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Treating children’s eye infections without surgery
• Children's Health • • Eye / Vision Problems • Jun 08 11
Researchers from Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence, R.I., report that medical management may be preferred over surgery for children with orbital cellulitis, an acute…
Columbia Researchers Work on Preventing Blindness from Age-related Macular Degeneration and Stargard
• Eye / Vision Problems • May 18 11
Slowing down the aggregation or “clumping” of vitamin A in the eye may help prevent vision loss caused by macular degeneration, research from Columbia…
Gene therapy shows promise against age-related macular degeneration
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Genetics • Apr 30 11
A gene therapy approach using a protein called CD59, or protectin, shows promise in slowing the signs of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to…
Rice bioengineering students’ invention may help diagnose painful eye condition
• Eye / Vision Problems • Apr 25 11
Rice University bioengineering students responded to an ophthalmologist’s cry for help with a device to diagnose dry eye, the itching and burning sensation that…
Researchers find eye development error causing cataracts, glaucoma
• Eye / Vision Problems • Mar 24 11
A Jackson Laboratory research team, working in collaboration with researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, show that RNA…
Stem cell therapy for age-related macular degeneration—a step closer to reality
• Eye / Vision Problems • Mar 24 11
The notion of transplanting adult stem cells to treat or even cure age-related macular degeneration has taken a significant step toward becoming a reality.…
Omega-3s linked to less age-related vision loss
• Eye / Vision Problems • Mar 15 11
Women who get lots of omega-3 fatty acids are less likely to develop age-related macular degeneration (AMD), an eye disease affecting millions of older…
For some kids, corneal transplant improves vision and daily life
• Children's Health • • Eye / Vision Problems • Mar 01 11
Teens, children, and even infants sometimes require corneal transplants, although most such surgeries are performed in adults. Australian researchers led by Keryn A. Williams,…
Obese women may be less likely to develop glaucoma
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Obesity • Feb 14 11
Obesity may be associated with higher eye pressure and a decreased risk of open-angle glaucoma in women but not men, according to a report…
Advanced macular degeneration is associated with an increased risk
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Aging and Gerontology • Feb 09 11
Older people with late-stage, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) appear to be at increased risk of brain hemorrhage (bleeding stroke), but not stroke caused by…
Pivotal discoveries in age-related macular degeneration
• Eye / Vision Problems • Feb 07 11
A team of researchers, led by University of Kentucky ophthalmologist Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati, has discovered a molecular mechanism implicated in geographic atrophy, the major…
Vision screening of kids under 3 lacks data: panel
• Children's Health • • Eye / Vision Problems • Jan 31 11
A federal expert panel backtracked on Monday on its 2004 recommendation to screen all kids younger than five years for poor vision, lazy eye…
Can adjustable glasses help kids in poor countries?
• Children's Health • • Eye / Vision Problems • Jan 27 11
For many children in poor nations, a simple pair of glasses can be out of reach. But a new study suggests relatively cheap specs…
Bayer to test drug to treat eye disease in Asia
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jan 18 11
German drugmaker Bayer will launch a phase III trial in several Asian countries this year to test a compound to treat an eye disease…
Implant appears effective for treating inflammatory disease within the eye
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jan 11 11
An implant that releases the medication dexamethasone within the eye appears safe and effective for the treatment of some types of uveitis (swelling and…
Study evaluates prevalence of age-related macular degeneration in the United States
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Aging and Gerontology • Jan 11 11
An estimated 6.5 percent of Americans age 40 and older have the eye disease age-related macular degeneration, a lower rate than was reported 15…
Molecular medicine could avert predicted catastrophic vision loss in the aged
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jan 10 11
While age-related vision loss of catastrophic proportions is predicted in coming decades, rising from 17 million patients today to 55 million by the year…
New research reveals unexpected biological pathway in glaucoma
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jan 03 11
In a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Early Edition ahead of print), a team of researchers from…
Healthy lifestyle, healthy eyes in old age
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Aging and Gerontology • Dec 15 10
People who lead overall healthy lives - getting exercise, eating right, and not smoking - are significantly more likely to keep their aging eyes…
Could acupuncture be used to treat “lazy eye?”
• Alternative Medicine • • Eye / Vision Problems • Dec 14 10
Sticking acupuncture needles into points on the body classically associated with vision in Chinese medicine could prove to be an alternative to bothersome patches…
Omega-3s in fish, seafood may protect seniors’ eyes; a new test may catch glaucoma early
• Dieting • • Eye / Vision Problems • • Food & Nutrition • Dec 02 10
Seniors interested in lifestyle choices that help protect vision will be encouraged by a Johns Hopkins School of Medicine study, and people concerned about…
Transcription factor scan identifies genetic cause for inherited blindness
• Eye / Vision Problems • Nov 19 10
A multinational team effort of Regensburg’s Institute of Human Genetics, Washington University in St. Louis, other partners and Genomatix elucidated a transcriptional network in…
Where did you get those eyes and that brain?
• Brain • • Eye / Vision Problems • Nov 15 10
A family history of Alzheimer’s disease significantly increases the risk for developing this disorder, but a new study in Biological Psychiatry suggests that which…
Eye Allergies Often Overlooked, Undertreated - Relief Available for Millions of Americans with Itchy, Gritty, Watery Eyes
• Allergies • • Eye / Vision Problems • Nov 15 10
Millions of Americans suffer unnecessarily with itchy, gritty, watery eyes, according to allergists at the annual scientific meeting of the American College of Allergy,…
Cataract surgery saves lives, dollars by reducing auto crashes
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Surgery • Oct 19 10
Cataract surgery not only improves vision and quality of life for older people, but is also apparently a way to reduce the number of…