Eye / Vision Problems

First patients shown to improve with embryonic stem cells

Before treatment, the 51-year-old graphic artist was legally blind, unable to read a single letter on a standard eye chart. She has suffered from…    

Grapes may help prevent age-related blindness

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…    

Wearing contact lenses can affect glaucoma measurements

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…    

Outside Temperatures, Sun Exposure and Gender May Trigger Glaucoma

When it comes to whether or not you will develop exfoliation syndrome (ES)—an eye condition that is a leading cause of secondary open-angle glaucoma…    

Latitude And Gender Influences Glaucoma Risk

When it comes to whether or not you will develop exfoliation syndrome (ES)—an eye condition that is a leading cause of secondary open-angle glaucoma…    

Eye injuries down in women’s lacrosse

Eye injuries among female lacrosse players dropped dramatically after US Lacrosse, the governing board for the sport, required protective eyewear in 2004, according to…    

Physical fitness could have a positive effect on eye health

Physical activity may be what the doctor orders to help patients reduce their risk of developing glaucoma. According to a recently published scientific paper,…    

Daily aspirin tied to risk of vision loss

Seniors who take aspirin daily are twice as likely to have late stage macular degeneration, an age-related loss of vision, than people who never…    

Potential treatment for ‘pink eye’ epidemic

Scientists are reporting discovery of a potential new drug for epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC) - sometimes called “pink eye” - a highly infectious eye disease…    

Space missions may damage eyes

Astronauts experience bone and muscle loss in the weightlessness of space, and now the first study of returning space travelers’ eyes suggests that prolonged…    

Five VA patients blinded by Avastin injections: report

Five patients being treated for eye disease were blinded after being injected with Roche Holding AG’s Avastin at the Los Angeles Veterans Affairs medical…    

Avastin Injections Are Reported to Cause Blindness

At least 16 people in two states have gotten severe eye infections, and some have been blinded, from injections of the drug Avastin, according…    

Leading Treatments for Uveitis Found to be Similarly Effective, Increasing Patient Options

A team of researchers comparing the two leading treatment approaches for the eye condition uveitis, which is the fifth leading cause of blindness in…    

Study focuses on relationship between glaucoma and diabetes, hypertension

Many Americans suffer from diabetes and hypertension and, according to a study by researchers at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center, these individuals…    

U. Iowa research team finds new genetic cause of blinding eye disease

Combining the expertise of several different labs, University of Iowa researchers have found a new genetic cause of the blinding eye disease retinitis pigmentosa…    

Severe complications from cataract surgery decline

Serious, potentially blinding complications from cataract eye surgery are uncommon, and have been declining since the 1990s, a new U.S. study finds.

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Researchers report progress using iPS cells to reverse blindness

Researchers have used cutting-edge stem cell technology to correct a genetic defect present in a rare blinding disorder, another step on a promising path…    

Treating children’s eye infections without surgery

Researchers from Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence, R.I., report that medical management may be preferred over surgery for children with orbital cellulitis, an acute…    

Columbia Researchers Work on Preventing Blindness from Age-related Macular Degeneration and Stargard

Slowing down the aggregation or “clumping” of vitamin A in the eye may help prevent vision loss caused by macular degeneration, research from Columbia…    

Gene therapy shows promise against age-related macular degeneration

A gene therapy approach using a protein called CD59, or protectin, shows promise in slowing the signs of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to…    

Rice bioengineering students’ invention may help diagnose painful eye condition

Rice University bioengineering students responded to an ophthalmologist’s cry for help with a device to diagnose dry eye, the itching and burning sensation that…    

Researchers find eye development error causing cataracts, glaucoma

A Jackson Laboratory research team, working in collaboration with researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, show that RNA…    

Stem cell therapy for age-related macular degeneration—a step closer to reality

The notion of transplanting adult stem cells to treat or even cure age-related macular degeneration has taken a significant step toward becoming a reality.…    

Omega-3s linked to less age-related vision loss

Women who get lots of omega-3 fatty acids are less likely to develop age-related macular degeneration (AMD), an eye disease affecting millions of older…    

For some kids, corneal transplant improves vision and daily life

Teens, children, and even infants sometimes require corneal transplants, although most such surgeries are performed in adults. Australian researchers led by Keryn A. Williams,…