http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. New research is emphasizing the importance of regular screenings for glaucoma, a disease that deteriorates the optic nerve over time and is a leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. The onset of glaucoma is associated with a delay in diagnosing the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-early-screenings-key-glaucoma.html Ophthalmology Fri, 17 May 2013 08:06:38 EST news287996763 (HealthDay)—For those who aren't born with long, fluttery eyelashes, cosmetic extensions can help achieve that often sought-after look. But eye experts warn that the adhesives used to apply these eyelash extensions can cause allergies and infections. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-eyelash-extension-adhesives-bad-reactions.html Health Thu, 16 May 2013 17:20:02 EST news287939575 Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) continues to be the leading cause of visual impairment in the United States for people over age 65, according to a study recently published online in Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. AMD is a potentially blinding disease that affects more than 9.1 million Americans. This study, which tracked vision loss in relation to eye disease and treatment response in nearly 5,000 patients over a 20-year period, showed that despite the recent discovery of sight-saving drugs and advances in disease prevention, AMD still causes severe vision loss in approximately 15 percent of Americans 85 and older. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-ophthalmologists-urge-early-diagnosis-treatment.html Ophthalmology Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:25:17 EST news284207093 (HealthDay)—For the effective detection of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), at-risk infants should receive carefully timed retinal examinations (based on their gestational age) by an ophthalmologist experienced in the examination of preterm infants, according to an American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement published online Dec. 31 in Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-aap-screening-retinopathy-prematurity.html Pediatrics Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:00:01 EST news276354418 (HealthDay)—If you plan to pop a bottle of Champagne or sparkling wine over the holidays, make sure you do it safely, the American Academy of Ophthalmology says. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-eyes-champagne-corks.html Health Sun, 30 Dec 2012 07:30:01 EST news276072922 A single injection, then a five-minute wait. That's all it took for hundreds of stroke and traumatic brain injury patients from South Florida and nationwide to reverse years of debilitation. Now they're walking more steadily, reading more easily, concentrating better, speaking more clearly and regaining use of once-rigid limbs - long after giving up hope that their bodies would ever respond. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-florida-doctor-survivors-shot-mobility.html Neuroscience Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:20:02 EST news275309602 (Medical Xpress)—Based on developments in science and interviews with numerous medical experts, an in-depth investigation by Northwestern University's Medill Innocence Project raises significant questions about the murder conviction of a Chicago-area licensed day care provider in the death of a young child nearly two decades ago. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-shaken-baby-conviction.html Health Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:41:08 EST news274696861 Many veterans of the United States armed forces who have traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder also have undiagnosed, chronic vision problems, according to two studies 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-brain-injury-stress-disorder-strong.html Psychology & Psychiatry Sun, 11 Nov 2012 10:30:34 EST news271852206 The best-selling wrinkle erasing drug Botox will be used in an Australian study to treat hay fever, researchers said Tuesday after it showed promise in providing relief in early trials. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-australians-trial-botox-hay-fever.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 09 Oct 2012 04:52:41 EST news268977149 Prenatal and early childhood exposure to the chemical solvent tetrachloroethylene (PCE) found in drinking water may be associated with long-term visual impairments, particularly in the area of color discrimination, a new study led by Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researchers has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-early-life-exposure-chemical-affect-vision.html Health Wed, 11 Jul 2012 10:34:24 EST news261221639 iPhones and other smartphones can be a huge help to the visually impaired, but few vision doctors are recommending them to patients, according to a study co-authored by a Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine ophthalmologist. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-smartphones-big-visually-impaired.html Health Wed, 16 May 2012 17:29:11 EST news256408136 Mayo Clinic and University of Oregon researchers have confirmed that a genetic factor called a repeating trinucleotide is a strong predictor of an individual's risk of developing the eye condition Fuchs' dystrophy. The findings were being presented today at the annual conference of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology in Orlando, Fla. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-genetic-predictor-fuchs-corneal-dystrophy.html Ophthalmology Mon, 07 May 2012 16:00:25 EST news255611458 Mayo Clinic researchers have trained mouse immune systems to eradicate skin cancer from within, using a genetic combination of human DNA from melanoma cells and a cousin of the rabies virus. The strategy, called cancer immunotherapy, uses a genetically engineered version of the vesicular stomatitis virus to deliver a broad spectrum of genes derived from melanoma cancer cells directly into tumors. In early studies, 60 percent of tumor-burdened mice were cured in fewer than three months and with minimal side effects. Results of the latest study appear this week in the journal Nature Biotechnology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-melanoma-vaccine-combat-skin-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:13:39 EST news251374412 A new paradigm to explain glaucoma is rapidly emerging, and it is generating brain-based treatment advances that may ultimately vanquish the disease known as the "sneak thief of sight." A review now available in Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, reports that some top researchers no longer think of glaucoma solely as an eye disease. Instead, they view it as a neurologic disorder that causes nerve cells in the brain to degenerate and die, similar to what occurs in Parkinson disease and in Alzheimer's. The review, led by Jeffrey L Goldberg, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of ophthalmology at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, describes treatment advances that are either being tested in patients or are scheduled to begin clinical trials soon. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-characterizes-glaucoma-neurologic-disorder-eye.html Ophthalmology Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:23:12 EST news250334582 Botox developer Alan Scott says he rues the day he handed over rights to the best-selling wrinkle-smoothing drug to a US company for just $4.5 million, saying he might have become a billionaire. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-botox-rues-billions.html Medications Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:15:03 EST news248325277 Two major drug trials conclude there was little risk from a drug aimed at age-related macular degeneration. Yet a Mayo Clinic ophthalmologist began to note something concerning in some of her patients: an increase in pressure inside the eye. It led to a retrospective study and findings that will be presented at the American Academy of Ophthalmology in Orlando. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-mayo-clinic-side-effect-macular.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:40:56 EST news238668041 (Medical Xpress) -- Technology developed at the University of Cambridge to detect peripheral visual field loss in young children will enable the earlier detection of brain tumours, potentially saving sight and lives. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-children-vision-loss-video.html Medical research Wed, 12 Oct 2011 06:49:42 EST news237620965 Hindsight, unlike many people's vision, is always 20/20. Laser eye surgery has become so common, it's easy to forget that just three decades ago a promising new treatment was greeted with skepticism and even fear. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-edge-laser-eye-surgery.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:30:30 EST news226143014 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