The world’s only Flying Eye Hospital landed in the capital yesterday to highlight the importance of eye care.The training hospital for health- care workers, which will close in a few months after 18 years of service, will tour five cities in the surrounding region to coincide with World Sight Day on October 11. Having first visited Doha, the plane was in Abu Dhabi for seven days continuing today
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Posted by Praveen (#2) 4269 days ago (Editorial)Coffee Tied to Glaucoma Risk in United States
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4269 days ago (Editorial)
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Driving at Work: A Health and Safety Vision
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4269 days ago (Editorial)
An employee who drives a group 2 vehicle, a heavy-goods vehicle or a bus, for example, will have to undergo stringent medical tests and eyesight checks. There are, however, an increasing number of employees who drive in the course of their work but do not come under such regulations. Responsibility for ensuring the fitness to drive of employees who are attending meetings, visiting sites or making
Artificial Cornea Could Help Save Vision, Make Up for Lack of Donor Corneas
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4269 days ago (Editorial)
Blindness is often caused by corneal diseases. The established treatment is a corneal transplant, but in many cases this is not possible and donor corneas are often hard to come by. In the future, an artificial cornea could make up for this deficiency and save the vision of those affected.To see more details visit, www.scienc
New Ophthalmic Imaging Product Integrates Advanced Eye Exam Technology with iPhone™ Application
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4269 days ago (Editorial)
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Retina’s Thickness May Be Tied to Severity of MS, Study Suggests
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4269 days ago (Editorial)
Using a high-tech imaging process to measure the thickness of the eye’s retina may one day predict the progression of multiple sclerosis, a new study suggests. The Finding might lead to better ways to judge the effectiveness of treatments because different parts of the retina seem to indicate different aspects of the disease and the toll it takes on different parts of the brain, the researchers
FDA Panel Recommends FDA Approval for Second Sight’s Argus(R) II Retinal Prosthesis System
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4269 days ago (Editorial)
On Friday September 28th, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Ophthalmic Devices Advisory Panel unanimously voted 19-0 that the probable benefit of the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System outweighs the risks to health, an important step toward the FDA market approval of this product manufactured by Second Sight Medical Products, Inc. In making this determination, the panel spent ten hours ca
Radiotherapy May Help in Graves' Orbitopathy
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4277 days ago (Editorial)
Orbital radiotherapy appears to be a safe second-line treatment in moderate-to-severe Graves' orbitopathy, but may be less effective than high-dose glucocorticoids, according to a review by Italians researchers. Graves' orbitopathy, also known as thyroid eye disease, causes inflammation of the tissue in the orbit, leading to bulging eyes. Drs. Maria Laura Tanda and Luigi Bartalena of the Universi