Early screenings key to diagnosing glaucoma
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 ...
Ophthalmology
May 17, 2013 |
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VCU Medical Center first in Virginia to implant telescope for macular degeneration
Physicians at the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center have become the first in Virginia to successfully implant a telescope in a patient's eye to treat macular degeneration.
Ophthalmology
Apr 15, 2013 |
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Ophthalmologists urge early diagnosis and treatment of age-related macular degeneration
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 ...
Ophthalmology
Apr 03, 2013 |
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New view of origins of eye diseases
Using new technology and new approaches, researchers at Lund University in Sweden hope to be able to explain why people suffer vision loss in eye diseases such as retinal detachment and glaucoma.
Ophthalmology
Apr 03, 2013 |
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Seven genetic risk factors found to be associated with age-related macular degeneration
An international group of researchers has discovered seven new regions of the human genome—called loci—that are associated with increased risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness. The ...
Genetics
Mar 03, 2013 |
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Neuroprosthesis gives rats the ability to 'touch' infrared light
Researchers have given rats the ability to "touch" infrared light, normally invisible to them, by fitting them with an infrared detector wired to microscopic electrodes implanted in the part of the mammalian brain that processes ...
Neuroscience
Feb 12, 2013 |
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Disturbed body image after CNS cancer
(Medical Xpress)—Survivors of cancer of the central nervous system (CNS) in childhood are at heightened risk for disturbance in body image and self-image in relation to sports or other physical activities, according to ...
Cancer
Feb 04, 2013 |
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Androgenic hormones could help treat multiple sclerosis, study finds
Testosterone and its derivatives could constitute an efficient treatment against myelin diseases such as multiple sclerosis, reveals a study by researchers from the Laboratoire d'Imagerie et de Neurosciences Cognitives. Myelin ...
Neuroscience
Jan 30, 2013 |
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Open-angle glaucoma up 22 percent in last 10 years
(HealthDay)—The prevalence of open-angle glaucoma has increased more than 20 percent in the last 10 years and currently affects more than 2.7 million Americans age 40 years and older, according to a report ...
Ophthalmology
Jan 01, 2013 |
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Research on blood vessel proteins holds promise for controlling 'blood-brain barrier'
Working with mice, Johns Hopkins researchers have shed light on the activity of a protein pair found in cells that form the walls of blood vessels in the brain and retina, experiments that could lead to therapeutic ...
Medical research
Dec 06, 2012 |
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Rapid eye movements significantly delayed in people with glaucoma
Rapid eye movements are significantly delayed in patients with glaucoma, even those in the early stages of the disease, research has found.
Ophthalmology
Dec 06, 2012 |
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Diabetes leading to blindness in many people
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, ...
Diabetes
Nov 30, 2012 |
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Digital tablets improve speed and ease of reading for people with moderate vision loss
People who have eye diseases that damage their central vision can regain the ability to read quickly and comfortably by using digital tablets, according to a recent study. The research found that people with moderate vision ...
Ophthalmology
Nov 11, 2012 |
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Glaucoma-related vision loss may increase risk for auto accidents
The first study to compare accident rates for drivers who have advanced glaucoma − an eye disease that affects peripheral vision − with normal-vision drivers, found that the glaucoma group had about twice as many accidents. ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 11, 2012 |
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Cells from skin create model of blinding eye disease
For the first time, Wisconsin researchers have taken skin from patients and, using induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology, turned them into a laboratory model for an inherited type of macular degeneration.
Genetics
Nov 08, 2012 |
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