NovaVision, the US company producing a controversial visual rehabilitation programme, has been bought by Vycor Medical, producers of neurosurgical retraction devices. The NovaVision method has been around for some years since their original trial was published in Nature Medicine. Unfortunately this trial was very significantly flawed, and the method has been the subject of controversy ever since.
News article on completion of Vycor acquisition (12 January 2011)
News article on commencement of Vycor acquisition (11 November 2010)
Monday 17 January 2011
Cochrane Review of Interventions for Visual Field Loss after Stroke
The provisional findings of the recent Cochrane Review of Interventions for Visual Field Loss after Stroke were presented at the UK Stroke Forum 2010. Click this link to download the poster (PDF format). The recommendations are currently under peer review.
Thursday 6 January 2011
Reading impairment in Stroke - UK Stroke Forum podcast
Dr Fiona Rowe, Liverpool University, describes a study of reading impairment in stroke, part of the VIS (Vision in Stroke) study, in this UK Stroke Forum Podcast
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