(Medical Xpress) -- Two UC Irvine ophthalmologists are the first in Orange County to implant a miniature telescope in the eyes of patients with end-stage age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness among ...
Jun 26, 2012
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An FDA-approved green imaging dye can detect small amounts of fatty buildup along the walls of arteries , which can lead to heart attacks, shows a new study in rabbits.
May 26, 2011
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Many veterans of the United States armed forces who have traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder also have undiagnosed, chronic vision problems, according to two studies presented today at the 116th Annual ...
Nov 11, 2012
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There is no cure for age-related macular degeneration, an eye disease that is the leading cause of vision loss and blindness in older Americans. Last year, the National Institutes of Health reported that two drugs injected ...
Jun 18, 2013
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A new rapid screening test for glaucoma could help advance early detection of the disease, a leading cause of irreversible blindness.
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Two major drug trials conclude there was little risk from a drug aimed at age-related macular degeneration. Yet a Mayo Clinic ophthalmologist began to note something concerning in some of her patients: an increase in pressure ...
Oct 24, 2011
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(Medical Xpress) -- Technology developed at the University of Cambridge to detect peripheral visual field loss in young children will enable the earlier detection of brain tumours, potentially saving sight and lives.
Oct 12, 2011
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Botox developer Alan Scott says he rues the day he handed over rights to the best-selling wrinkle-smoothing drug to a US company for just $4.5 million, saying he might have become a billionaire.
Feb 13, 2012
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NJIT and UMDNJ have executed a license agreement with The Incubation Factory, St. Louis, MO, covering their personal tonometer technology on which a patent is pending. The tonometer was developed by a research team led ...
May 17, 2011
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Two years ago, Paul's teacher noticed that the 10-year-old boy could no longer see anything on the board at the front of the class.
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