College in the News 2011

March 

Health & Fitness - How to.. healthproof your workplace
Psychologies - Feeling good
Healthy Magazine - You ask the experts
Financial Times - Do employers give passes to those wearing glasses
Cotswold Journal - Protect your eyes
Guidegoods.net - "Whose Illinois College of Optometry Continuing Education & Film Review"
North Yorkshire Advertiser - No Headline
Take A Break - News Beat
That's Life - What's The News?
Evesham Journal - Protect your eyes
Nuneaton Telegraph - Sight concern
Yorkshire Post - Eye disease cases expected to soar
Yahoo! UK & Ireland - More cases of eye disease predicted
Daily Mail Online - Poor diet and ageing population will lead to 'soaring numbers of people going blind'
Press Association - More cases of eye disease predicted
Nursing In Practice - Increasing in sight loss expected
blackpoolgazette.co.uk - Eye disease cases expected to rise
Virginmedia.com - Eye disease cases expected to rise
Eastern Daily Press - Major rise expected in eye disease
BBC News Online - UK rise in age-related macular degeneration predicted
Top News US - Rising Cases of AMD: Concern for UK
Capital Bay - Age related macular degeneration poor diet
Contactlenses.co.uk - Early diagnosis 'crucial' to limit AMD
Contactlenses.co.uk - Contact lenses research & development news
The Family GP - UK Facing eye health crisis
Daily Record - Warning over health of nation's eyes
RocketNews - UK rise of eye disease predicted
Daybreak Scotland - AMD Story, broadcast
ITV Central - AMD Story, broadcast
Sky News Radio - AMD Story, broadcast
BBC Radio Wales - AMD Story, broadcast
BBC Radio Oxford - AMD Story, broadcast
BBC Guernsey - AMD Story, broadcast
The Wave - AMD Story, broadcast
Swansea Sounds - AMD Story, broadcast
Colourful Radio - AMD Story, broadcast
Sunrise Radio - AMD Story, broadcast
Kismat Radio - AMD Story, broadcast
Shropshire Star - AMD Story, broadcast
Coventry Telegraph - Sight concern
Warwickshire Telegraph - Sight concern
Big Print - Eye disease cases to rise in next decade
Comtex Newswires - Prediction for UK Rise of eye disease
Inthenews.co.uk - UK faces increase in eye disease cases
Opticianonline.net - News in Brief
Siasat.com - Eye disease cases mount in Britain
Opticianonline.net - Public unaware of AMD risks
Timesofmalta.com - Sight loss in the western world
Topnews.com - AMD to Increase in the UK's Ageing Population
Scottish Sun - Slap in the face
Evening Chronicle (Newcastle) - The number of people in
The Sun - Slap in the Face
Thesun.co.uk - Slap in the face: Why make-up is bad for you
News of the World - 3Ds get sees plus
VirginMedia.com - 3D images may help detect eye disorders
Wakefield Express - Measuring accurately to avoid
Thefamilygp.com - 3D images may help detect eye disorders
The Sun - The healthometer
Women's Own - If your body could talk...

February

Health & Fitness - 10 health resolutions every woman should make
Readers Digest - 1,001 things everyone should know
T3 - Health
Executive PA - Make a spectacle of yourself
Pregnancy & Birth - Love your pregnant body eyes
inewp.com - Is Humankind Losing Touch with Reality? New Technology Raises Health Concerns
shropshirestar.com - Measure up
expressandstar.com - Measure up
Evening Gazette (Teeside) - Sorted DIY
Huddersfield Daily Examiner - Top Tips
Grimsby Telegraph - Make sure your DIY skills measure up to the task
Bristol Evening News - DIY News
Liverpool Echo - DIY News
Western mail Cardiff - DIY News
Opticianonline.net - Making sense of the recent glaucoma related NICE guidelines
Chronicle Extra (Gateshead) - Measure up to the job in hand
Batley News - Measuring accurately to avoid those DIY disasters
Dewsbury Reporter - Measuring accurately to avoid those DIY disasters
Spenborough Guardian - Measuring accurately to avoid those DIY disasters

January

PA Newswire - Cloud cover set to obscure eclipse
Dailymail.co.uk - Doctors warn permanent damage to eyesight possible from seconds glance at solar eclipse
Dailymail.co.uk - Want to get that job? Wear glasses to the interview
Telegraph.co.uk - Wearing glasses can improve job prospects
Nydailynews.com - People who wear glasses are seen as smarter and more professional, study finds
Medicalnewstoday.com - Eyeglass wearers are seen as smarter and more professional, study finds
MediLexicon - Partial solar eclipse eye safety warning
Scottish Daily Mail - How to look for a job on spec
Daily Telegraph - To win the job, wear glasses
Daily Telegraph Scotland - To win the job, wear glasses
Daily Sport - Make a spectacle to get a job
Daily Record - We spec you must be clever
Daily Mirror - Glasses are just the job
Daily Mail - Looking for a job? Put on a pair of glasses
The Sun - Wearing glasses 'can boost you job prospects'
The Irish Sun - Wearing glasses 'can boost you job prospects'
Mirror.co.uk - People think wearing glasses will boost their chances of getting a job
IOL - eye danger signs you can't afford to ignore
Indiareport.com - Wearing glasses can improve job prospects, says Britons
Thaindian.com - Wearing glasses 'can boost you job prospects'
Glamourmagazine.co.uk - Spec up!
DNAindia.com - Wearing glasses can boost your job prospects
Independent.co.uk - Warnings issued ocer viewing solar eclipse
Indiatimes.com - Wearing glasses 'can boost your job prospects'
Topnews.in - Wearing glasses 'can boost your job prospects'
Asia Pulse Business Wire - Wearing glasses can improve job prospects, say Britons
Shine.yahoo.com - Do glasses make you look smarter
Indiavision.com - Wearing glasses 'can boost you job prospects'
mydaily.co.uk - Improve your job prospects: wear glasses
Medindia.net - Glasses make a person look intellectual, feel Brits
Wonderwoman.in - Wearing specs may help clinch that job
Chesterchronicle.co.uk - People think wearing glasses will boost their chances of getting a job
Fijitimes.com - Specs appeal
Scottish Daily Express - Oddly, persons who wear specs
Hindustantimes.com - How to get a jo? Wear glasses!
inthenews.co.uk - Being overweight can damage eyesight, says experts
BBC Radio 5 Live - Spin cycle
Expatriatehealthcare.com - Obesity 'poses eyesight risk'
Contactlenses.co.uk - 40% of people 'would wear glasses they do not need'
Jobsingov.blogspot.com - Bespectacled interviewees have better choices
Frenchtribune.com - Obesity claims 'eyesight threat'
Privatehealth.co.uk - Eeyesight 'affected by weight gain'
Candis.co.uk - Healthy family recipes 'help protect the eyes'
Lancashire Evening Post - Want a job? Why a pair of specs could give you brains appeal...
uwillreadnews.blogspot.com - Are you old beyond your years?
Watchesstore.co.uk - Why wearing glasses may make you more employable
Daily Sport - Ready, Steady blindness
Daily Telegraph - Blind drunk? Warning over 'vodka eyeballing'
The Sun - Eye alert on vodka
Daily Star - Top docs alert over 40 fatal legal highs
Metro.co.uk - How 'vodka eyeballing' can make you blind'
Dailymail.co.uk - Blind stupidity: How 'vodka eyeballing' drinking game is 'bad as pouring bleach in your eye'
Beauty and Fashion Blog - Do four eyed candidates get the job
Daily Telegraph - Focus on your eyes
Telegraph.co.uk - Focus on your eyes
Kent On Saturday - Eyeballing Craze gives new twist to "blink Drunk"
Kentnews.co.uk - Drinkers are risking blindness through vodka eyeballing craze
Kent On Sunday - Eyeballing Craze gives new twist to "blink Drunk"

HIGHLIGHT - March 2011


Research from the College of Optometrists suggested a significant lack of awareness surrounding AMD, the leading cause of blindness in the western world. In March the College highlighted the potential risk to public health if the symptoms of AMD and the need to seek advice quickly are not understood.

The story has secured 40 individual pieces of coverage to date. Our AMD warnings and advice ran on a number of national and regional radio stations including Sky News radio, BBC Radio Wales and Sunrise Radio and also hit television screens on Daybreak in Scotland and ITV Central News.