Ophthalmology
World's blind population to soar: study
The world's blind will increase threefold from about 36 million today to 115 million in 2050 as populations expand and individuals grow ever older, researchers said Thursday.
Aug 3, 2017
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Ophthalmology
Contact lenses: A molecule from pig stomach mucus prevents corneal damage
After a long day of working at the computer, scratchy contact lenses are not only painful, over longer periods of time they can also damage ocular tissue. Relief may be in sight from a natural mucus component referred to ...
Aug 1, 2017
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Ophthalmology
See this? Doctors find 27 contact lenses in woman's eye
Doctors intending to perform cataract surgery on a 67-year-old woman in Britain found something rather unexpected: 17 contact lenses mashed together in her right eye.
Jul 17, 2017
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Ophthalmology
Soft contact lenses safe for kids and teens, review finds
(HealthDay)—Soft contact lenses are as safe for children and teens as they are for adults, a new review finds.
Jul 5, 2017
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Health
Surf's up! How to plan for a safe beach vacation
(HealthDay)—Heading to the beach this summer? Make safety part of your vacation planning.
Jun 24, 2017
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Ophthalmology
Are soft contact lenses safe for children? Risks seem no higher than in adults
Available evidence suggests that soft contact lenses can be safely prescribed to children and adolescents, with no increase in adverse effects compared to adults, according to a review in the June issue of Optometry and Vision ...
Jun 2, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers see promise in light therapy to treat chronic pain
Chronic pain afflicts over 100 million people across the United States. It diminishes their productivity and their quality of life and costs hundreds of billions of dollars each year to medically manage. It shatters people's ...
Feb 28, 2017
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Ophthalmology
New help for that bane of middle-age: blurry close-up vision
Squinting while texting? Always losing your reading glasses? An eye implant that takes about 10 minutes to put in place is the newest in a list of surgical repairs for the blurry close-up vision that is a bane of middle age. ...
Feb 28, 2017
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Ophthalmology
Corneal transplantation may improve outcomes in people with a degenerative eye disease
An innovative procedure may improve outcomes in people with a degenerative eye disease, suggest five-year results from a study presented at AAO 2016, the 120th annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Transplantation ...
Oct 18, 2016
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Ophthalmology
Patients unsuitable for LASIK could benefit from vision surgery using intraocular lenses
People who are unsuitable for LASIK because of moderate or extreme nearsightedness or severe astigmatism may benefit from a surgical procedure using intraocular lenses. Phakic intraocular collamer lenses, also called Phakic ...
Oct 18, 2016
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