News tagged with eyesight
Debilitating eyesight problems are on the decline for older Americans
(Medical Xpress) -- Today’s senior citizens are reporting fewer visual impairment problems than their counterparts from a generation ago, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study. Improved techniques for cataract ...
Ophthalmology
Jun 28, 2012 |
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Out of the shadows: Freeing families from mitochondrial inherited disease
(Medical Xpress) -- Mitochondrial inherited diseases (MIDs) can devastate families, but there is hope in the form of new techniques to prevent them passing from mother to child. Anjana Ahuja speaks to the ...
Medical research
Jun 12, 2012 |
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Tracking down motion perception
Neurobiologists have determined the number of circuits needed to see movements.
Neuroscience
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Zebrafish may hold the answer to repairing damaged retinas and returning eyesight to people
Zebrafish, the staple of genetic research, may hold the answer to repairing damaged retinas and returning eye-sight to people.
Ophthalmology
Jan 31, 2013 |
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Artificial cornea gives hope when transplants won't work
Blindness is often caused by corneal diseases. The established treatment is a corneal transplant, but in many cases this is not possible and donor corneas are often hard to come by. In the future, an artificial ...
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Oct 01, 2012 |
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Patent issued for technology that improves eyesight dramatically
(Medical Xpress)—A U.S. patent has been issued to the University of Rochester for technology that has boosted the eyesight of tens of thousands of people around the world to unprecedented levels and reduced the need for ...
Ophthalmology
Sep 28, 2012 |
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Wide variations in charges for special lenses
A new study has found huge variations in what ophthalmologists charge for a device used in one of the most common surgeries in Ontario.
Ophthalmology
Apr 24, 2012 |
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Use it or lose it: Mind games help healthy older people too
Cognitive training including puzzles, handicrafts and life skills are known to reduce the risk, and help slow down the progress, of dementia amongst the elderly. A new study published in BioMed Central's open access journal ...
Health
Mar 27, 2012 |
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Better than a needle in the eye: New medical device offers hope and relief for patients
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at McMaster have developed a new system for delivering drugs to the back of the eye - one that could offer more effective treatment while sparing patients with vision-related ...
Ophthalmology
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Prospective study finds many children with retinoblastoma can safely forego adjuvant chemotherapy
New results from a prospective clinical trial conducted in France show that children with low-risk retinoblastoma do not need postoperative (adjuvant) chemotherapy to prevent disease recurrence or metastasis; the results ...
Cancer
Mar 04, 2013 |
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'Eat your greens; it's good for your eyes': Investigating truth behind familiar parental battle cry
Parents have long tried to persuade children to eat their greens by promising it will give them better eyesight, but is there any truth to this age-old adage? This is the question an Irish researcher who has ...
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Apr 27, 2012 |
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Researchers find better way to save sight
People who are losing their eyesight through aged-related macular degeneration (AMD) may soon be able to find out if a commonly used drug can help save their vision.
Ophthalmology
Mar 15, 2012 |
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A treatment for one form of albinism?
Individuals with oculocutaneous albinism, type 1 (OCA1) have white hair, very pale skin, and light-colored irises because they have none, or very little, of the pigment melanin in their skin, hair, and eyes. Affected individuals ...
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