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.
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First Oral Agent To Quell Invasive Macular Degeneration, Restore Lost Vision
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4419 days ago (Editorial)Stargazing Science Used to See Inside the Human Eye
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4419 days ago (Editorial)
A technique originally developed to see distant stars now allows researchers to diagnose eye diseases such as age-related macular degeneration months to years sooner than possible with other current methods.The enchanting twinkling of the stars is disheartening to astronomers studying distant galaxies. Distortions in the atmosphere such as turbulence and wind shear create those twinkling effect w
Interpreting The Avastin-Lucentis Study For Persons With Macular Degeneration
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4419 days ago (Editorial)
the second-year results of an important clinical trial on age-related macular degeneration (AMD), known as the Comparison of AMD Treatments Trials (or CATT), were published in the journal Ophthalmology. Researchers found that two drugs known as Avastin (bevacizumab) and Lucentis (ranibizumab), commonly used to treat the wet form of AMD, were similarly effective in maintaining vision. In this clin
Dispelling Myths in Refractive Surgery
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4419 days ago (Editorial)
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) 2012 Symposium on Cataract, IOL and Refractive Surgery. Refractive surgery continues to be a strong focus of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), and during its 2012 meeting, held in Chicago, this was no exception. A very popular symposium, the EyeWorld Symposium on Refractive Surgery, helped to kick off the A
Eyes And Your Health
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4430 days ago (Editorial)
Your doctor can tell a lot about you just by taking a peep. For example, you might have high blood pressure and not even know it. But one look at the vessels inside the back of your eye and your doctor can know. If it’s bad enough, your doctor may even see strokes or bleeding in the back of the eye. Another health problem your eyes can signal is diabetes. If you have it, tiny blood vessels in you
Light-powered bionic eye invented to help restore sight
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4430 days ago (Editorial)
A retinal implant - or bionic eye -, which is powered by light, has been invented by scientists at Stanford University in California. Implants currently used in patients need to be powered by a battery.The new device, described in the journal Nature Photonics, uses a special pair of glasses to beam near infrared light into the eye. This powers the implant and sends the information, which could he
What eyes say about your health
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4430 days ago (Editorial)
Whether it is a lack of sleep or swimming in a chlorinated pool, it is usually obvious why your eyes are giving you trouble. Red eyes may means: Cold sore: Viruses or localised infections can cause the eye to redden. The problem usually starts in one eye, but can spread to both. The cold sore virus, which 90 per cent of us carry, can sometimes also infect the eye, causing inflammation. Other symp
Myopia, Short-sightedness Rates Very High In East Asia
Posted by Bharat (#1) 4430 days ago (Editorial)
Around 80% to 90% of school-leavers in major East Asian countries like China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and South Korea suffer from myopia or short-sightedness. This represents an enormous burden of disease that will lead to further problems in the future, as 10 to 20% of those affected suffer from 'high' myopia that can ultimately lead to loss of vision, impaired vision, as well as bli