For the visually impaired, navigating city streets or neighborhoods has constant challenges. And most such people still must rely on a very rudimentary technology – a simple cane – to help them make their way through a complex world…
FDA Schedules Advisory Committee Meeting To Discuss BLA For VEGF Trap-Eye For The Treatment Of Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: REGN) announced that the U.S…
USC engineers to develop robot vision-based mobility aid for blind people
For the visually impaired, navigating city streets or neighborhoods has constant challenges. And most such people still must rely on a very rudimentary technology-a simple cane-to help them make their way through a complex world.
Premium Surgery Should Aim For Perfection
The shrinking U.S. dollar is leading to a division between old-fashioned cataract surgery for those who cannot afford newer technology and premium cataract surgery, which is of increasing interest to U.S. surgeons, a clinician said here. John A. Hovane…
Oraya IRay Update: Company Completes Enrollment in European Clinical Trial
Since first writing about this company in November 2009 (Oraya IRay In-office Stereotactic X-ray Treatment for AMD: A First Report), I have been following its progress. As I wrote back then, its Phase III Clinical Trial, which planned to enroll approxi…
Tinted lenses relieve migraine symptoms, neurological proof
Migraine sufferers really do experience relief when they use tinted specs or lenses, and for the first time functional magnetic resonance imaging appears to provide neurological proof, researchers from Michigan State University and the University of Mi…