Etminan and colleagues describe an association between the use of oral fluoroquinolones and the development of retinal detachment. This case-control study was conducted in British Columbia, Canada, and included almost 1 million patients.The study found that the current use of oral fluoroquinolones was associated with a higher risk for retinal detachment. Of 4384 patients with retinal detachment,
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The start of training for school sports can bring a surge of sports-related eye injuries among young athletes, even though it's possible to prevent such injuries, an expert says. Pediatricians should educate parents, young athletes and coaches about the dangers of eye injuries and encourage the use of eye protection, especially for high-risk sports such as baseball, softball, basketball, lacrosse
Eye surgeons unite to condemn rationing of cataract operations by half of NHS trusts
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Eye surgeons are warning that the rationing of cataract operations by more than half of NHS trusts is putting thousands of patients at risk.Elderly victims of the cutbacks are being left unable to read, write or drive as they wait longer for surgery.In an unprecedented move, bodies representing eye specialists have attacked the ‘unfair restrictions’ as ‘clinically unsound’ and dangerous for patie
Gadget-specific glasses for better eyes!
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Apparently the blue light emitted from electronic devices with screens, including computers, TVs and smartphones, can harm your eyes in the long run. Insomnia and eye fatigue are the two most common side effects of prolonged use of devices. To makes sure you don’t suffer from any of these, you need to wear ‘computer glasses’ that cut the amount of blue light reaching your eyes. Jin Co., the maker
Effective Prosthetic Retinal Device for Blindness
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The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) reports a major breakthrough by two Weill Cornell Medical College researchers in the longstanding efforts of restoring sight. The team managed to decipher the retina's neural code from a mouse and coupled this information to a novel prosthetic device to restore sight to blind mice. They report that they have also deciphered the code for a
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Post- Surgical Scarring for Glaucoma Patients R educe by Breakthrough Treatment
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Scientists at the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have developed an innovative way to combat post-surgical scarring for glaucoma patients. A clinical trial has shown that the use of a new drug delivery method has resulted in 40 per cent fewer injections needed by glaucoma patients to prevent scarring after surgery. This also means fewer hospital
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Zeran Li, as an undergraduate student in biological sciences, led a research team that uncovered an enzyme's role in the regulation of eye size in the fish. If the enzyme's role is similar in human eyes, it could be relevant to human vision problems, such as nearsightedness and farsightedness. “New insights into the process of eye-size control in zebrafish may help our understanding of the regula