Oraya Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that the Oraya Therapy Stereotactic Radiotherapy for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is now available at Optegra Manchester Eye Hospital, becoming the second facility in the UK to pro…
Category: News
The blood vessels of the retina can reveal stroke risk
Your eyes may be a window to your stroke risk. In a study reported in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension, researchers said retinal imaging may someday help assess if you’re more likely to develop a stroke – the nation’s No. 4 killer an…
Retina May Be Window Into Stroke Risk (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) — Damage to the retina from hypertension independently pointed to elevated stroke risk, even when blood pressure was controlled by medication, an observational study showed.
Aflibercept for Exudative AMD
How do patients with exudative AMD with persistent fluid on OCT despite receiving regular ranibizumab and/or bevacizumab respond to aflibercept?
The British Journal of Ophthalmology
A 59-Year-Old With Progressive Difficulty Seeing at Night
A 59-year-old man presents with progressively worsening vision at night. What is your diagnosis? Medscape Ophthalmology
More Recess, Less Myopia?
Encouraging recess and physical education in schools might have benefits that go beyond reduced obesity. Medscape Optometry
Eye expert urges people to take a contact lens break while on holiday
A leading eye expert based at Southampton’s university hospitals is urging people to take a break from contact lenses while on holiday to cut the risk of developing sight-threatening infections…
Essential gene regulator for healthy retinal development and good vision in adulthood
Scientists are developing a clearer picture of how visual systems develop in mammals. The findings offer important clues to the origin of retinal disorders later in life…
Study finds significantly higher prevalence of glaucoma in people with sleep apnea
Researchers in Taiwan have discovered that people with sleep apnea are far more likely to develop glaucoma compared to those without the sleep condition…
Cell replacement treatment of retinopathy: Novel and alternative stem cell source
Damage or loss of photoreceptor cells is one of main culprits of visual impairment in many retinal degenerative diseases. Pharmacological treatment and surgical intervention are traditionally used to treat these retinal diseases, but they are not curat…
No such pipe, or this pipe has been deleted
This data comes from pipes.yahoo.com but the Pipe does not exist or has been deleted.
Perception Problems Common in Adolescents Born Very Preterm
Adolescents born at extremely low birth weight or extremely premature (ELBW/EP) are more likely than term newborns to have visual perception problems, new research confirms. Reuters Health Information
Research findings offer clues to the origin of retinal disorders later in life
Scientists are developing a clearer picture of how visual systems develop in mammals. The findings offer important clues to the origin of retinal disorders later in life.
The global atlas of trachoma: an important tool in the fight against infectious blindness
An estimated 129.4 million people live in areas of Africa where blinding trachoma is confirmed to occur, according to a paper publishing August 8 in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. The distribution of the disease varies greatly across the continent, …
Making connections in the eye: Wiring diagram of retinal neurons is first step toward mapping the human brain
The human brain has 100 billion neurons, connected to each other in networks that allow us to interpret the world around us, plan for the future, and control our actions and movements. MIT neuroscientist Sebastian Seung wants to map those networks, cre…
Study of aquaporins could hold clues to cataract
Researchers have achieved dynamic, atomic-scale views of a protein needed to maintain the transparency of the lens in the human eye. The work, funded in part by the National Institutes of Health, could lead to new insights and drugs for treating catara…
Prevalence for major eye disease is higher in people with common sleep disorder
Researchers in Taiwan have discovered that people with sleep apnea are far more likely to develop glaucoma compared to those without the sleep condition. The results of this study, which is the first to calculate the risk of the disease among people wi…
Eylea (Aflibercept) Improves Vision in Diabetic Macular Edema
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc’s Eylea (aflibercept) significantly improved vision in patients with diabetic macular edema (DME) compared to laser surgery in two late-stage clinical trials. Reuters Health Information
Potential cure for eye disease inspired by mechanism that allows bacteria to infect plants
By borrowing a tool from bacteria that infect plants, scientists have developed a new approach to eliminate mutated DNA inside mitochondria – the energy factories within cells. Doctors might someday use the approach to treat a variety of mitochondrial …
Locked-in patients can answer questions with the pupils of their eyes
Patients who are otherwise completely unable to communicate can answer yes or no questions within seconds with the help of a simple system – consisting of just a laptop and camera – that measures nothing but the size of their pupils…