http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Cone receptors in the human eye lose their color sensitivity with age, but our subjective experience of color remains largely unchanged over the years. This ability to compensate for age-related changes in color perception rests in higher levels of the visual system, according to research published May 8 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Sophie Wuerger from the University of Liverpool, UK. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-brain-eye-mechanisms-vision-constant.html Cardiology Wed, 08 May 2013 17:00:04 EST news287249626 A tiny, EPFL-designed implantable device that can be positioned within the eye and controlled remotely may well revolutionize the treatment of glaucoma. The device should be through testing this year and on its way to the market in 2014 via Rheon Medical, an EPFL spin-off. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-micro-tap-glaucoma.html Ophthalmology Mon, 25 Mar 2013 09:42:54 EST news283423361 The most common genetic cause of Parkinson's is not only responsible for the condition's distinctive movement problems but may also affect vision, according to new research by scientists at the University of York. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-uncovers-potential-link-parkinson-visual.html Parkinson's & Movement disorders Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:31:55 EST news280153899 CT texture analysis of primary tumors may be a potential imaging biomarker in localized esophageal cancer following neoadjuvant chemotherapy, according to research being presented at the 2013 Cancer Imaging and Radiation Therapy Symposium. This Symposium is sponsored by the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-ct-texture-analysis-tumors-valuable.html Cancer Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:20:01 EST news279558223 Nearly every cell in the human body carries a copy of the full human genome. So how is it that the cells that detect light in the human eye are so different from those of, say, the beating heart or the spleen? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-epigenetic-marker-5hmc-door-role.html Genetics Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:08:27 EST news279216417 (Medical Xpress)—A cure for congenital sight impairment caused by lens damage is closer following research by scientists at Monash University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-petri-dish-lens-eye-treatments.html Ophthalmology Thu, 31 Jan 2013 07:33:09 EST news278839953 Researchers at the University of Granada, Spain, have designed a new computing system that determines the age and sex of a corpse with a reliability of 95%. This system is based on free software called Image and a free DICOM displayer called K-Pacs. This state-of-the-art system is very different from the traditional macroscopy systems used to evaluate the osteoarticular features of a corpse, and it is much faster and user-friendly. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-imaging-technique-age-sex-corpse.html Other Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:49:47 EST news278153380 Eye experts and scientists at the University of Southampton have discovered specific cells in the eye which could lead to a new procedure to treat and cure blinding eye conditions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-cells-people-sight.html Ophthalmology Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:47:28 EST news271597638 (Medical Xpress)—Vision may be less important to "seeing" than is the brain's ability to process points of light into complex images, according to a new study of the fruit fly visual system currently published in the online journal Nature Communications. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-brain-eyes.html Neuroscience Thu, 01 Nov 2012 10:35:52 EST news270984941 (Medical Xpress) -- Just in time for the July Fourth holiday, Virginia Tech College of Engineering researchers have published a study that shines a new spotlight on the dangers of fireworks on the human eye, that projectiles from fireworks are more likely to cause severe eye injuries than the previously believed culprit blast overpressure. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-virginia-tech-highlight-danger-firework.html Health Wed, 04 Jul 2012 09:12:51 EST news260611954 From an anatomical point of view, a normal, non-pathological eye is known as an emmetropic eye, and has been studied very little until now in comparison with myopic and hypermetropic eyes. The results show that healthy emmetropic women have a wider pupil diameter than men. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-women-bigger-pupils-men.html Ophthalmology Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:58:38 EST news254653103 (AP) -- Again and again, 12-year-old Brianna Bowens cautiously pokes the human eyeball. On purpose. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-eye-anatomy-kids-med-careers.html Other Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:59:54 EST news230821174 A new system using video and computer software to monitor a baby that could be used to prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), as well as for telemedicine applications, has been developed by two students at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-computerized-sids-students.html Medical research Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:14:28 EST news229767244