http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. People have long taken for granted that glasses and contact lenses improve vision for nearsightedness, but the genetic factors behind the common condition have remained blurry. Now researchers at Duke Medicine are closer to clearing this up. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-gene-mutations-nearsightedness.html Genetics Thu, 02 May 2013 12:00:13 EST news286710630 Rates of surgery to correct childhood squint in England have tumbled over the past 50 years, finds research published online in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-childhood-squint-surgery-plummeted-years.html Ophthalmology Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:30:03 EST news284832020 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers have identified a new disorder caused by a genetic mutation that leads to short sightedness and deafness. They say the new link between the two sensory problems could lead to better understanding of the disease mechanism of each. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-mutation-short-sightedness-loss.html Genetics Mon, 08 Apr 2013 08:31:11 EST news284628664 Diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of blindness among adults 20 to 74 years old. Dr. Michael Grodin, co-director of retinal services and director of clinical research at Katzen Eye Group, with locations around Baltimore, discusses eye problems and the link to diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-diabetes-people.html Diabetes Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:42:26 EST news273505339 A new study provides the first clear evidence that vision or eye problems are rarely the cause of recurring headaches in children, even if the headaches usually strike while the child is doing schoolwork or other visual tasks. Many parents assume that frequent headaches mean their child needs glasses, so they ask their doctor to refer their child for an eye exam. This study was conducted by pediatric ophthalmologists who wanted to find reliable answers for parents, family doctors and pediatricians facing this common health question. The research is being presented today at the 116th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, conducted jointly this year with the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-children-headaches-rarely-eyeglasses.html Ophthalmology Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:41:55 EST news271935703 (HealthDay)—Jetrea (ocriplasmin) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat an eye condition called symptomatic vitreomacular adhesion (VMA). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-drug-symptomatic-vitreomacular-adhesion.html Medications Fri, 19 Oct 2012 09:30:01 EST news269856650 A Danish sperm donor has passed a potentially severe genetic disorder to five children after a screening test failed to catch that he had the disease, health officials said Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-danish-sperm-donor-genetic-disorder.html Other Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:02:42 EST news267724943 Descendants of a British mutiny who have lived for generations in the Pacific have among the lowest rates of myopia in the world, according to an Australian study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-bounty-mutiny-descendants-myopia.html Ophthalmology Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:40:10 EST news261992402 Researchers from Flinders University have set their sights on lymphatic drainage as a potential cure for unsightly eye bags. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-potential-unsightly-eye-bags.html Medical research Mon, 04 Jun 2012 08:18:57 EST news258016702 Researchers have found a new gene that, when mutated, can lead to lymphoedema (swollen limbs) as part of a rare disorder that can also cause problems with eye and brain development. This is the fourth lymphoedema-related gene found by the same researchers in three years, and the first linked to the eyes and brain. They say it could lead to better diagnosis and treatment for lymphoedema, an area that has been poorly understood previously. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-gene-discovery-clue-brain-eye.html Genetics Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:22:59 EST news246817334 Repeated exposure of the eye to ophthalmic antibiotics appears to be associated with the emergence of resistant strains of microbes among patients undergoing intraocular injection therapy for neovascular retinal disease, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Ophthalmology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-ophthalmic-antibiotics-antimicrobial-resistance-intraocular.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:31:06 EST news235063799 An international team of researchers has identified two new genes connected with hereditary renal diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-genes-rare-inherited-diseases.html Genetics Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:01:13 EST news234522034 A new study involving Canada's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has found a gene connected with a type of intellectual disability called Joubert syndrome. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-gene-intellectual-disability.html Genetics Thu, 12 May 2011 12:40:01 EST news224422238