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Leafy Greens May Keep Vision Clear

Vegetables may help prevent cataracts, researchers say

Eating plenty of leafy dark green vegetables may help you see your way to preventing…    

Long computer use may be linked to eye disease

Hours in front of a computer screen may increase the risk of glaucoma in people who are myopic or shortsighted, Japanese scientists said on…    

Be Careful If You Are Diagnosed With Glaucoma

For decades, ophthalmologists have relied on a simple test “air puff” to check for high pressure inside the eye, often an early warning of…    

Vision problems slow recovery from hip fracture

Nearly one-quarter of elderly people undergoing rehabilitation following hip fracture have failing eyesight, and this impairment appears to impede their recovery, according to new…    

Herbal, Nutritional Supplements Linked to Ocular Side Effects

An estimated 42 percent of Americans use herbal medicines or nutritional supplements. Many people taking these products and their physicians are unaware of the…    

Singapore scientists invent drug-dispensing contact lens

Scientists in Singapore have invented a contact lens capable of releasing precise amounts of medication to treat glaucoma and other eye diseases, doing away…    

More going for laser eye surgery

Singaporeans, who hold the dubious distinction of being the most short-sighted people on earth, are flocking to eye centers for corrective laser surgery after…    

Some supplements can damage eyes

Many herbal remedies and nutritional supplements can damage the eyes, including some alternative therapies that are used by people trying to correct eye problems,…    

Gene therapy for eyes seen feasible

In animal experiments, researchers have achieved permanent transfer of a functioning gene to targeted tissues in the eye, in what they say is…    

Cheek cells used to repair damaged corneas

Thin sheets of cheek tissue can be used to replace the damaged corneas of people blinded by certain eye diseases, Japanese researchers reported on…    

Implantable lens for nearsightedness wins US OK

U.S. regulators on Monday approved an implantable contact lens that corrects nearsightedness and offers an alternative to laser surgery.

The U.S. Food…    

Lazy eye unlikely to hinder job prospects

The latest findings from the Australian Blue Mountains Eye Study (BMES) suggest that lazy eye, or amblyopia, does not diminish a person’s employment prospects.…    

Zinc shortage may underlie serious vision problem

Scientists have learned that zinc plays an important role in the normal function of rhodopsin, a protein in the eye implicated in retinitis…    

Implantable contact lens safe

An implantable contact lens that corrects vision in nearsighted patients is safe and does not have some of the side effects of laser surgery,…    

Low-birthweight kids prone to poorer eyesight

Children whose weight was low when they were born have “a small but statistically significant deficit” in their vision by the time they are…    

Kids do OK emotionally with patch for lazy eye

Children with “lazy eye”—technically called amblyopia—may resist wearing an eye patch or glasses to correct the condition, but these treatments are unlikely to cause…    

Hormone replacement doesn’t curb cataracts

Women who use hormone replacement therapy (HRT) after menopause do not appear to have a reduced risk of developing cataracts, or a slower worsening…    

Gene variants may make women see red, and burgundy

A new gene study may help explain why she sees crimson, vermillion and tomato, but it’s all just red to him.

In…    

Infant blindness boosts music ability

Infants who go blind at a very young age develop musical abilities that are measurably better than those who lose their sight later in…    

Cholesterol-lowering drugs cut glaucoma risk

Cholesterol-lowering drugs such as statins appear to reduce the risk of developing the most common type of glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness, researchers…    

Study finds fruit helps ward off vision problems

Eating fruit regularly earlier in life may help ward off macular degeneration, the leading cause of vision loss in older adults, a study…    

Even preschoolers should have their vision tested

Parents need not wait until their children start kindergarten to have their eyes tested for vision problems.

Children under the age of…    

Contacts ‘could deliver eye drugs’

Contact lenses could be used to deliver drugs to treat eye diseases like glaucoma, researchers say.

The team from the University of…    

‘Missing eye’ gene found

Mutations in a particular gene may be the cause of a devastating condition that leads to babies being born without eyes.

Bilateral…    

Eye care ‘varies widely’

Only a tiny fraction on patients needing appointments with eye specialists get them within a month, a survey suggests.

The Patients’ Association,…