Archive for September, 2008

September 08 CET C9622 Contact Lens Solutions Update

Published September 30th, 2008 by Jane Macnaughton.

 
 
CET C9622 This text based article by Ngaire Franklin covers the following aspects of contact lens solutions currently available, whilst making reference to the sensitivity, toxicity and effectivity of current and past care regimes.
Learning Objectives
1. To review current solutions available in the market place for the contact lens wearer.
2. Consider mode of action and effectivity […]

Online Pre-reg lectures a big hit!

Published September 26th, 2008 by Jane Macnaughton.

Our two online pre-registration lectures, the Routine Exam and the Low Vision Core Competencies have been successfully downloaded by a large number of people. We have received some great feedback too, so thank you!
Both lectures are free to download and offer the trainee over an hour of lecture time, straight to your MP3 player. Lectures […]

Did Captain Cook suffer from AMD? Or did he drink some Noni Juice?

Published September 18th, 2008 by Jane Macnaughton.

Captain Cook died at the age of 51 – so we will never know the answer to that question. However, as he sailed across the South Pacific in the mid 18th Century, it is doubtful whether he had a large supply of curly kale and spinach to keep up his reserves of Lutein and Zeaxanthin. […]

National Lottery Winners: Macular Disease Society

Published September 1st, 2008 by Jane Macnaughton.

The winners of The National Lottery Awards 2008 were announced on The National Lottery: Big 7 - a special live BBC1 show, broadcast on Saturday 30 August.
21 Lottery-funded projects from all over the UK gathered at the star-studded event to find out who had won this year’s National Lottery Awards.  Now in their fifth year, […]

4th September 2008 FREE Pre-registration Evening

Published June 12th, 2008 by Jane Macnaughton.

[ September 4, 2008; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ]

Flame Health, in association with CLEARVIEW Training, invites you to attend an informal training event at their central Nottingham offices on Thursday the 4th of September. This event is aimed at Pre-Registration Optometrists and will consist of two presentations throughout the course of the evening.

The first presentation is called “The Way Forward” and is given […]