Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found a promising drug candidate that could help restore vision in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) and other neurological conditions that damage ...
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The trouble started every day at around 3 p.m., after Cathy Higgins had spent five or six hours staring at an array of computer screens at her desk. Her university job overseeing research projects involved peering closely ...
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A new study has revealed that managing eye conditions through enhanced optometric services at local optometrists, rather than relying solely on hospital eye services (HES), can significantly reduce patient wait times and ...
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A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology) and IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino has demonstrated the effectiveness of the Ziapin2 molecule ...
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Young nearsighted kids who wear bifocal contact lenses that slow uncoordinated eye growth do not lose the benefits of the treatment once they stop wearing the lenses, new research shows.
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University of California San Diego researchers have identified a U-shaped association between high-density lipoprotein (HDL) levels and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) risk, with lower incidence of AMD in the middle ...
Two new compounds may be able to treat retinitis pigmentosa, a group of inherited eye diseases that cause blindness. The compounds, described in a study published January 14 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Beata ...
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which affects about 200 million people worldwide and can result in legal blindness, impairs an area of the eye (retina) used for reading, driving and many other critical daily tasks.
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Use of once-weekly semaglutide more than doubles the risk for nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) in individuals with type 2 diabetes, according to a study published online Dec. 18 in the International ...
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Researchers have developed a therapy to treat Stargardt disease, the most common form of inherited macular degeneration, which often leads to vision loss. Their study shows promising results using a precise technique for ...
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