Scientists from Schepens Eye Research Institute are the first to regenerate large areas of damaged retinas and improve visual function using IPS cells (induced pluripotent stem cells) derived from skin…
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Stroke Survivors Recovering Lost Vision With Non-Invasive Light Therapy
Statistics show that stroke is a leading cause of serious long-term disability and, although each person is unique, stroke can affect people similarly with comparable disabilities such as partial blindness due to visual field loss – a condition previou…
More Rural Americans Are Treated In Emergency Departments For Eye Injuries
AHRQ News and Numbers: More Rural Americans treated in emergency departments for eye injuries. Rural Americans were five times more likely than urban residents to be treated in emergency departments for eye injuries in 2008, according to the latest New…
More Rural Americans Are Treated In Emergency Departments For Eye Injuries
AHRQ News and Numbers: More Rural Americans treated in emergency departments for eye injuries. Rural Americans were five times more likely than urban residents to be treated in emergency departments for eye injuries in 2008, according to the latest New…
AHRQ News And Numbers: More Rural Americans Treated In Emergency Departments For Eye Injuries
Rural Americans were five times more likely than urban residents to be treated in emergency departments for eye injuries in 2008, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality…
AHRQ News And Numbers: More Rural Americans Treated In Emergency Departments For Eye Injuries
Rural Americans were five times more likely than urban residents to be treated in emergency departments for eye injuries in 2008, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality…
Sense Of Touch In The Blind Improved By Practice, Not Loss Of Sight
New research from McMaster University may answer a controversial question: do the blind have a better sense of touch because the brain compensates for vision loss or because of heavy reliance on their fingertips? The study, published in the most recent…
Sense Of Touch In The Blind Improved By Practice, Not Loss Of Sight
New research from McMaster University may answer a controversial question: do the blind have a better sense of touch because the brain compensates for vision loss or because of heavy reliance on their fingertips? The study, published in the most recent…
Visual Perception And Attention Can Be Changed By Passive Stimulation
What was previously known from animal studies has, for the first time, been demonstrated for humans too. “The findings open new perspectives in the intervention and treatment of visual perceptual disorders, because the changes can be induced quite simp…
Contact Lens Wearers Are Significantly Non-Compliant Before, During, And After Contact Lens Wear, Studies Show
Contact lens wearers are significantly non-compliant in virtually all the active steps involved in soft contact lens wear, including hand washing, case hygiene, lens disinfection and following the recommended lens replacement schedule, according to new…
Visual Perception And Attention Can Be Changed By Passive Stimulation
What was previously known from animal studies has, for the first time, been demonstrated for humans too. “The findings open new perspectives in the intervention and treatment of visual perceptual disorders, because the changes can be induced quite simp…
Contact Lens Wearers Are Significantly Non-Compliant Before, During, And After Contact Lens Wear, Studies Show
Contact lens wearers are significantly non-compliant in virtually all the active steps involved in soft contact lens wear, including hand washing, case hygiene, lens disinfection and following the recommended lens replacement schedule, according to new…
Kowa Announces The Efficacy And Safety Of A Novel Rho Kinase Inhibitor (K-115) In The Treatment Of Glaucoma In ARVO 2011
Kowa Company Ltd, (Headquarters: Nagoya, Japan, President & CEO: Yoshihiro Miwa, “Kowa”) today announced the results of two clinical studies and a non-clinical study of a drug candidate for glaucoma and ocular hypertension (K-115). The results were pre…
Kowa Announces The Efficacy And Safety Of A Novel Rho Kinase Inhibitor (K-115) In The Treatment Of Glaucoma In ARVO 2011
Kowa Company Ltd, (Headquarters: Nagoya, Japan, President & CEO: Yoshihiro Miwa, “Kowa”) today announced the results of two clinical studies and a non-clinical study of a drug candidate for glaucoma and ocular hypertension (K-115). The results were pre…
Single Bioptic Telescope For Low Vision Driving May Not Obscure Road View Of Second Eye
A study by scientists at Schepens Eye Research Institute shows that a bioptic telescope on one lens of a pair of glasses used to magnify traffic signs and lights may not prevent the wider view of the road with the second eye…
Single Bioptic Telescope For Low Vision Driving May Not Obscure Road View Of Second Eye
A study by scientists at Schepens Eye Research Institute shows that a bioptic telescope on one lens of a pair of glasses used to magnify traffic signs and lights may not prevent the wider view of the road with the second eye…
Latest Advances In Gene Therapy For Ocular Disease Are Highlighted In Human Gene Therapy
Disorders of the eye are excellent targets for gene therapy because the ocular environment is readily accessible, relatively easy to monitor, and sequestered from the rest of the body. A series of articles available online ahead of print in Human Gene …
Research Identifies Risk Factors Associated With Progression Of Glaucoma
Elevated pressure inside the eye, cornea thinning, and visual field loss are all markers that glaucoma may progress, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Glaucoma is one of the world…
Study Evaluates Cost-Effectiveness Of Strategies To Treat Infant Tear-Duct Obstruction
When infants’ tear ducts are blocked, the decision about when to intervene and the cost-effectiveness of doing so depend on how likely it is the problem will self-resolve, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the …
Study Evaluates Cost-Effectiveness Of Strategies To Treat Infant Tear-Duct Obstruction
When infants’ tear ducts are blocked, the decision about when to intervene and the cost-effectiveness of doing so depend on how likely it is the problem will self-resolve, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the …