
http://www.optometric.com/article.aspx?article71770
Contact Lenses For Athletes
http://www.optometric.com/article.aspx?article71781
Review of Optometry Online – 2006 October Issue
www.revoptom.com
GPC: Don’t Call it An Allergic Reaction
http://www.revoptom.com/index.asp?page2_12970.htm
Corneal Whorls Cause Wonder
http://www.revoptom.com/index.asp?page2_12968.htm
Review of Ophthalmology Online – Next issue: November
www.revophth.com
GP Lens Institute Website and Symposia– 2006 October
www.rgpli.org
Delivered: October 10: Pearls for Making a GP Patient Comfortable
with Dr. Tom Quinn and Dr. Brad Giedd
Coming: November 21: Incorporating GP Multifocals into Your Practice
with Doug Benoit, OD
Silicone Hydrogels Website – 2006 October
www.siliconehydrogels.org
Silicone Hydrogels at the BCLA 2006
http://www.siliconehydrogels.org/meeting_synopsis/index.asp
Change in Myopia Over 3 Years Among Wearers of Continuous Wear SH CLs & Daily Wear Hydrogel CLs
http://www.siliconehydrogels.org/posters/latest.asp
A Healthier Oxygen Environment: Opportunities and Challenges for the Practitioner
http://www.siliconehydrogels.org/editorials/index.asp
Global Contact Website
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 – 2006
www.optometrists.asn.au/ceo (for CEO up to and including Nov/Dec 2005)
www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref0816-4622 (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.
Next issue: November
Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology – 2006
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/ceo
Next issue: November
Optometry & Vision Science – 2006 October Issue
www.optvissci.com
Central Corneal Epitheliopathy in a Long-Term, Overnight Orthokeratology Lens Wearer: A Case Report
http://www.optvissci.com/pt/re/ovs/abstract.00006324-200610000-00008.htm
The Morphology of the Palpebral Fissure in Different Directions of Vertical Gaze
http://www.optvissci.com/pt/re/ovs/abstract.00006324-200610000-00009.htm
Temporal Progression and Spatial Repeatability of Tear Breakup
http://www.optvissci.com/pt/re/ovs/abstract.00006324-200610000-00010.htm
Tear Meniscus Height, Lower Punctum Lacrimale, and the Tear Lipid Layer in Normal Aging
http://www.optvissci.com/pt/re/ovs/abstract.00006324-200610000-00011.htm
Rigid Gas-Permeable Contact Lens Base Curve Radius and Transmissibility Effects on Corneal Oxygen Uptake
http://www.optvissci.com/pt/re/ovs/abstract.00006324-200610000-00012.htm
Deposition Rates and Lens Care Influence on Galyfilcon A Silicone Hydrogel Lenses
http://www.optvissci.com/pt/re/ovs/abstract.00006324-200610000-00014.htm
Objective and Subjective Responses in Patients Refitted to Daily-Wear Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses
http://www.optvissci.com/pt/re/ovs/abstract.00006324-200610000-00015.htm
A Comparison of Wavefront Aberrations in Eyes Wearing Different Types of Soft Contact Lenses
http://www.optvissci.com/pt/re/ovs/abstract.00006324-200610000-00016.htm
Contact Lens & Anterior Eye – 2006 October Issue (formerly: J of the Brit CL Assoc)
www.intl.elsevierhealth.com/journals/clae/
Next issue: November
Eye & Contact Lens – 2006 (formerly the CLAO Journal)
http://www.claojournal.org
Next issue: December
Investigative Ophthalmology - 2006 October Issue
www.iovs.org For faster access outside North America use: http://intl.iovs.org
Differential Mechanisms of Conjunctival Cell Death Induction by Ultraviolet Irradiation and Benzalkonium Chloride
http://intl.iovs.org/cgi/content/abstract/47/10/4221
Associations between Childhood Refraction and Parental Smoking
http://intl.iovs.org/cgi/content/abstract/47/10/4277
Factors Affecting the Morbidity of Contact Lens–Related Microbial Keratitis: A Population Study
http://intl.iovs.org/cgi/content/abstract/47/10/4302
Tear Film Osmolarity: Determination of a Referent for Dry Eye Diagnosis
http://intl.iovs.org/cgi/content/abstract/47/10/4309
Relationships between Central Tear Film Thickness and Tear Menisci of the Upper and Lower Eyelids
http://intl.iovs.org/cgi/content/abstract/47/10/4349
Salicylic Acid Reduces the Production of Several Potential Virulence Factors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Associated with Microbial Keratitis
http://intl.iovs.org/cgi/content/abstract/47/10/4453
Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica 2006 October Issue
www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref1395-3907
Effect of 0.03% tacrolimus ointment on conjunctival cytology in patients with severe atopic blepharoconjunctivitis: a retrospective study
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1600-0420.2006.00699.x
NZ Optics
www.nzoptics.co.nz
In Contact
http://www.nzoptics.co.nz/backissues/oct06.htm
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.
General Interest
NewScientist (several editions appeared in October)
http://www.newscientist.com/home.ns
How the body douses the fires of infection
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19225724.300-how-the-body-douses-the-fires-of-infection.html
Power of diabetes 'cure' fades over long term
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19225724.400-power-of-diabetes-cure-fades-over-long-term.html
Big pharma calling journals' shots?
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/mg19225733.100-big-pharma-calling-journals-shots.html
Technology: General
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
Articles and information selected by Lewis Williams, MOptom, PhD, IACLE Secretariat, Sydney.
Questions or comments can also be sent to iacle@iacle.org.
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