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Avastin Eye Injection Treatment for Macular Degeneration
• Eye / Vision Problems • Apr 24 12

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in people over 50 years of age.  It is caused by the breakdown of… Avastin Eye Injection Treatment for Macular Degeneration   

 
 

Avastin Injections Are Reported to Cause Blindness
• Eye / Vision Problems • Apr 24 12

At least 16 people in two states have gotten severe eye infections, and some have been blinded, from injections of the drug Avastin, according… Avastin Injections Are Reported to Cause Blindness   

 
 

Novartis tries to make UK hospitals use $1000 drug
• Drug News • • Eye / Vision Problems • Apr 24 12

Drug maker Novartis is taking legal action in Britain to make state-run hospitals use an eye drug that costs about 700 pounds ($1,130) per… Novartis tries to make UK hospitals use $1000 drug   

 
 

Blindness cure step closer after scientists replace lost light-sensitive cells in back of the eye
• Eye / Vision Problems • Apr 19 12

A treatment that has helped mice see in the dark could one day restore sight to the blind.

British doctors used injections of healthy… Blindness cure step closer after scientists replace lost light-sensitive cells in back of the eye   

 
 

Eye Health Is Related to Brain Health
• Brain • • Eye / Vision Problems • Mar 15 12

People with mild vascular disease that causes damage to the retina in the eye are more likely to have problems with thinking and memory… Eye Health Is Related to Brain Health   

 
 

Should all African Americans get glaucoma screening?
• Eye / Vision Problems • Mar 14 12

Screening middle-aged African Americans for glaucoma may prevent some from losing their vision, but the benefits are modest and costly, suggests a new study.

… Should all African Americans get glaucoma screening?   
 
 

How Does Nearsightedness Develop in Children?
• Children's Health • • Eye / Vision Problems • Mar 03 12

Myopia (nearsightedness) develops in children when the lens stops compensating for continued growth of the eye, according to a study in the March issue… How Does Nearsightedness Develop in Children?   

 
 

Smart Lenses Will Do More Than Just Improve Your Vision
• Eye / Vision Problems • Feb 19 12

Some forty million Americans wear contact lenses, but imagine if those lenses could do more than just bring the outside world into focus?

There… Smart Lenses Will Do More Than Just Improve Your Vision   

 
 

First patients shown to improve with embryonic stem cells
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jan 24 12

Before treatment, the 51-year-old graphic artist was legally blind, unable to read a single letter on a standard eye chart. She has suffered from… First patients shown to improve with embryonic stem cells   

 
 

Grapes may help prevent age-related blindness
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Food & Nutrition • Jan 19 12

Can eating grapes slow or help prevent the onset of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a debilitating condition affecting millions of elderly people worldwide? Results… Grapes may help prevent age-related blindness   

 
 

Wearing contact lenses can affect glaucoma measurements
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jan 13 12

A study about how wearing contact lenses affects glaucoma measurements has been named the top presentation at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine’s… Wearing contact lenses can affect glaucoma measurements   

 
 

Outside Temperatures, Sun Exposure and Gender May Trigger Glaucoma
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jan 06 12

When it comes to whether or not you will develop exfoliation syndrome (ES) - an eye condition that is a leading cause of secondary… Outside Temperatures, Sun Exposure and Gender May Trigger Glaucoma   

 
 

Latitude And Gender Influences Glaucoma Risk
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jan 03 12

When it comes to whether or not you will develop exfoliation syndrome (ES) - an eye condition that is a leading cause of secondary… Latitude And Gender Influences Glaucoma Risk   

 
 

Eye injuries down in women’s lacrosse
• Eye / Vision Problems • Dec 15 11

Eye injuries among female lacrosse players dropped dramatically after US Lacrosse, the governing board for the sport, required protective eyewear in 2004, according to… Eye injuries down in women’s lacrosse   

 
 

Physical fitness could have a positive effect on eye health
• Eye / Vision Problems • Oct 24 11

Physical activity may be what the doctor orders to help patients reduce their risk of developing glaucoma. According to a recently published scientific paper,… Physical fitness could have a positive effect on eye health   

 
 

Daily aspirin tied to risk of vision loss
• Eye / Vision Problems • Oct 01 11

Seniors who take aspirin daily are twice as likely to have late stage macular degeneration, an age-related loss of vision, than people who never… Daily aspirin tied to risk of vision loss   

 
 

Potential treatment for ‘pink eye’ epidemic
• Eye / Vision Problems • Sep 28 11

Scientists are reporting discovery of a potential new drug for epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC) - sometimes called “pink eye” - a highly infectious eye disease… Potential treatment for ‘pink eye’ epidemic   

 
 

Space missions may damage eyes
• Eye / Vision Problems • Sep 04 11

Astronauts experience bone and muscle loss in the weightlessness of space, and now the first study of returning space travelers’ eyes suggests that prolonged… Space missions may damage eyes   

 
 

Five VA patients blinded by Avastin injections: report
• Drug Abuse • • Eye / Vision Problems • Sep 02 11

Five patients being treated for eye disease were blinded after being injected with Roche Holding AG’s Avastin at the Los Angeles Veterans Affairs medical… Five VA patients blinded by Avastin injections: report   

 
 

Avastin Injections Are Reported to Cause Blindness
• Drug Abuse • • Eye / Vision Problems • Sep 01 11

At least 16 people in two states have gotten severe eye infections, and some have been blinded, from injections of the drug Avastin, according… Avastin Injections Are Reported to Cause Blindness   

 
 

Leading Treatments for Uveitis Found to be Similarly Effective, Increasing Patient Options
• Eye / Vision Problems • Aug 19 11

A team of researchers comparing the two leading treatment approaches for the eye condition uveitis, which is the fifth leading cause of blindness in… Leading Treatments for Uveitis Found to be Similarly Effective, Increasing Patient Options   

 
 

Study focuses on relationship between glaucoma and diabetes, hypertension
• Diabetes • • Eye / Vision Problems • • Heart • Aug 17 11

Many Americans suffer from diabetes and hypertension and, according to a study by researchers at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center, these individuals… Study focuses on relationship between glaucoma and diabetes, hypertension   

 
 

U. Iowa research team finds new genetic cause of blinding eye disease
• Eye / Vision Problems • Aug 09 11

Combining the expertise of several different labs, University of Iowa researchers have found a new genetic cause of the blinding eye disease retinitis pigmentosa… U. Iowa research team finds new genetic cause of blinding eye disease   

 
 

Severe complications from cataract surgery decline
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Surgery • Jun 20 11

Serious, potentially blinding complications from cataract eye surgery are uncommon, and have been declining since the 1990s, a new U.S. study finds.

A cataract… Severe complications from cataract surgery decline   

 
 

Researchers report progress using iPS cells to reverse blindness
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jun 15 11

Researchers have used cutting-edge stem cell technology to correct a genetic defect present in a rare blinding disorder, another step on a promising path… Researchers report progress using iPS cells to reverse blindness   

 
 
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