Eye and Vision:
Eye and Vision, Eye Glasses, Articles on Vision
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Sep 21st, 2009
Trachoma is caused by a Chlamydia trachomatis infection of the eye. It affects more than 80 million individuals worldwide. An estimated 8 million persons are blind because of this eye infection. In the United States, blindness from trachoma has eliminated due to good preventive and treatment efforts.
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Sep 17th, 2009
Would you give your eyetooth to be able to see? That’s just what Sharron “Kay” Thornton, 60, who has been blind for nine years has done.
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Sep 15th, 2009
Scientists have found that laser therapy is equivalent to two different dosages of corticosteroid medications for treating vision loss from the blockage of small veins in the back of the eye, a condition known as branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO).
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Aug 13th, 2009
There may now be hope for people with inherited blindness in the form of gene therapy.
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Aug 13th, 2009
One year after a trio of young adults received gene therapy for an inherited form of blindness, researchers have documented that the patients are still experiencing the same level of remarkable vision improvements previously measured within weeks.
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Jul 31st, 2009
Heat shock proteins in eye lens provide protection against cataracts.
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Jul 21st, 2009
The first evidence that onchocerciasis elimination is feasible with ivermectin treatment was published in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Onchocerciasis is also called river blindness because the blackfly which transmits the disease breeds in rivers
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Jul 2nd, 2009
A clinical trial is being launched in three African countries of a drug that could eliminate onchocerciasis, or river blindness, one of the leading infectious causes of blindness across Africa.
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Jun 24th, 2009
New ways of diagnosing and treating patients with glaucoma will be piloted in two areas in Wales, Health Minister Edwina Hart announced today.
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Jun 19th, 2009
Researchers at Queens University Belfast have found a promising treatment for vision loss accompanied by aging. The condition, early age-related macular (AMD) degeneration, is a leading cause of blindness n the Western world. Scientists studied 400 people to find that supplements containing high levels of carotenoids, antioxidants found in yellow and orange fruits and vegetables can slow vision loss associated with age-related macular degeneration.
