Researchers compared visual acuity assessment with a novel smartphone app (Peek Acuity) and a standard method in 111 children (ages 3–17 years) who were referred to an ophthalmology clinic. Children underwent monocular vision assessments with both methods, in random order. The app was used as follows: with the examiner holding the phone two metres away, the child indicated the direction of the arms of an “E” displayed on the screen, and the examiner swiped the screen in that direction.

Older adults aged 60 years and above with these conditions may have fewer years of life as well as healthy life compared to those with no impairments. Out of the five physical senses, impairment in vision and hearing, especially simultaneously, may have the greatest impact on the health of older adults.

Vision therapy can help improve children’s reading levels, according to Dr. Julie Steinhauer. Steinhauer is a developmental optometrists with 18 years of experience. She uses syntonic phototherapy and traditional in-office vision therapy to correct vision problems. Steinhauer specializes in helping children with learning-related vision problems. She said the average child improves three to seven grade levels in reading comprehension following 10 months of vision therapy.

Since elementary school, the boy "had a daily portion of fries from the local fish and chip shop and snacked on Pringles, white bread, processed ham slices and sausages." A British teenager who had been a "fussy eater" since elementary school lost his vision and suffered significant hearing loss due to his years’ long diet of junk food, according to a recently published case report.

Some 59 percent of fire stations in the U.S. are not equipped with exhaust emission control systems, which are critical for mitigating firefighter exposure/keywords/13730-occupational-exposure to diesel fumes. Exposure to these fumes can increase the likelihood of cardiovascular disease, cardiopulmonary disease, respiratory disease, and lung cancer. Many firefighters sleep in fire stations because they work extended shifts – an arrangement which increases their chance of exposure.

As one of the most powerful hurricanes in history begins to batter the east coast of central Florida – and after that, possibly, Georgia and North and South Carolina, the American Heart Association (AHA) is reminding people that Hurricane Dorian poses a health risk to those in its path.

Soft drinks – whether diet versions or in their regular, sugar-laden form – are associated with a higher risk of dying from any cause, according to new research published in JAMA Internal Medicine. The study titled, Association Between Soft Drink Consumption and Mortality in 10 European Countries, is the largest of its kind to date. This study found even in people of a healthy weight, sugary and diet drinks increase risk of dying from circulatory and digestive disease.

September is here, and we National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) employees have put away our Labor Day picnics to get back to the work of protecting the American labor force…. And, of course, celebrating N95 Day! Right? Yes and no. You see, this year is special. This year marks an important anniversary in the history of respiratory protection.