Problems with peripheral vision can be an early indicator of brain damage, tumours, strokes and conditions which can lead to blindness.A prototype machine is already in use at Edinburgh Sick Kids hospital. To see more details visit,www.bbc.co.uk
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Eye Device to detect Brain Tumours Launched in Edinburg
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4479 days ago (Editorial)Statement in Response to Marketplace
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4464 days ago (Editorial)
On February 24, CBC Television’s Marketplace program featured a story on the price of prescription eyeglasses. Absent from the story was any reference to eye health or acknowledgement of the health risks associated with patients purchasing from unregulated retailers or the safeguards provided by regulations.Regular, routine eye examinations are the best way to protect life-long vision and the reg
Risk of serious Eye Disease May Increase with Osteoporosis Drugs
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4456 days ago (Editorial)
Drugs that are commonly used to prevent osteoporosis may increase the risk of serious inflammatory eye disease in first-time users, found an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Oral bisphosphonates, the most commonly prescribed class of drugs used to prevent osteoporosis, have been linked to adverse events such as unusual fractures, irregular heartbeat, and esophageal and colo
Bevacizumab as First-Line Therapy for Retinopathy of Prematurity.
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4437 days ago (Editorial)
Bevacizumab (Avastin), an angiogenesis inhibitor, is being used as an alternative therapy for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in some children's hospitals for premature babies. Results from a study of this off-label use were reported here at the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 38th Annual Meeting. Helen Mintz-Hittner, MD, from the University of Texas Health Scienc
First Oral Agent To Quell Invasive Macular Degeneration, Restore Lost Vision
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4416 days ago (Editorial)
There may be new found hope for patients whose vision is threatened when medicine injected directly into the eyes fails to cause abnormal blood vessels to recede. While injectable drugs called angiogenesis (an-gee-oh-jen-esis) inhibitors are considered a modern miracle and have become the standard of care for patients with the fast-progressive form of macular degeneration, they are not foolproof.
Myopia Protects Against Diabetic Vision Loss
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4402 days ago (Editorial)
The longer axial length (AL) of myopia appears protective against diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema, according to results from a longitudinal study involving 630 eyes.In an article published online May 23 in Ophthalmology, Ryan Eyn Kidd Man, BSc, from the Centre for Eye Research Australia, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, University of Melbourne, analyzed measurements of AL, sp
Metformin for Diabetes May Treat Uveitis, A leading Cause of Blindness
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4395 days ago (Editorial)
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have discovered that a drug already prescribed to millions of people with diabetes could also have another important use: treating one of the world's leading causes of blindness. In laboratory rat and cell-culture experiments, the scientists found that metformin, which is commonly used to control blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetes, a
Experimental Drug for Wet Macular Degeneration Shows Promise
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4384 days ago (Editorial)
Fovista, an experimental drug from private U.S. biotech Ophthotech, showed impressive results when added to Roche's Lucentis (ranibizumab) in a large mid-stage clinical trial.In the Phase IIb clinical trial involving 449 patients with wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD), those receiving Fovista and Lucentis gained a mean of 10.6 letters of vision on a standard reading chart at 24 weeks, ag