Stem Cells May Someday Enable Vision To Be Restored
Posted on: June 18th, 2012
Source: Eye Health News & Blindness News from Medical News Today
Human-derived stem cells can spontaneously form the tissue that develops into the part of the eye that allows us to see, according to a study published by Cell Press in the 5th anniversary issue of the journal Cell Stem Cell. Transplantation of this 3D tissue in the future could help patients with visual impairments see clearly...
Fish Oil Prevents Age-Related Loss Of Vision
Posted on: June 18th, 2012
Source: Eye Health News & Blindness News from Medical News Today
Loss of vision due to age can potentially be prevented by DHA, an omega-3 fatty acid found in fish. The study, which was recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science demonstrated that lab models fed with DHA did not accumulate the toxic molecule that usually builds up in the retina with age and therefore preventing age-related loss of vision...
Smartphones A Big Help To Visually Impaired
Posted on: June 18th, 2012
Source: Eye Health News & Blindness News from Medical News Today
iPhones and other smartphones can be a huge help to the visually impaired, but few vision doctors are recommending them to patients, according to a study co-authored by a Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine ophthalmologist. Researchers surveyed 46 low-vision adults from The Chicago Lighthouse and the Spectrios Institute for Low Vision in Wheaton, Ill...
Millions Of Dry Eye Sufferers May Benefit From Caffeine
Posted on: May 12th, 2012
Source: Eye Health News & Blindness News from Medical News Today
Researchers at the University of Tokyo's School of Medicine have shown for the first time that caffeine intake can significantly increase the eye's ability to produce tears, a finding that could improve treatment of dry eye syndrome. This common eye condition affects about four million people age 50 and older in the United States...
Regular check-ups can catch eye disease
Posted on: May 12th, 2012
Source: Optometry News - Topix
When Arthur Quinn's eye started to bother him, he thought he might have gotten something in it or had picked up a virus, but then his field of vision started to get smaller.