Ohio State News (college-optometry)
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2023
June
01,
2023
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16:33 PM
America/New_York
The results of a new clinical trial suggest that the first drug therapy to slow the progression of nearsightedness in kids could be on the horizon.
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2022
October
14,
2022
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09:54 AM
America/New_York
INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the country’s oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education, has awarded the 2022 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award to five health sciences graduate …
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2021
October
19,
2021
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16:45 PM
America/New_York
For demonstrating an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion, five health sciences graduate programs at The Ohio State University received the 2021 Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into …
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August
12,
2021
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08:06 AM
America/New_York
Researchers are revisiting an age-old question in baseball: Do batters actually keep their eye on the ball?
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2020
October
02,
2020
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14:44 PM
America/New_York
The Ohio State University colleges of medicine, nursing, optometry and veterinary medicine are being honored for their outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion.
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September
15,
2020
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11:54 AM
America/New_York
Laser pointers used to exercise pets may seem like safe and simple low-powered devices, but an Ohio teen learned the hard way that staring at the narrow beam can cause permanent eye damage.
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August
11,
2020
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11:00 AM
America/New_York
Bifocal contact lenses aren’t just for aging eyes anymore. In nearsighted kids as young as 7 years old, multifocal contact lenses with a heavy dose of added reading power can dramatically slow further progression of myopia, new research has …
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2019
August
23,
2019
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12:44 PM
America/New_York
The Ohio State University is taking the next step on a proposed Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Center that will blend innovative technology and hands-on learning in conjunction with the university’s strategic plan.
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August
16,
2019
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11:01 AM
America/New_York
The Ohio State University’s work serving at-risk infants and toddlers and their families has been extended by an $18 million federal grant recently awarded to the Early Head Start Child Care Partnership Program
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2018
April
13,
2018
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09:37 AM
America/New_York
Six months to a year: That is the timeline The Ohio State University President Michael V. Drake set to complete the search for the university’s new executive vice president and chancellor for academic health care.
Drake answered questions …
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2017
December
06,
2017
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06:29 AM
America/New_York
As Ohio State University President Michael V. Drake concluded a recent discussion with optometry students, he congratulated them for “picking such a wonderful career.”“You are learning something special that you can do that helps people have better …
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October
09,
2017
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04:26 AM
America/New_York
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Farsighted preschoolers and kindergartners have a harder time paying attention and that could put them at risk of slipping behind in school, a new study suggests.An estimated 4 to 14 percent of preschoolers have moderate …
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October
04,
2017
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05:54 AM
America/New_York
Karla Zadnik, The Ohio State University and Don Mutti, The Ohio State University
The ready availability of technology may make the children of today faster at configuring a new smartphone, but does all of that screen time affect the development …
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March
28,
2017
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03:25 AM
America/New_York
COLUMBUS, Ohio – If a Japanese woman were to compliment a friend on her flattering pale-blue blouse, she’d probably employ a word with no English equivalent.
“Mizu” translates to “water” and has emerged in recent decades as a unique shade in the …
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2016
August
31,
2016
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09:07 AM
America/New_York
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Tall quarterbacks might have more going for them than a clear view over the offensive line.New research shows that tall people are better than shorter people at correctly identifying the location of targets in their middle-distance …
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January
27,
2016
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02:18 AM
America/New_York
COLUMBUS, Ohio –Kids with uncorrected farsightedness lose ground on reading skills before they ever start first grade, a new study has found.The research, led by Marjean Taylor Kulp of The Ohio State University, uncovers evidence that moderately …
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2015
September
10,
2015
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07:10 AM
America/New_York
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Would a color by any other name be thought of in the same way, regardless of the language used to describe it?According to new research, the answer is yes.A new study examines how a culture of nomadic hunter-gatherers names colors, …
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April
02,
2015
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05:01 AM
America/New_York
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A study of 4,500 U.S. children over 20 years has identified a single test that can predict which kids will become nearsighted by the eighth grade: a measure of their current refractive error.
The refractive error, or …
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