http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A small ensemble of musicians can produce an infinite number of melodies, harmonies and rhythms. So too, do a handful of workhorse signaling pathways that interact to construct multiple structures that comprise the vertebrate body. In fact, crosstalk between two of those pathways—those governed by proteins known as Notch and BMP (for Bone Morphogenetic Protein) receptors—occurs over and over in processes as diverse as forming a tooth, sculpting a heart valve and building a brain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-musicians-brand-tune.html Medical research Tue, 14 May 2013 13:24:28 EST news287756639 The National Eye Institute (NEI), a part of the National Institutes of Health, observes Glaucoma Awareness Month each January by encouraging Americans at higher risk for glaucoma to schedule a comprehensive dilated eye exam and to make a habit of doing so every one to two years. While anyone can get glaucoma, people at higher risk include African Americans age 40 and over; adults over the age of 60, especially those who are Mexican American; and people who have a family history of the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-nih-urges-dilated-eye-exams.html Ophthalmology Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:16:36 EST news277456590 A tiny medical device no larger than an eyelash may significantly reduce eye pressure in glaucoma patients and allow some to stop using eye-drop medications, according to year-one clinical trial results for the device. Results of the HYDRUS I clinical trial, which indicate successful control of eye pressure in all study participants, will be presented today at the 116th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, jointly conducted this year with the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-ultra-small-drainage-device-eye-medications.html Ophthalmology Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:00:16 EST news272013906 Mathematical modeling being tested by researchers at the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and the IU School of Medicine has the potential to impact the knowledge and treatment of several diseases that continue to challenge scientists across the world. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-disease.html Medical research Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:26:27 EST news267366381 (Medical Xpress) -- Scientists at the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have developed an innovative way to combat post-surgical scarring for glaucoma patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-breakthrough-treatment-post-surgical-scarring-glaucoma.html Ophthalmology Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:53:27 EST news262518785 (HealthDay) -- An ocular stent that's designed to reduce inner-eye pressure among people with mild or moderate open-angle glaucoma has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-glaucoma-stent.html Ophthalmology Tue, 26 Jun 2012 03:07:30 EST news259898811 Results from the largest genetic study of glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness and vision loss worldwide, showed that two genetic variations are associated with primary open angle glaucoma (POAG), a common form of the disease. The identification of genes responsible for this disease is the first step toward the development of gene-based disease detection and treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-links-genes-common-glaucoma.html Genetics Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:00:01 EST news254666096 (HealthDay) -- Though only 15 when diagnosed with juvenile open-angle glaucoma, A.J. Esguerra said he's tried not to let the potentially devastating eye disease slow him down. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-glaucoma-young-age.html Ophthalmology Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:20:02 EST news254149721 Jackson Laboratory researchers have demonstrated that a single, targeted x-ray treatment of an individual eye in young, glaucoma-prone mice provided that eye with apparently life-long and typically complete protection from glaucoma. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-x-ray-treatment-mice-glaucoma.html Ophthalmology Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:00:08 EST news251374828 Measurement of pressure within the eye, or intraocular pressure (IOP), is known to fluctuate throughout the day, and wide swings in patients with glaucoma are believed to be related to the progression of the disease, which can cause permanent damage to the optic nerve and vision. The clinical assessment of IOP, however, has been restricted to office visits during daytime hours. In a new study, parents using the Icare Rebound Tonometer evaluated IOP patterns in normal children at home, establishing comparative values that may be useful for the study and treatment of children with glaucoma. The research is published in the February issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-home-eye-pressure-children-glaucoma.html Ophthalmology Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:25:04 EST news250334697 Results from a recent scientific study in the U.K. may change the way that healthcare professionals measure eye pressure and allow them to assess the risk of glaucoma with greater accuracy. Glaucoma is the second most common cause of irreversible loss of vision worldwide. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-british-glaucoma-treatment.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:23:11 EST news238681368 A study of the 5.3 million men and women seen in Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinics in a one-year period found that use of cocaine is predictive of open-angle glaucoma, the most common type of glaucoma. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-cocaine-users-percent-glaucoma.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:26:25 EST news236517975 After being hit in the eye by a stone, a detached retina left a man blind in his right eye. Despite surgery to remove a cataract when the man was 23, which temporarily restored light perception, the patient was completely blind in that eye. Doctors at The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary have reported a case, published in BioMed Central's open access Journal of Medical Case Reports, describing how this patient had functional vision restored 55 years after the childhood accident which left him blind. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-years-surgery-sight.html Other Fri, 17 Jun 2011 03:03:19 EST news227498567 NJIT and UMDNJ have executed a license agreement with The Incubation Factory, St. Louis, MO, covering their personal tonometer technology on which a patent is pending. The tonometer was developed by a research team led by NJIT Professor Gordon Thomas, PhD, and Robert Fechtner, MD, director of the glaucoma division at UMDNJ. NJIT Associate Professor Tara Alvarez was a member of the research team. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-njit-umdnj-personal-tonometer-technology.html Other Tue, 17 May 2011 13:01:54 EST news224856104