Playing sports is good for your health, but for too many athletes, a game also can lead to a health disaster when an eye injury damages their vision. Every year, more than 40,000 Americans injure their eyes during sports and recreational activities such as baseball, basketball and tennis. Unfortunately, approximately one-third of those eye-injury victims are school-aged children.
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Protective Eye Wear Could Prevent 40,000 Injuries Each Year
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4464 days ago (Editorial)Sending Your Recycled Glasses To Developing Countries Costs Twice As Much As Giving Them Ready-Made Glasses
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4454 days ago (Editorial)
You might feel good sending your old reading glasses to a developing country. But a recent international study, led by the International Centre for Eyecare Education (ICEE), a collaborating partner in the Vision CRC, in Sydney, suggests it is far better to give $10 for an eye examination and a new pair of glasses if you want to help someone in desperate need, and it is far better for building cap
First oral agent may rapidly restore lost vision
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4435 days ago (Editorial)
There may be new found hope for patients whose eyesight is threatened when medicine injected directly into the eyes is unsuccessful in causing 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 n
Two Patients get eye stem cells transplanted to restore sight
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4412 days ago (Editorial)
Two people have had stem cells transplanted into their eyes as part of a clinical trial to restore their sight.The technique has been developed by Scottish specialists to reverse corneal blindness, and it is believed to be the first treatment of its kind in the UK.Both have corneal blindness, and until now the only treatment was a transplant of cornea tissue from an organ donor. It will be severa
Why are women at higher risk to loss vision?
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4402 days ago (Editorial)
There are a number of health factors and differences between men and women that put women at greater risk of serious vision loss; two-thirds of Americans with vision impairment are women.Because women live longer than men, they’re more likely to develop age-related eye diseases such as macular degeneration, glaucoma and cataracts, all of which can cause uncorrectable vision loss. In addition, due
Eye Drops: An Ocean of Uses
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4393 days ago (Editorial)
Whether eye drops are treating "lazy eye," working to delay or prevent glaucoma, or helping dry or irritated eyes stay moist, they're getting more use than ever before. Here's what's new about today's eye drops. Eye drops usually contain saline as a base ingredient. Depending on their intended use, they may also contain lubricating, tear-replacing (artificial tears), an tiredness, and other subst
Vision Loss due to Degenerative Eye Diseases May be Restored by Net Type of Retinal Prosthesis
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4384 days ago (Editorial)
Placed underneath the retina, scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have devised a system that may someday restore sight to people who have lost vision because of certain types of degenerative eye diseases. This device - a new type of retinal prosthesis - involves a specially designed pair of goggles, which are equipped with a miniature camera and a pocket PC that is designed t
Cheaper, Faster Diagnosis in Heterogeneous Disease Via Exome Sequencing
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4365 days ago (Editorial)
The first report of the diagnostic use of the technique of exome sequencing, where short sequences of DNA are analysed, shows that it can give good results at low cost, a researcher from The Netherlands told the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics. The scientists were able to perform a genetic diagnosis in around 20% of 100 cases of patients with intellectual disability (I