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From Topcon tackling diabetic retinopathy in Rwanda to the science behind “beautiful” eyes, here’s a glance at the eye care news stories that caught our attention this week
Let there be Lite. EssilorLuxottica has introduced its new Lite lens range, which offers “a diverse selection of progressive, bifocal, RX and stock single vision lenses.” The single vision stock now has a broader product and power range, the company adds, enabling practices to make significant savings by fulfilling more orders as a stock lens for price conscious patients. Link
Topcon tackles DR in Rwanda. Topcon Healthcare has joined forces with Orbis International and the Rwanda International Institute of Ophthalmology to expand diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening in Rwanda. Topcon has donated NW400 and NW500 robotic retinal cameras for use in DR screenings in Kigali, the country’s capital. Link
Optegra appointment. Eye hospital group Optegra has appointed Adam Cockley as Commercial Director. Cockley’s two decades of experience includes roles in biological research and sales and marketing. He recently served as Commercial Director of Gama Healthcare. Link
CHEC extends lens options. CHEC, one of the largest community-based healthcare services in the UK, has provided premium extended depth of focus (EDoF) lenses to patients for the first time, expanding the service across all its hospitals. “There has been growing demand for a lens that can do more,” said Mahmoud Rabie, Clinical Director for Ophthalmology and Consultant Ophthalmologist for CHEC. “The benefits [EDoF lenses] offer to patients are undeniable and we want to make them as accessible as possible.” Link
Bright eyes and beauty. Researchers from the University of Amsterdam, the University of California, and City University of London have investigated how pupil size can affect a person’s attractiveness. The team enrolled over 3,000 participants across six experiments, asking them to judge pairs of photos using a slider scale from 0 (“very unattractive”) to 100 (“very attractive”). The experiments showed that people are deemed more attractive when their pupils are constricted (and their irises enlarged). The researchers say this enhances physical attractiveness by making the eyes appear brighter. Link
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