Acupuncture for slowing the progression of myopia in children and adolescents

.....This review aimed to assess the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture in slowing the progression of myopia in children and adolescents. ...We included two studies conducted in Taiwan with a total of 131 school children and did not combine the results as the two trials assessed different outcomes. ...One study found no significant difference in changes in the length of the eyes. Both studies found several children experienced mild pain while pressing and dropped out. ...The included studies in this review were unable to provide evidence of the effect of acupuncture for slowing the progression of myopia.....

How Vision Therapy Helps Eye Teaming

How Vision Therapy Helps Eye Teaming
.....Vision therapy uses a variety of different activities to encourage the two eyes to work together and perceive visual space accurately......

Autistic Individuals Are Superior In Multiple Areas

....We must stop considering the different brain structure of autistic individuals to be a deficiency, as research reveals that many autistics - not just "savants" - have qualities and abilities that may exceed those of people who do not have the condition, according to a provocative article published today in Nature by Dr. Laurent Mottron at the University of Montreal's Centre for Excellence in Pervasive Development Disorders. "Recent data and my own personal experience suggest it's time to start thinking of autism as an advantage in some spheres, not a cross to bear," Mottron said.  ...

Comments: I do not wish to offend...and I do not wish to be considered non-PC, but is this a bunch of "hooey"or what? Individuals with autism have many strengths and weaknesses...can't we just include them in the wide varieties of humans who have much to offer without making them super heroes? (Maybe I do wish to be non-PC) DM

Multifocal Versus Single Vision Lenses Intervention to Slow Progression of Myopia in School-age Children: A Meta-analysis

....Myopia in school-aged children is a major public health problem ..... We systematically searched currently available randomized controlled trials that compared the effects of MLs and SVLs in children. A meta-analysis of nine of these trials showed that MLs with powers ranging from +1.50 to +2.00D were associated with a statistically significantly decrease in myopia progression in school-aged children compared with SVLs. ....

Interactive Play With Blocks Found To Facilitate Development Of Spatial Vocabulary

.....Parents and researchers have long speculated that play with construction toys might offer a rich environment that would support later learning in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines.....

Prefrontal Cortex Epigenetic Signatures In Brain Tissue Of People With Autism

....Prefrontal cortex neurons from subjects with autism show changes in chromatin structures at hundreds of loci genome-wide, revealing considerable overlap between genetic and epigenetic risk maps of developmental brain disorders....

Best-Estimate Clinical Diagnosis Of Autism Spectrum Disorders Vary Widely

  Clinical distinctions among categorical diagnostic subtypes of autism spectrum disorders were not reliable even across sites with well-documented fidelity using standardized diagnostic instruments. Results support the move from existing subgroupings of autism spectrum disorders to dimensional descriptions of core features of social affect and fixated, repetitive behaviors, together with characteristics such as language level and cognitive function.

New Journal: Rehabilitation Research and Practice

Rehabilitation Research and Practice
ISSN: 2090-2867 (print) 2090-2875 (electronic)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/1628/
Archive includes: v. 2010(2010) - v. 2011(2011)
Note: There is no embargo delay for this title.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Nine Possible Outcomes from Vision Therapy

Nine Possible Outcomes from Vision Therapy

1. Learning becomes easier
2. Reading level and speed increases
3. Time spent on homework decreases
4. The ability to follow moving objects (a thrown ball) improves
5. Seeing objects nearby or at a distance improves
6. Visualizing mental images (including depth perception, orientation and awareness of where you are in relation to other people/objects) becomes easier7. Symptoms of vision problem (i.e. headaches, fatigue, double vision) improve or resolve
8.  Attention span increases
9.  Awareness of time and space improves

 Comment: I have to admit to being jealous of Dr. Kellye Knueppel and her team. She does so many thing right! Check out this blog for the latest info on Optometric Vision Therapy. DM

Incidence of retinopathy of prematurity in extremely premature infants over an 18 year period

... There has been increased survival and incidence of ROP in EP infants over the past 20 years. Lower birth weight and GA are both associated with higher incidence and more severe ROP.....

National Fragile X Association New Logo

National Fragile X Foundation

Re-alignment of the eyes, with prisms and with eye surgery, affects postural stability differently in children with strabismus

....Binocular visual and motor changes affect body sway; adaptive mechanisms induced by eye re-alignment after surgery allow improved postural control. The absence of dependency on distance in postural stability in strabismic children could be due to their impaired depth perception and to the poor integrity of the visual signal required to control posture.  ...

Comments: Once again, science has finally caught up with the OEPF  optometric pioneers...who observed that vision affected posture, "sway"...ect. DM

What To Do When Your Email Gets Hacked

 

What To Do When Your Email Gets Hacked

 My friend and Teclicious blogger,Suzanne Kantra, says to.....

Step #1 - Change your password

Step #2 - Check you email settings

Step #3 -  Scan your computer for malware

Step #4 - Find out what else is compromised

Step #5 - Humbly beg forgiveness of your friends

Setp #6 - Stop it from happening again

 Comments: Read about this in more detail by clicking on the title above. DM