Technology Spotlight
Month: February 2011
"Poppers" May Cause Lasting Vision Loss
Inhaling the vapors from “poppers” to get high even once can cause eye damage, but habitual huffing may lead to months-long vision loss, French doctors say. Reuters Health Information
FDA Approves New Device for Endothelial Keratoplasty
EndoSerter is a single-use, disposable endothelial delivery device aimed at increasing efficiency and precision during implantation of donor allograft tissue. Medscape Medical News
Graphene and Mobile Ions: The Key to All-Plastic, Solution-Processed Light-Emitting Devices
EyePromise® EZ Tears Attacks Dry Eye From The Inside
ZeaVision adds EyePromise EZ Tears to its brand of doctor-recommended, science-based nutraceutical products. EyePromise EZ Tears helps patients who suffer from dry eye, with a nutraceutical supplement featuring more than 1,000 mg of EPA/DHA Omega-3s, a…
EyePromise® EZ Tears Attacks Dry Eye From The Inside
ZeaVision adds EyePromise EZ Tears to its brand of doctor-recommended, science-based nutraceutical products. EyePromise EZ Tears helps patients who suffer from dry eye, with a nutraceutical supplement featuring more than 1,000 mg of EPA/DHA Omega-3s, a…
Strategy Needed To Prevent Inflammation, PCO After Cataract Surgery In Diabetic Patients
ISTANBUL, Turkey – When performing cataract surgery in diabetic patients, minimization of inflammatory reactions and prevention of posterior capsule opacification are more crucial than ever.
Strategy Needed To Prevent Inflammation, PCO After Cataract Surgery In Diabetic Patients
ISTANBUL, Turkey – When performing cataract surgery in diabetic patients, minimization of inflammatory reactions and prevention of posterior capsule opacification are more crucial than ever.
New Gills Chamber Maintainer Available By Rhein Medical
Rhein Medical announces the new Gills Chamber Maintainer, developed in coordination with Drs. James and Pit Gills.
Can Being Overweight Protect Against Glaucoma?
Results from the 10 year prospective Rotterdam study showed that for every point increase in BMI, there was a 7% reduction in risk for a woman developing glaucoma. A one point increase in BMI is roughly equal to 6 pounds…
Serious Eye Disease Gives Birth To Invention Of Major New Eye Care Device
The Eye-POD-Eye-Care-Kit was created by a Doctor who suffered a serious eye malady, Bells-Palsy. Inventor Dr. Courtenay created the Eye~POD™ to answer his struggles with dry eyes, a side effect of Bells-Palsy. The affliction was caused by scratch…
Serious Eye Disease Gives Birth To Invention Of Major New Eye Care Device
The Eye-POD-Eye-Care-Kit was created by a Doctor who suffered a serious eye malady, Bells-Palsy. Inventor Dr. Courtenay created the Eye~POD™ to answer his struggles with dry eyes, a side effect of Bells-Palsy. The affliction was caused by scratch…
Serious Eye Disease Gives Birth To Invention Of Major New Eye Care Device
The Eye-POD-Eye-Care-Kit was created by a Doctor who suffered a serious eye malady, Bells-Palsy. Inventor Dr. Courtenay created the Eye~POD™ to answer his struggles with dry eyes, a side effect of Bells-Palsy. The affliction was caused by scratch…
Interaction of Blood Plasma Proteins with Gold Nanoparticles
Staphylococcus aureus phenotype switching: an effective bacterial strategy to escape host immune response and establish a chronic infection
The Blind Also Have A Stripe Of Gennari
The Stripe of Gennari develops even in those who are blind from birth and does not degenerate, despite a lack of visual input. This was discovered by Robert Trampel and colleagues from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences usi…
Belfast Researchers Granted Almost £125,000 To Investigate Blindness Condition In Babies, UK
Researchers in Belfast have just been awarded a grant of almost £125,000 by Action Medical Research – the leading UK-wide medical research charity dedicated to helping babies and children…
New Technologies Usher In The Millimeter-Scale Computing Era
A prototype implantable eye pressure monitor for glaucoma patients is believed to contain the first complete millimeter-scale computing system. And a compact radio that needs no tuning to find the right frequency could be a key enabler to organizing mi…
Graphene field effect transistors with high on/off current ratio and large transport band gap at room temperature
Age-Related Small Pupil Size May Impact Effectiveness Of Aspheric Lenses
Aspheric lenses are effective in reducing spherical aberration, but this effect was clinically irrelevant in the majority of cataract patients due to the age-related small pupil size, according to a study carried out at St. Thomas’ Hospital, U.K.