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One in every nineteen people suffer from diabetes today, and this number is set to rise as our lifestyles and eating habits become more unhealthy. By 2035 it is predicted that this number will rise to one in ten. An important part of caring for and managing diabetes it getting your blood sugar levels checked. This helps to prevent long term problems associated with the condition and to identify when the levels are dangerously high or low. Currently the testing involves frequent and painful tests many times per day.
Technology giants, Google, have stepped in, and are developing an alternative method which will be painless, non invasive and accurate! The method involves implanting a tiny glucose sensor, an antenna as thin as a hair and a chip the size of one piece of glitter into a contact lens. When tears that are produced naturally by the eye touch the sensor, it is able to measure the glucose levels, and it can do this once per second! It is powered by a miniature wireless capacitor, making the whole package portable and more importantly, virtually invisible.
The technology is currently at an early stage, as Google hopes to add more functionality before its general release. The next step forward will be to add an LED warning system that flashes when the eyelids are closed. This will help to alert the patient to changes to glucose levels that cross the danger thresholds.
The Smart Contact lens will be just the start of a new generation of preventative miniaturised healthcare systems. Googles technology will accelerate wearable devices that can use smartphone apps as monitors. There are already several smart watches that are being developed that monitor heart rate and temperature. Scientists in Japan have also developed a ‘smart wig’ with healthcare cited as one of its many uses.
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The Google Doodle Created in Honour of Ferdinand Monoyer
Earlier this week on the 9th May an animated Google Doodle was created in honour of Ferdinand Monoyer’s 181st birthday. The doodle features a pair of eyes on the left, which form the ‘O’s in the word Google, alongside an eye chart on the right. As the eyes squint, the letters on the right become […]
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Warning Signs of Vision Loss in Children
It’s Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month (August) and the World Health Organisation has found that 19 million children in the world are visually impaired. Of this amount, 12 million are visually impaired due to refractive errors which can be easily diagnosed and corrected through a routine eye examination. Do you know how to spot the warning […]
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What kind of laser eye surgery is right for you?
Until contact lenses were made popular in the 1950’s, the only way to correct vision problems was to wear glasses. Fast forward to 2016 and there is an abundance of different approaches to correct vision, from reshaping the cornea in laser eye surgery procedures such as LASIK and PRK, to refractive lens exchange surgery. So […]
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What are floaters?
Some people can notice a change in their floaters after having laser eye surgery, either a change in pattern or an increase. This seems to happen mainly for those patients with very high amounts of shortsight (myopia), eg -7.00 dioptres or higher. Also patients are paying much more attention to their vision, and the quality […]
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Bluetooth glasses or laser eye surgery?
Bluetooth glasses or laser eye surgery? Do you find that you keep misplacing your glasses? Or do you have several pairs dotted around the house, car and office, so that you so do not find yourself without them? Phone Halo thinks that they have found a solution. They have designed a special pair of glasses […]
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Prescription Drugs: What ones are damaging your eyes?
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7 surprising things your eyes can reveal about your health
Did you know that the eyes can reveal conditions such as cholesterol, mental health, blood pressure, diabetes and even cancer? It may sound surprising but your eyes are a unique window into your health. It’s the only place in the body where, without surgery, you can see veins, arteries, and a nerve (the optic nerve). Not […]
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Eye Terms & Conditions Glossary
You might have heard of the term LASIK eye surgery, but do you know what it means? What about Amblyopia or Esotropia? When researching anything about eye care, eye health, laser eye surgery, or sight loss you are confronted by a long list of vocabulary that you may, or may not, understand. Here at Focus […]
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Eye Allergies to look out for in Children
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Colour Blindness: Symptoms and Treatments
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Did you know brussels sprouts can help save your sight this Christmas?
Did you know your Christmas vegetables could be giving you more than you bargained for? New research has found that the famously unpopular, Brussels Sprouts vegetables could actually help save your sight.
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Blepharitis: Causes, symptoms and treatments
Itchy eyes are a common sign of tiredness, but if your eyes are often itchy and pink, your eyelashes are crusty and your eyelids are raw, there’s a chance you might have a condition blepharitis. What is blepharitis? Blepharitis is a common condition that causes inflammation of the eyelids, including the skin, lashes and meibomian […]
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The secret superfood that could stop you going blind
We are a nation of coffee drinkers. In fact, in the UK alone we drink approximately 55 million cups of coffee every day. Thousands of studies have looked at coffee use in the past few decades and lately, more and more are reporting the real health benefits for coffee drinkers, from helping prevent diabetes, to […]
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What is presbyopia?
Reading glasses and surgical options You can’t escape Presbyopia, the medical term for the loss of reading vision in middle age. Sadly, it will happen to us all eventually. Even if you’ve never had a vision problem before. It usually occurs around the ages of 45-50 in the UK, and earlier in warmer and more […]
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City living and dry eyes
An American study has found that city living increases the likelihood of suffering from dry eyes. Dry Eye Syndrome is a condition where either the eyes do not make enough tears, or the tears that are made evaporate from the eye too quickly. Lack of tears causes the eye to dry out which can leave […]
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Is your child at risk of myopia?
Many children aren’t aware they have a vision problem and will generally try to adapt, without knowing they could see better – as a parent, you’re the best person to help find the signs. Myopia, or short-sightedness, is a very common eye condition in children that causes distant objects to appear blurred, while close objects […]
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Healthy Vision Month: Can you spot the sun-seeker not wearing any sunglasses?
The summer months are slowly but surely on their way, so what better way to encourage sun-seekers to protect their vision than with a brainteaser with an eye-testing twist? With the sun fighting to get through the clouds, we’ve come up with this eye-boggling brain teaser that asks challengers to spot the sun-seeker that isn’t […]
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Can you spot the robin perched in this herd of reindeer?
The holidays are coming and what better way to get in the festive spirit than with an eye-boggling brain teaser. Can you spot the Robin? With the biggest Christmas adverts of the year now released spreading festive cheer across the country, we have come up with this eye-boggling brain teaser that asks challengers to to spot […]
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Why Glaucoma Awareness Week is important
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New eye layer linked to glaucoma
Last July we reported on a very exciting discovery of a new human body part! It was an extra layer in the eye, called Dua’s layer, named after its discoverer Dr Harminder Dua. The finding of the new layer, was expected to hold the key to many eye diseases, why they occurred, and more importantly, […]
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New part of the eye discovered
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A CET Evening With Us at Focus Clinics
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7 Things to Know About Styes
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Focus Clinic Awarded Top Spot for “Top Rated Eye Treatment Companies” on Trustpilot
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Using eyes to fight crime
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Christmas is drawing closer and everybody is hunting for the perfect gift for their loved ones. On the top of many lists will be some of the brand new computer game consoles that have just been launched such as Xbox One or Playstation 4. You will have probably heard that these kind of games can […]
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World Sight Day 2016
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Exercises to improve your eye health
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The eye is connected in more ways than one with the rest of the body. When a patient takes a form of medication or vitamin supplements for a systemic condition, ocular effects should be expected whether they are beneficial or risky to your eye health. Read the lists below for more natural approaches to maintaining […]
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The 30 Most Iconic Sunglasses of All Time
Monday the 27th June is National Sunglasses day, so we thought we'd take a look back at the most iconic sunglasses (and their wearers)!
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Gillian
4th Aug
'I can highly recommend the Blended Vision treatment at Focus'
Z-LASIK / Blended Vision
