Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR), or the formation of scar tissue in the eye, is a serious, sight-threatening complication in people recovering from surgical repair of retinal. PVR is difficult to predict, lacks effective treatment options, and substantially reduces an individual's quality of life. Each year 55,000 people are at risk for developing PVR in the United States alone. A new study
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Side Effect Of Retinal Detachment May Be Prevented By Ranibizumab
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4034 days ago (Editorial)Bipolar Disorder or ADHD
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4034 days ago (Editorial)
Bipolar disorder and ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, are two diseases that are being diagnosed increasingly more often in American children and teens. And interestingly, in children and teens, there are some similarities in the symptoms of the two conditions. But how can a doctor know for sure if the child has bipolar disorder or ADHD? Also, how does the treatment for these two
Scientists Construct First Map of How the Brain Organizes Everything We See
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4035 days ago (Editorial)
Our eyes may be our window to the world, but how do we make sense of the thousands of images that flood our retinas each day? Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have found that the brain is wired to put in order all the categories of objects and actions that we see. They have created the first interactive map of how the brain organizes these groupings. The result - achieved th
Babies' Vision Improves With Fatty Acid Formula Supplements
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4035 days ago (Editorial)
Fatty acid supplementation of infant formula can improve babies' vision, according to a review article published online December 17 in Pediatrics. Analyzing data from 19 studies involving 1949 infants, Ahmad Qawasmi, MD, from the Department of Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Michigan in Detroit, and colleagues found that long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (LCPUFA) supplementation star
New Eye Test May Help Predict Risk of Glaucoma
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4035 days ago (Editorial)
A new study from Australia may offer a new way of identifying people at risk of glaucoma years before vision loss happens. Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness. But because vision damage often occurs gradually, most people with the eye disease do not realize they have it until a good deal of their sight has been lost. If caught early, though, there are medications and procedures that may help
Telescope Implant Improves Vision In Macular Degeneration
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4035 days ago (Editorial)
Physicians at the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center have become the first in Virginia to successfully implant a telescope in a patient's eye to treat macular degeneration. The telescope implant is designed to correct end-stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the most advanced form of AMD and the leading cause of blindness in older Americans. Patients with end-stage AMD have
Insulin plus Growth Factor Inhibitor Limits Vision Damage In Diabetic Mice
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4077 days ago (Editorial)
A new therapeutic approach to diabetes that combines insulin and an inhibitor of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) betacellulin could limit the progression of diabetic macular edema (DME), Cleveland Clinic researcher Bela Anand-Apte, MD, PhD, said at the American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting, on Dec. 17 in San Francisco. The study, conducted with insulin-dependent diabetic mice, showe
Is Your Office Destroying Your Eyes?
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4077 days ago (Editorial)
Long hours in front of a computer screen can cause a number of unpleasant visual symptoms, including itchy or dry eyes, headaches, blurry vision, eye redness, or eye aches. Any one of those symptoms indicates significant eyestrain, says Cammie Menendez, Ph.D., an epidemiologist from the University of Texas-Houston. (Speaking of aches, if any part of your body is in pain, click here to find out Th