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During the winter months, your eyes can be at increased risk for injury. Despite the sun spending more time hidden behind clouds and shorter days, vision health can still be at risk due to Ultraviolet rays. This is also known as snow blindness and many people who live in northern climates are at risk. There is also an increased risk for developing photokeratitis, a condition resulting from exposure to ultraviolet light or man-made sources such as UV lamps. Today, sports enthusiasts use modern snow goggles featuring the latest sun blocking technology to protect their eyes. ECPs are working with their patients, both in-office and online, to educate and provide the right resources to prevent photokeratitis including helping them better identify the warning signs.
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CooperCompanies announces Q4 and Full Year 2023 record revenue growth; InfantSEE to support 2024 Call for National Pediatric Eye Health and Vision Mobilization; ECPs’ gross revenue increased, Jobson Tracker says; Microsoft’s Seeing AI App launches on Android; and VM explores diversity, equity & inclusion all topped this week’s VMAIL news feed. Click on the headlines below to catch up on anything you might have missed.
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REDMOND, Wash.—As part of the ongoing celebration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) on Dec. 3, Microsoft has launched the newest version of its Seeing AI app on Android devices via the Google Play Store, sharing new app features and support in additional languages. The free app, designed for and with the blind and low vision community, uses the latest advances in AI at Microsoft to narrate the world from mobile devices.
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Did you follow the optical news this week? Take VM’s News Quiz to see how much you know. This week's quiz takes a look at a new Microsoft app, good boss or bad boss and 2023’s Word of the Year.
Click here to take the quiz.
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This adorable “take care of those peepers” design is available on a variety of products, from art prints to stickers to hoodies and everything in between—plus it’s designed by Amy Roan Moy, OD, FAAO, CPCO. You can purchase it on Redbubble here. #WeShareIt
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NEW YORK—This year, like every year, November marked Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month. The month served as a time to bring light to the many diabetes-related eye diseases, and to educate patients and the general public on how diabetes can affect the eyes. As reported in VMAIL, the CDC states that approximately 37.3 million people have diabetes, and 96 million people aged 18 years or older have prediabetes—making information about diabetes-related eye diseases valuable to most Americans. ECPs across the country stepped up to educate patients this past November.
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