Ophthalmology
Man has distorted vision after inhaling poppers
A 52-year-old man developed distorted vision after inhaling poppers for the first time.
Mar 8, 2016
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News tagged with central vision
Ophthalmology
New research points to source of peripheral vision problems
You're hustling across Huntington Avenue, eyes on the Marino Center, as the "walk" sign ticks down seconds: Seven, six, five…. Suddenly bike brakes screech to your right. Yikes! Why didn't you see that cyclist coming with ...
Jan 8, 2016
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Ophthalmology
Driving with central visual field loss
Vision researchers in Boston have published the second paper of a study designed to determine if a driver who suffers from loss of central vision is able to detect pedestrians in a timely manner when driving. Central visual ...
Sep 2, 2015
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Ophthalmology
New eye-tracker method shows 'preferred retinal location' in both eyes
Eyes with central vision loss adapt by developing a new fixation point in a different part of the retina, called the preferred retinal location (PRL). Now for the first time, a new method makes it possible to identify PRLs ...
Jul 28, 2015
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Ophthalmology
Retinal-scan analysis can predict advance of macular degeneration, study finds
Stanford University School of Medicine scientists have found a new way to forecast which patients with age-related macular degeneration are likely to suffer from the most debilitating form of the disease.
Nov 5, 2014
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Ophthalmology
Iodine may alleviate swelling in retinitis pigmentosa patients' retinas
Cystoid macular edema (CME) is a common complication of retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a family of retinal diseases in which patients typically lose night and side vision first and then develop impaired central vision. CME can ...
Jul 21, 2014
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Ophthalmology
Early test warns of world's leading eye disease
(Medical Xpress)—A new, quick and simple eye test can predict who is more at risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness worldwide.
Sep 23, 2013
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Ophthalmology
Impaired autophagy associated with age-related macular degeneration
A new study published in the prestigious PLoS One journal changes our understanding of the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The researchers found that degenerative changes and loss of vision are caused ...
Aug 21, 2013
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Ophthalmology
Therapeutic eye injections may be needed less often
Johns Hopkins biomedical engineers have teamed up with clinicians to create a new drug-delivery strategy for a type of central vision loss caused by blood vessel growth at the back of the eye, where such growth should not ...
Aug 19, 2013
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Genetics
Researchers report a critical role for the complement system in early macular degeneration
In a study published on line this week in the journal Human Molecular Genetics, Drs. Donita Garland, Rosario Fernandez-Godino, and Eric Pierce of the Ocular Genomics Institute at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical ...
Aug 15, 2013
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