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            <title>Genetic Test Identifies Eye Cancer Tumors Likely To Spread</title>
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	Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis (US) have developed a genetic test that can accu...]]></description>
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            <pubDate>17 May 2012</pubDate>
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            <title>Safilo Restructures Production in Italy</title>
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	Following the non-renewal of its Armani license Safilo has announced that 1000 preliminary redundancies have been ide...]]></description>
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            <pubDate>16 May 2012</pubDate>
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            <title>Australian Federal Budget Provides for Fair and Affordable Treatment for AMD Patients</title>
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	&ldquo;The Macular Degeneration Foundation (MDF) is relieved that the Federal Government&rsquo;s budget announcement ...]]></description>
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            <pubDate>15 May 2012</pubDate>
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            <title>theo Introduces Spanish 'fiestas patronales' Sunnies</title>
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	A few months ago, theo launched the limited Hierro sunglasses collection by Tim Van Steenbergen in black-and-white. N...]]></description>
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            <pubDate>14 May 2012</pubDate>
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            <title>New Way To Protect Eyes From Strong Light Damage</title>
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	Treating eyes with gentle infra-red light can help prevent the damage caused by subsequent exposure to bright light, ...]]></description>
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            <pubDate>13 May 2012</pubDate>
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            <title>Mykita Launches Third Renaissance of Round/Oval-Shaped Classic Eyewear Collection</title>
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	For this spring/summer (in the Northern Hemisphere) 2012 MYKITA has transferred the panto form of the 1930s into the ...]]></description>
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            <pubDate>10 May 2012</pubDate>
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            <title>Essilor and Stanford University To Study Link Between Visual Correction and School Success in China</title>
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	Thousands of eight- and nine-year olds in hundreds of schools in rural Northwest China are to be part of a research p...]]></description>
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            <pubDate>09 May 2012</pubDate>
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            <title>Strong First Quarter Growth For Luxottica With 9% Store Sales Increase in Australia</title>
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	The first quarter of 2012 was the best first quarter in Luxottica&rsquo;s history largely as a result of the various ...]]></description>
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            <pubDate>08 May 2012</pubDate>
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            <title>Myopia Linked to Increased Schooling</title>
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	Professor Ian Morgan, from the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Vision Science, and the Australian...]]></description>
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            <pubDate>07 May 2012</pubDate>
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            <title>Gucci Introduces Sustainable Eyewear with Biodegradable Materials</title>
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	Less than one year after setting an industry precedent with the launch of sustainable eyewear, Gucci and Safilo are t...]]></description>
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            <pubDate>06 May 2012</pubDate>
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            <title>Major Breakthrough In Macular Degeneration Research</title>
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	University of Kentucky researchers, led by Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati, have made a major breakthrough in the &ldquo;dry&r...]]></description>
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            <pubDate>03 May 2012</pubDate>
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            <title>Marchon Eyewear Acquires Dragon Alliance</title>
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	Marchon Eyewear has announced the purchase of Dragon Alliance, one of the world&rsquo;s leading goggle and eyewear br...]]></description>
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            <pubDate>02 May 2012</pubDate>
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            <title>Flinders University To Introduce Telemedicine Vision For Remote Eyecare</title>
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	Optometrists from Flinders University will soon be able to diagnose and manage eye diseases in rural and remote commu...]]></description>
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            <pubDate>01 May 2012</pubDate>
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            <title>BVA Joined By New Member and Presents Prototype Microchip For Bionic Eye</title>
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	The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital joins the Bionic Vision Australia (BVA) consortium as a supporting participa...]]></description>
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            <pubDate>30 Apr 2012</pubDate>
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            <title>MIT Researchers Develop 'Super Glass'</title>
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	A new way of creating surface textures on glass, developed by researchers at MIT, virtually eliminates reflections, p...]]></description>
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            <title>Researchers Publish Study on Work-Related Physical Discomfort of Australian Optometrists</title>
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	Researchers sent an online questionnaire by e-mail to approximately 1,700 Australian optometrists. Participants were ...]]></description>
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            <title>Essilor Reports Strong Start To The Year</title>
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	Essilor International has announced that consolidated revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2012 totaled &euro...]]></description>
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            <pubDate>25 Apr 2012</pubDate>
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            <title>Re-classification Uncertainty of Intravitreal Injection Affects Vision Eye Institute</title>
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	A number of Vision Eye Institute Limited (VEI) ophthalmologists perform intravitreal injections on their patients as ...]]></description>
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            <pubDate>23 Apr 2012</pubDate>
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            <title>Caffeine May Offer Relief To Dry Eye Sufferers By Boosting Tear Production</title>
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	Researchers at the University of Tokyo&#39;s School of Medicine have shown for the first time that caffeine intake ca...]]></description>
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            <pubDate>22 Apr 2012</pubDate>
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            <title>Bayer Announces Global Ophthalmology Awards Program</title>
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	Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals (Bayer) have announced the launch of a major new initiative, the Global Ophthalmolog...]]></description>
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