The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Trulign toric posterior chamber intraocular lens (IOL) from Bausch + Lomb, the company announced yesterday. The approval follows a favorable decision April 9 from the FDA's Ophthalmic Devices Panel. In a statement, Bausch + Lomb said the Trulign toric IOL is "intended for primary implantation in the capsular bag of the eye for the visual
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Posted by Praveen (#2) 4008 days ago (Editorial)Blind People May Be Able To Locate Their 'Inner Bat'
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4008 days ago (Editorial)
New research from the University of Southampton has shown that blind and visually impaired people have the potential to use echolocation, similar to that used by bats and dolphins, to determine the location of an object. The study, which is published in the journal Hearing Research, examined how hearing, and particularly the hearing of echoes, could help blind people with spatial awareness and n
Potential Medical Applications for Stretchable, Transparent Graphene-Metal Nanowire Electrode
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4009 days ago (Editorial)
A hybrid transparent and stretchable electrode could open the new way for flexible displays, solar cells, and even electronic devices fitted on a curvature substrate such as soft eye contact lenses, by the UNIST (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology) research team. Transparent electrodes are in and of themselves nothing all that new - they have been widely used in things like touch
Omega-3s No Help against Age-Linked Eye Trouble: Study
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4009 days ago (Editorial)
Adding omega-3 fatty acids and other nutrients to standard antioxidant vitamins doesn't give older people any added protection against a leading cause of blindness, a new study finds. The study looked at age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which afflicts millions of older people in the United States, according to background information outlined by the researchers. The condition is "the leadin
Eyeball Licking Trend Ups Risk of Contracting Conjunctivitis, Corneal Ulcer
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4009 days ago (Editorial)
A new trend among Japanese teens called oculolinctus, also known as “eyeball licking” or “worming,” has gone viral. The practice, in which teens show affection by licking their partner’s eyeballs, may have started with a scene in a music video released last year from the Japanese band Born, which features a dramatic slow-motion scene of oculolinctus, ABC News reported. But experts are concerned t
Novel Assessment Tool May Prevent Post-LASIK Ectasia
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4009 days ago (Editorial)
Cutting-edge wave front aberrometry can be used to help refractive surgeons predict the biomechanical stability of the cornea after LASIK surgery. "We all want to identify corneas that are weaker, even if they don't have any topographic abnormalities," Marcony Santhiago, MD, from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, told Medscape Medical News. In their study, Dr. Santhiago and collea
Easy and Effective Therapy to Restore Sight: Engineered Virus Will Improve Gene Therapy for Blinding Eye Diseases
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4009 days ago (Editorial)
Researchers at UC Berkeley have developed an easier and more effective method for inserting genes into eye cells that could greatly expand gene therapy to help restore sight to patients with blinding diseases ranging from inherited defects like retinitis pigmentosa to degenerative illnesses of old age, such as macular degeneration.
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Evidence Mounts That Outdoor Recess Time Can Reduce the Risk of Nearsightedness in Children
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4015 days ago (Editorial)
Two new studies add to the growing evidence that spending time outdoors may help prevent or minimize nearsightedness in children. A study conducted in Taiwan, which is the first to use an educational policy as a public vision health intervention, finds that when children are required to spend recess time outdoors, their risk of nearsightedness is reduced. A separate study in Danish children is th