Uveitis is basically an inflammation of the eye. The condition involves all inflammatory processes of the middle layers of the eye, also called the uveal tract or uvea. The uvea includes the iris (colored part of the eye), choroid (a thin membrane containing many blood vessels) and ciliary body (the part of the eye that joins these together). The uvea is very important because its many veins and
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Eye Health and Uveitis
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4531 days ago (Editorial)Did you know?
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4520 days ago (Editorial)
In the U.S are estimated to be over 1 million legally blind people, including over 700,000 women.Of the 3.4 million Americans suffering from visual impairment, about 2.3 million are women.Women bear a larger burden than do men in the U.S. and other industrialized countries because, on average, they outlive men.Adding to the inequity, however, is the possibility of biological (perhaps hormonal or
New Glaucoma Drug Zioptan Wins FDA Approval
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4510 days ago (Editorial)
On Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration approved Merck's Zioptan, a once-daily preservative-free ophthalmic solution of tafluprost, a prostaglandin analog for lowering high intra-ocular pressure in patients with open-angle glaucoma or with high intra-ocular pressure. To see more details visit, www.medicalnewstoday.com
Novel technique using stem cells revives damaged eye
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4500 days ago (Editorial)
Treating blindness caused by burns using limbal stem cells harvested from the undamaged eye of the same patient has now become cheaper, easier and safer. Results of a pilot study of the SLET (simplified technique of limbal transplantation) technique conducted at L.V. Prasad Eye Institute on six patients, and published recently in the British Journal of Ophthalmology provides the proof.To see more
What is a Uveal coloboma?
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4493 days ago (Editorial)
Coloboma comes from a Greek word which means "curtailed". It is used to describe conditions where normal tissue in or around the eye is missing from birth.To understand coloboma, it is useful to be familiar with the normal structure and appearance of the eye, and the terms related to the different parts of the eye.Uveal coloboma is a rare condition that is not always well documented. Depending on
Glaucoma May Involve Entire Visual Pathway, Not Just Eye
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4479 days ago (Editorial)
Glaucoma, long held to be a disease primarily of elevated intraocular pressure, in reality may be a disease primarily of neurodegeneration. In an article published online February 18 in Ophthalmology, present a view of glaucoma focused on the degeneration of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) and their axons in the optic nerve, with an eye toward potential neuroprotective, neuroregenerative, and neur
Calcium/Iron Supplementation and Glaucoma Linked
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4464 days ago (Editorial)
An investigation into the effects of calcium and iron supplementation on ocular health has found that consuming high amounts of these supplements leads to an elevated risk for the development of normal-tension glaucoma (NTG), according to a study presented here at the American Glaucoma Society 22nd Annual Meeting. w
‘Positive Stress’ Helps Protect Eye from Glaucoma
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4456 days ago (Editorial)
Working in mice, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have devised a treatment that prevents the optic nerve injury that occurs in glaucoma, a neurodegenerative disease that is a leading cause of blindness.Researchers increased the resistance of optic nerve cells to damage by repeatedly exposing the mice to low levels of oxygen similar to those found at high altitud