ONE of the most common symptoms of vision-related health problem is dry eyes, it can be a function of age, but it is becoming more frequent in people of all ages, who spend too many hours staring at a computer screen, say eye specialists. Australian scientists have developed a simple test of eyelid sensitivity to help vision specialists to evaluate the extent of dry eyes, and give appropriate tre
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OPHTHALMOLOGY: New Look At Putting the Lid On Those Dry Eyes
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4191 days ago (Editorial)Flibercept for Macular Degeneration Maintains Improvement
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4096 days ago (Editorial)
In patients with neovascular, age-related macular degeneration, improvements in visual acuity as a result of intravitreal injections of aflibercept were maintained out to 96 weeks in the phase 3 VIEW 1 and VIEW 2 trials, according to an update presented at the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology 2012 Joint Meeting. "Visual and anatomic improvements ob
Amblyopia and Your Child's Eyes
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4084 days ago (Editorial)
Amblyopia, commonly called lazy eye, is a condition in children when vision does not develop properly in one eye. If it’s left untreated, a child's vision will never develop correctly in that eye. Vision impairment becomes permanent because as the child’s brain matures, it will "ignore" the image coming from the poorly Seeing Eye. That’s why it’s essential to have a child with amblyopia regularly
Glucosamine Linked to Increased Intraocular Pressure
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4038 days ago (Editorial)
Glucosamine supplementation was linked to significant, reversible increases in intraocular pressure (IOP) in a small, retrospective study published online May 23 in JAMA Ophthalmology. However, the investigators, led by Ryan K. Murphy, DO, from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Biddeford, Maine, and colleagues, could not exclude the potential for permanent damage. "Fr
Researchers Describe Protein Essential for Healthy Eyes
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4029 days ago (Editorial)
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in collaboration with researchers at the Salk Institute in California, have found for the first time that a specific protein is essential not only for maintaining a healthy retina in the eye, but also may have implications for understanding and possibly treating other conditions in the immune, reproductive, vascular and nervous systems, as well a
A Bright Future for Senior Eye Health
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4016 days ago (Editorial)
The biggest message Prevent Blindness America wants people to take away from this year’s Cataract Awareness Month is that, while cataracts are still the most common cause of blindness, they are also treatable. In fact, thanks in part to increasingly advanced, more effective surgical techniques for cataracts, today’s older adults are reporting fewer visual impairments than the preceding generation
NICE gives green light to treatment for wet AMD in final guidance
Posted by Praveen (#2) 3982 days ago (Editorial)
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published final guidance recommending aflibercept solution for injection as an option for treating wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD). There are an estimated 26,000 new cases of wet AMD in the UK each year. Risk factors include increasing age, cigarette smoking (smokers having a 3.6 times greater risk of developing age-relat
Lasers in Toys Can Cause Serious Eye Damage, FDA Warns
Posted by Praveen (#2) 3972 days ago (Editorial)
Lasers in toys can be dangerous to children and those around them, posing the risk of serious eye injuries and even blindness, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. "A beam shone directly into a person's eye can injure it in an instant, especially if the laser is a powerful one," Dan Hewett, health promotion officer at the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health, said in an