Which combination of drugs are considered to be most effective in treating wet ARMD? This new study looks at the therapeutic options. Expert Review of Ophthalmology
Update on Implantable CentraSight Telescope
The CentraSight telescope for advanced macular degeneration has been FDA approved. Medicare still needs to decide if insurance will cover the costs and doctors still need training.
Popular Science names VisionCare’s Implantable Miniature Telescope for AMD ‘Best of What’s New’ 2010
VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies, Inc., a developer of advanced visual prosthetic devices, today announced the Implantable Miniature Telescope (by Dr. Isaac Lipshitz), designed to improve vision in patients with end-stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is named “Best of What’s New” 2010…
Improved Options For Prosthetics And Treatments After Injury Offered By Brain-Machine Interfaces
Two experimental brain-machine technologies – deep brain stimulation coupled with physical therapy and a thought-controlled computer system – may offer new therapies for people with stroke and brain injuries, new human research shows. In addition, an animal study shows a…
Comprehensive Genetic Test For Inherited Hearing Loss Is Cheaper And Faster Than The Current Methods
Pinpointing the exact genetic cause of inherited deafness has always involved sequencing one gene at a time, a process that can take up to a year and cost roughly $1,000 per gene. It would cost around $75,000 to test all known deafness causing genes us…
Study reveals true effects of malaria on African generations
Almost a third of cerebral malaria survivors developed epilepsy or other behavioral disorders in the most comprehensive study to date of the disease in African children, solidifying the link between malaria and neuropsychiatric disorders that affect hu…