Diabetes
When diabetes strikes, eye exams can save your sight
Could an annual eye exam save your sight if you have diabetes? Most definitely, one vision expert says.
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News tagged with retina
Neuroscience
New nano-implant could one day help restore sight
A team of engineers at the University of California San Diego and La Jolla-based startup Nanovision Biosciences Inc. have developed the nanotechnology and wireless electronics for a new type of retinal prosthesis that brings ...
Mar 14, 2017
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Ophthalmology
Researchers develop minimally invasive technique to repair retinal detachment
A St. Michael's retinal surgeon and researcher has developed a new, minimally-invasive technique to repair retinal detachment that requires no incisions and can be done in the ophthalmologist's office. It could lead to faster ...
Aug 25, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Scientists trick the brain into Barbie-doll size
(Medical Xpress) -- Imagine shrinking to the size of a doll in your sleep. When you wake up, will you perceive yourself as tiny or the world as being populated by giants? Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden may ...
May 25, 2011
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Health
Medical myth: Reading from a screen harms your eyes
The time most of us spend looking at a screen has rapidly increased over the past decade. If we're not at work on the computer, we're likely to stay tuned into the online sphere via a smart phone or tablet. Shelves of books ...
Oct 19, 2012
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Ophthalmology
Oxford student creates first synthetic retina for the visually impaired
A synthetic, soft tissue retina developed by an Oxford University student could offer fresh hope to visually impaired people.
May 4, 2017
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Alzheimer's one day may be predicted during eye exam
It may be possible in the future to screen patients for Alzheimer's disease using an eye exam.
Aug 23, 2018
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Medical research
Algae may be the solution to blindness
(PhysOrg.com) -- The song about three blind mice may just be a song of the past according to new research presented by neuroscientist Alan Horsager from the Institute of Genetic Medicine at the University of Southern California ...
Medical research
Team deciphers retina's neural code for brain communication to create novel prosthetic retinal device for blind
(Medical Xpress) -- Two researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have deciphered a mouse's retina's neural code and coupled this information to a novel prosthetic device to restore sight to blind mice. The researchers ...
Aug 13, 2012
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Medical research
A rift in the retina may help repair the optic nerve
In experiments in mouse tissues and human cells, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have found that removing a membrane that lines the back of the eye may improve the success rate for regrowing nerve cells damaged ...
Jan 14, 2021
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