Eye / Vision Problems

First oral agent to quell invasive macular degeneration, restore lost vision

There may be new found hope for patients whose vision is threatened when medicine injected directly into the eyes fails to cause abnormal blood…    

Vitamins E, C no help against vision disorder

Taking vitamins E and C may do nothing to protect aging eyes from macular degeneration - the leading cause of vision loss in older…    

Nepal’s “magic” surgeon brings light back to poor

Dressed in his hospital scrubs, Sanduk Ruit looks into the eyes of a patient through a microscope hanging over an operating table.

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Women have bigger pupils than men

From an anatomical point of view, a normal, non-pathological eye is known as an emmetropic eye, and has been studied very little until now…    

Fetal membrane transplantation prevents blindness

Transplanting tissue from newborn fetal membranes prevents blindness in patients with a devastating disease called Stevens-Johnson syndrome, a Loyola University Medical Center study has…    

Avastin Works Well Against Age-Related Macular Degeneration

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health researchers call it “wonderful news” that a much less expensive cancer drug seems to work…    

Avastin Eye Injection Treatment for Macular Degeneration

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in people over 50 years of age.  It is caused by the breakdown of…    

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…    

Novartis tries to make UK hospitals use $1000 drug

Drug maker Novartis is taking legal action in Britain to make state-run hospitals use an eye drug that costs about 700 pounds ($1,130) per…    

Blindness cure step closer after scientists replace lost light-sensitive cells in back of the eye

A treatment that has helped mice see in the dark could one day restore sight to the blind.

British doctors used injections…    

Eye Health Is Related to Brain Health

People with mild vascular disease that causes damage to the retina in the eye are more likely to have problems with thinking and memory…    

Should all African Americans get glaucoma screening?

Screening middle-aged African Americans for glaucoma may prevent some from losing their vision, but the benefits are modest and costly, suggests a new study.…    

How Does Nearsightedness Develop in Children?

Myopia (nearsightedness) develops in children when the lens stops compensating for continued growth of the eye, according to a study in the March issue…    

Smart Lenses Will Do More Than Just Improve Your Vision

Some forty million Americans wear contact lenses, but imagine if those lenses could do more than just bring the outside world into focus?

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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…