A new study provides the first clear evidence that vision or eye problems are rarely the cause of recurring headaches in children, even if the headaches usually strike while the child is doing schoolwork or other visual tasks. Many parents assume that frequent headaches mean their child needs glasses, so they ask their doctor to refer their child for an eye exam. This study was conducted by pedia
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Study: Children’s Headaches Rarely Indicate a Need for Eyeglasses
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4089 days ago (Editorial)Flibercept for Macular Degeneration Maintains Improvement
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4091 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
Keep Germ-Covered Fingers Away From Eyes, Nose And Mouth
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4091 days ago (Editorial)
Cursing your sick colleague for the infection you can feel settling into your chest? You might want to aim the finger of blame closer to home. It's entirely possible you may have infected yourself with whatever respiratory bug has latched onto your lungs. That's because with a number of infections, people sometimes self-inoculate. They take germs they picked up on their hands when they were hangi
Eye Drop Medications For Some Glaucoma Patients May Be Replaced By Ultra-Small Drainage Device
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4091 days ago (Editorial)
A tiny medical device no larger than an eyelash may significantly reduce eye pressure in glaucoma patients and allow some to stop using eye-drop medications, according to year-one clinical trial results for the device. Results of the HYDRUS I clinical trial, which indicate successful control of eye pressure in all study participants, was presented at the 116th Annual Meeting of the American Acade
Compound Found in Rosemary Protects Against Macular Degeneration in Laboratory Model
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4091 days ago (Editorial)
Herbs widely used throughout history in Asian and early European cultures have received renewed attention by Western medicine in recent years. Scientists are now isolating the active compounds in many medicinal herbs and documenting their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. In a study published in the journal Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Stuart A. Lipton, M.D., Ph.D. an
Macular Detachment: Early Repairs Might Improve Vision
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4091 days ago (Editorial)
If corrective surgery is performed within 8 days after symptoms begin, patients with macula-off rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) can experience slow improvements in postoperative visual acuity during a period lasting as long as a year, according to a study published online November 17 in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. "Our findings suggest that the longer the macula is detached the
Neuroprosthetic Device Uses Implant to Project Visual Braille
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4176 days ago (Editorial)
For the very first time researchers have streamed braille patterns directly into a blind patient's retina, allowing him to read four-letter words accurately and quickly with an ocular neuroprosthetic device. The device, the Argus II, has been implanted in over 50 patients, many of who can now see color, movement and objects. It uses a small camera mounted on a pair of glasses, a portable processo
Lab Close To Growing Full Corneas
Posted by Praveen (#2) 4176 days ago (Editorial)
Auckland University researchers believe they are just five to 10 years from growing entire human corneas in the laboratory to implant into patients' damaged eyes. Professor Charles McGhee, the head of the university's National Eye Centre, performed New Zealand's first laboratory-cultured stem cell operations on patients with damaged corneas in 2010, improving the sight of most of the affected eye