Adults who had amblyopia ('lazy eye') in childhood are more likely to experience hypertension, obesity, and metabolic syndrome in adulthood, as well as an increased risk of heart attack, according to a new study led by UCL ...
Mar 7, 2024
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Hundreds of millions of people worldwide suffer from a vision condition called amblyopia, or lazy eye, with imbalanced vision in their two eyes. Unless this disabling condition is caught and treated at a young age, it's rare ...
Oct 17, 2023
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Eye specialists, mathematicians and games designers at the University of Southampton have teamed up to develop and launch a smartphone app aimed at helping improve vital treatment for children with amblyopia, a common visual ...
May 30, 2023
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Jessica Oberoi, 13, can't exactly remember when her eyesight started getting blurry. All she knows is that she had to squint to see the whiteboard at school.
Jun 16, 2022
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(HealthDay)—The answer to helping kids with "lazy eye" before it's too late could be a hand-held screening device, a new study suggests.
Oct 20, 2021
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A handheld screening device that detects subtle misalignment of the eyes accurately identifies children with amblyopia (lazy eye), according to a study published in the Journal of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology ...
Sep 27, 2021
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An estimated 1% to 5% of children worldwide have lazy eye— a childhood condition where the vision does not develop properly. It happens because one or both eyes are unable to build a strong link to the brain. It usually ...
Sep 13, 2021
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Computer gaming technology is being used to develop and pilot two low cost, next-generation screening tools for 'lazy eye' in children.
Apr 20, 2021
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The standard treatment for so-called lazy eye (amblyopia) in children is to cover the nonimpaired eye with a patch. This trains the impaired eye to work harder. Such therapy is successful only when the patient wears the eyepatch ...
Nov 2, 2018
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A research team has discovered that abnormal vision in childhood can affect the development of higher-level brain areas responsible for things such as attention.
Oct 13, 2018
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