New research published today in The Lancet Global Health reveals that less than half of people over 50 worldwide have received spectacles or contact lenses needed to correct refractive error, the world's most common visual ...
Oct 11, 2022
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A revolutionary new treatment for cataracts has shown extremely positive results in laboratory tests, giving hope that the condition, which currently can only be cured with surgery, could soon be treated with drugs.
May 16, 2022
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A team from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), the Universitat de València (UV) and the Aiken Ophthalmic Clinic (through its Research Foundation) have designed and assessed in their laboratories a new groundbreaking ...
Apr 26, 2021
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In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king, so the saying goes.
Oct 09, 2020
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There is growing evidence that the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, could spread through aerosols—tiny droplets that can remain suspended in the air for hours in closed spaces. Aerosols generated during surgeries and outpatient ...
Jul 20, 2020
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It will soon be a year since Jessica Starr, a popular weather person on Detroit TV, took her own life. Her husband said she did so because of complications related to her recent laser refractive surgery.
Feb 13, 2020
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Jessica Starr, a meteorologist at a local station in Detroit, should have been happier on Nov. 13.
Dec 16, 2018
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A team of bioengineers at UC San Diego has answered a question that has long puzzled neuroscientists, and may hold a key to better understanding the complexities of neurological disorders: Why are axons, the spindly arms ...
Jul 11, 2018
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Around half of vision impairment in Western Europe is preventable, according to a new study published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.
Mar 26, 2018
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While doctors take delight in solving the common issue of refractive vision error by prescribing eye glasses, Flinders University researchers have found that many patients are upset with this solution and claim it affects ...
Oct 25, 2017
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