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Eye and Vision, Eye Glasses, Articles on Vision
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Nov 8th, 2009
There may be hope for patients with severe Graves’ eye disease in the form of treatment with the drug rituximab.
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Oct 28th, 2009
Decorative contact lens can be used safely. Improper use of decorative contact lens at Halloween can haunt you with eye damage.
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Oct 25th, 2009
Some of the most commonly accepted eye myths can be detrimental to your eyes. It is important to take care of your eyes. Establish a relationship with your eye doctor by having yearly exams.
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Oct 25th, 2009
Five children and seven adults with Leber congenital amaurosis, a rare, progressive retinal disease that causes blindness, have had their sight partially restored after receiving a single injection of gene therapy. Among the patients treated with the gene therapy, who ranged in age from 8 to 44 years at the time of treatment, the children experienced the most improvement in vision.
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Oct 22nd, 2009
Thirty-seven years after being diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a 50-year-old woman has had her vision partially restored with an experimental electronic eye implant. The implant procedure was performed at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center.
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Oct 19th, 2009
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Defense Department, and the National Eye Institute announced plans to launch a three-year effort to gauge how many patients suffer troubling symptoms after undergoing the vision correction procedure called LASIK. The program will be called the LASIK Quality of Life Collaboration Project.
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Oct 12th, 2009
Children who sit too close to the TV or computer monitor will ruin their eyes: true or false? It’s a myth, according to physicians at The Vision Center at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. A team of experts have compiled a list of myths about children’s eye health for parents and others who care for young people.
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Oct 9th, 2009
The addition of omega-3 fatty acid to the diet can help prevent the development of age-related macular degeneration vision loss by more than 30 percent, according to a new study from the National Eye Institute. Macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in people older than 50.
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Oct 6th, 2009
Scientists have proved that there are wonders yet to be discovered in the human body. A Canadian research team has uncovered lymph channels in the eye, a find that could lead the way to improved treatments for glaucoma and possibly other eye diseases.
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Oct 5th, 2009
Poorly controlled blood glucose levels can cause damage to the retinas, eventually leading to vision loss. But the good news is, control through monitoring and medications have caused the rates of visual impairment among those with Type 1 Diabetes to fall significantly over the past 25 years.