News tagged with eye lens

Contacts uncomfortable? Changing lens type or lens care product may help

If your contact lenses are causing you discomfort, simply switching to a different type of contact lens or lens care product may bring improvement, reports a study, " Effect of Lens and Solution Choice on the Comfort of Contact ...

Ophthalmology May 01, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

New research holds promise for treatments for a range of women's health issues

Natural lubricants play an important role in health, including a well-known effect to help prevent osteoarthritis in knee and ankle joints. However, much is still unknown about their role and function in other areas of the ...

Ophthalmology Apr 18, 2013 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

'Petri dish lens' gives hope for new eye treatments

(Medical Xpress)—A cure for congenital sight impairment caused by lens damage is closer following research by scientists at Monash University.

Ophthalmology Jan 31, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1 |

New findings on heat shock proteins may shed light on variety of debilitating diseases

UCLA researchers, in a finding that runs counter to conventional wisdom, have discovered for the first time that a gene thought to express a protein in all cells that come under stress is instead expressed only in specific ...

Medical research Jan 29, 2013 | not rated yet | 0 |

Sharp rise in diabetic eye disease makes American Diabetes Month ever more important

Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness among working-age adults in the United States. According to recent studies funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI), diabetic retinopathy, one of the most common and debilitating ...

Diabetes Nov 07, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Patients who suffer dry eyes find relief from wide-diameter contact lenses

(Medical Xpress) -- Susan Loughman is among the tens of millions of Americans who suffer dry eyes. She has an especially bad condition, which makes it feel like there's sandpaper in her eyes.

Ophthalmology Mar 22, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Smart contact lenses could make eye drops a thing of the past

(Medical Xpress) -- An Auburn University team of chemical and biomedical engineers led by Mark Byrne, the Daniel F. and Josephine Breeden Associate Professor in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, has developed a new ...

Medical research Nov 09, 2011 | not rated yet | 0

Aging eyes linked to sleepless nights, new study shows

A natural yellowing of the eye lens that absorbs blue light has been linked to sleep disorders in a group of test volunteers, according to a study in the September 1 issue of the journal Sleep. As this type of lens discol ...

Health Sep 01, 2011 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1 |