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Diabetes can damage your eyes' retinas: An expert explains
People with diabetes face a number of health challenges related to their chronic condition, and loss of vision due to retinal damage is one of them.
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Scientists determine why some patients don't respond well to wet macular degeneration treatment: New drug may bridge gap
A study from researchers at Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine explains not only why some patients with wet age-related macular degeneration (or "wet" AMD) fail to have vision improvement with treatment, but also ...
Nov 4, 2024
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Developing novel noninvasive choroidal vessel analysis via deep learning
Researchers from Peking University have developed a novel noninvasive choroidal angiography method that enables layer-wise visualization and evaluation of choroidal vessels using deep learning. This new approach, published ...
Nov 4, 2024
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Scientists engineer 'glowing' gel to improve eye surgery
Cataracts—a condition that causes clouding of the eye's lens and deteriorating vision—will affect nearly everyone who lives long enough. Now Johns Hopkins scientists have pioneered a new color-changing hydrogel that could ...
Oct 31, 2024
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RNA editing tool shows potential as a replacement for regular eye injections
Australian scientists have successfully used an innovative gene therapy technique in the lab to combat a key cause of vision loss in "wet" age-related macular degeneration and diabetic eye disease.
Oct 31, 2024
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People with blindness and low vision are squeezed by high costs of living, research reveals
Colin Wong, a blind Ph.D. student, can't forget having to pay US$100 for an Uber when he needed to take a standardized test. There was no testing center in San Francisco, where he lived, that could accommodate his disability.
Oct 31, 2024
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New research finds that subtle eye movements optimize vision
Our ability to see starts with the light-sensitive photoreceptor cells in our eyes. A specific region of the retina, termed fovea, is responsible for sharp vision. Here, the color-sensitive cone photoreceptors allow us to ...
Oct 29, 2024
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Face-likeness affects unconscious processing, study finds
Our brains possess a cognitive mechanism that allows us to quickly recognize faces even with limited visual information. Focusing on this phenomenon, Toyohashi University of Technology investigated how the brain processes ...
Oct 29, 2024
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Prior intravitreal injections increase risk for cataract surgery complications
A history of multiple past intravitreal injections (IVIs) poses a risk for certain future cataract surgery complications, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, held ...
Oct 23, 2024
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Corneal toxicity reported with mirvetuximab soravtansine
For patients receiving mirvetuximab soravtansine (MIRV) treatment for primary gynecologic malignancies, corneal toxicity is not uncommon, but usually resolves, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American ...
Oct 23, 2024
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Wastage seen with artificial expiration of eye drops in ophthalmic clinics
Artificial expiration dates on eye drops in ophthalmology clinics result in significant waste in terms of medication, plastic, and cost, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, ...
Oct 23, 2024
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AI as accurate as ophthalmologists in diagnosing corneal infections, study finds
Eye care specialists could see artificial intelligence help in diagnosing infectious keratitis (IK), a leading cause of corneal blindness worldwide, as a new study finds that deep learning models showed similar levels of ...
Oct 22, 2024
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Light therapy might help ease 'dry' form of macular degeneration
Light therapy could be a useful treatment for the most common form of age-related macular degeneration, a new study says.
Oct 22, 2024
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Cataract surgery could save your eyesight and maybe your life, study suggests
Cataract surgery could restore good vision to older people and by doing so cut their odds for potentially life-threatening falls, a new study finds.
Oct 22, 2024
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Study of laser treatment supports shift in standard glaucoma care
Glaucoma is a lifelong eye disease that requires regular treatment. For many, it can be controlled by a daily eye drop regimen, but the treatment is not perfect—the preservatives in the drops can cause painful side effects, ...
Oct 21, 2024
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Research suggests long-term antiviral use is key to ocular shingles treatment
Taking an antiviral medication for a year may prevent vision damage associated with shingles that affects the eye, according to research led by faculty from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania ...
Oct 21, 2024
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Study shows long-term, low-dose antiviral treatment benefits patients with eye disease and pain from shingles
Long-term, low-dose antiviral treatment reduces the risk for potentially vision-damaging bouts of inflammation and infection, as well as pain, which occur when shingles affects the eye, according to new research presented ...
Oct 19, 2024
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Black adults disproportionately affected as glaucoma reaches 4.22 million in the US
A University of Michigan led study finds regional and demographic disparities in glaucoma burden. Results find that 4.22 million U.S. adults had glaucoma in 2022, with 1.49 million living with vision impairment.
Analysis of proteins identifies new drug targets for treating inherited retinal degenerations
An international team of researchers has identified new drug targets for therapies that could benefit patients with different forms of retinitis pigmentosa and other inherited retinal diseases. Using advanced proteomics techniques, ...
Oct 16, 2024
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People with aphantasia also have reduced brain activity in response to sounds, finds study
People with aphantasia—individuals who report experiencing no visual imagery at all—also showed reduced activation of the brain's visual cortex in response to sounds, according to a new study.
Oct 16, 2024
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Adverse effects found following faricimab treatment for eye conditions
Researchers led by the University Hospital Zurich have identified cases of sterile intraocular inflammation, including severe retinal vasculitis, associated with faricimab injections used to treat eye conditions including ...
Rates of infectious eye disease in Indigenous Aussie kids continue to fall
Trachoma prevalence among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) children in at-risk communities continues to fall, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
Oct 11, 2024
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Age-related macular degeneration tied to heightened risk for rheumatoid arthritis
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is associated with a higher risk for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to a study published online Sept. 9 in Scientific Reports.
Oct 10, 2024
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Kids should play outside more to reduce the risk of short-sightedness and potential adult blindness, say researchers
For most people with myopia, being short-sighted is an inconvenience. However, for some, myopia can lead to blindness. Ahead of World Sight Day (10 October), researchers at the Lions Eye Institute have some eye-opening advice.
Oct 8, 2024
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Researchers use AI to help people see more clearly
Myopia, also known as nearsightedness, is on the rise, especially among children. Experts predict that by the year 2050, myopia will affect approximately 50% of the world's population. Researchers believe that an increase ...
Oct 3, 2024
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