A new study showed that increased vitamin D intake can help to prevent age-related diseases, in particular loss of vision and blindness.
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SERI researchers receive NEI grant to understand origins of eye allergies
The National Eye Institute has awarded researchers at the Schepens Eye Research Institute, a subsidiary of Mass. Eye and Ear, a five year-grant totaling more than $2.4 million to understand the origins of eye allergies.
Vitamin D Could Help Combat The Effects Of Aging In Eyes
Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have found that vitamin D reduces the effects of ageing in mouse eyes and improves the vision of older mice significantly…
New computational modeling methods book for ophthalmologists
Dr. Sumeet Dua, the Upchurch Endowed Professor of Computer Science and coordinator of information technology research at Louisiana Tech University, has co-edited a new book on computational modeling methods that can help ophthalmologists develop innova…
Vitamin D supplements can fight against age-related macular degeneration
Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have found that vitamin D reduces the effects of ageing in mouse eyes and improves the vision of older mice significantly. The researchers hope that this might mea…
Brain Circuits For Visual Categorization Revealed By New Experiments
Hundreds of times during a baseball game, the home plate umpire must instantaneously categorize a fast-moving pitch as a ball or a strike. In new research from the University of Chicago, scientists have pinpointed an area in the brain where these kinds…
Glaucoma Measurements Can Be Affected By Contact Lenses
A study about how wearing contact lenses affects glaucoma measurements has been named the top presentation at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine’s annual St. Albert’s Day research symposium. First author of the study is Marie Brenner,…
ForSight VISION4 to receive first milestone payment for Lucentis drug delivery device
Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, today announced it will make its first milestone payment to ForSight VISION4, Inc. as part of an exclusive license agreement to develop the company’s investigational drug delivery device, designed to provide sust…
Let Patients See Visit Notes?; also, Medical Device Risks
Important malpractice and legal developments; ongoing cases and other news. Medscape Business of Medicine
Gene Identified As A New Target For Treatment Of Aggressive Childhood Eye Tumor
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital – Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project findings help solve mystery of retinoblastoma’s rapid growth in work that also yields a new treatment target and possible therapy New findings from the St…
Age-Related Blindness May Be Warded Off By Grapes
Can eating grapes slow or help prevent the onset of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a debilitating condition affecting millions of elderly people worldwide? Results from a new study published in Free Radical Biology and Medicine suggest this mi…
Ocular drug delivery: DSM awarded membership in PANOPTES EU Funded Consortium
DSM, a global leader in biomedical materials sciences, today announced that it is contributing proprietary knowledge in the preparation of tailored amino acid-based polymers and offering use of processing facilities that will produce an innovative step…
New Corneal Transplant Technique Brings Rejection Below 1%
Corneal transplants using only the endothelial layer sharply reduce the risk of transplant rejection, according to a new comparative case series. Reuters Health Information
Increasing Need For Rehabilitation For Eye Disease
Visual rehabilitation will continue to increase in importance in the near future, particularly because the number of older patients is rising. Susanne Trauzettel-Klosinski summarizes the present state of knowledge in the current issue of the Deutsches …
Control Of A "Blind" Neuroreceptor With An Optical Switch
When nerve cells communicate with one another, specialized receptor molecules on their surfaces play a central role in relaying signals between them. A collaborative venture involving teams of chemists based at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) i…
SGR Repeal Dilemma Could Make Passage Harder
If lawmakers repeal Medicare’s sustainable growth rate formula, beneficiaries will see a rise in their premiums, or else the cost of the “doc fix” will increase by 25%, a new study warns. Medscape Medical News
Ptosis
Ptosis, or a drooping eyelid, can indicate both benign and serious conditions. Determining the cause can usually be achieved by a careful history and examination. Practical Neurology
ED Eye Care In Florida – A Payment Review
A major part of Florida’s emergency department eye care is reimbursed through Medicaid or paid for directly by the patients. According to a study published in the Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, these findings may be benef…
Dilated Eye Exams For Medicare Beneficiaries Cost Effective, USA
A study published Online First in the Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, suggests that it “would be highly cost-effective” to replace visual acuity screenings for new Medicare enrollees with coverage of a dilated eye exam for…
Viewpoints: Renewing the call for a public option; Keep all justices on health law case
In Washington, the three major health insurers -; Premera Blue Cross, Regence BlueShield and Group Health Cooperative -; are sitting on a total of more than $2.4 billion above and beyond what they expect to ever pay out in claims.