SoloHealth featured on “The Doctors”

Tomorrow, SoloHealth™’s EyeSite™ kiosk will be featured on CBS’s “The Doctor’s”, a popular, syndicated TV show filmed in Los Angeles. SoloHealth, which is headquartered in Atlanta, is a healthcare technology company which is leveraging the growing consumer preference for self-directed healthcare services.
EyeSite is an interactive self-service vision testing kiosk that provides consumers with a [...]

Could you have AMD? Take this test to determine your risk

During AMD Week, September 19-27, 2009, Prevent Blindness America and AMD Alliance International are launching the distribution of a viral campaign with a test for AMD.  The short video provides a quick and easy test for the early signs of macular degeneration.  http://www.testyourvisionforamd.com/preventblindness_test.php
Though it is the leading cause of blindness in people over 50 and [...]

New device finds early signs of eye disease in preemies

Tell-tale signs of a condition that can blind premature babies are being seen for the first time using a new handheld device in a study at Duke University Medical Center.
The technology, developed in part by Duke biomedical engineers, uses spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD OCT) to create a 3-D picture of the back of [...]

“I can see!”

To round out your week, here is another letter from a grateful parent.
Thank you so much for existing! Your test and expertise discovered something that had not been detected by previous eye tests or myself.
After receiving his glasses, my son’s first words were, “I can see!” He was so excited about all the things he [...]

Vision improved from 20/125 to 20/40 in 3 months!

This past school year, PBGA screened 31,371 prekindergarten students in Georgia and referred 1843 to an eye care professional for glaucoma, cataracts, amblyopia and other vision threatening eye diseases. For every 17 children screened, we find one child that needs to be referred to an eye care professional. Here is Gus’s story:
Hello!
I’m writing this note [...]

Thank you PBGA!

Here at Prevent Blindness Georgia, we do a lot to inform people about eye disease and proper eye care. We want the opportunity to reach and educate all residents of Georgia. Here is one story.
The day after Christmas, my Dad started batting at the air, like swatting flies out of his face. We were wondering [...]

Sports and Eye Health Safety

Here are some facts about sporst and eye health safety:

 Approximately 25 percent of the estimated 2.4 million eye injuries that occur in the United States each year happen during sports and recreational activities.

 More than 600,000 athletes in America suffer sports eye injuries annually.  Approximately 42,000 of those injured required emergency care.  (CSPC)
 Every 13 minutes an [...]

Gene Therapy for Genetic Eye Disease: One Year Later

Three young adults who received gene therapy for a blinding eye condition remained healthy and maintained previous visual gains one year later, according to an August online report in Human Gene Therapy.
One patient also noticed a visual improvement that helped her perform daily tasks, which scientists describe in an Aug. 13 letter to the editor [...]

September is Eye Safety Awareness Month

Accidental eye injury is one of the leading causes of visual impairment in the United States.  (American Academy Ophthalmology)

Ninety percent of all eye injuries could have been prevented.
Over 1.5 million eye injuries occur in the home environment, approximately 40 percent of all eye injuries.  (The Vision Council)
An annual study from the American Academy of Ophthalmology [...]