Want to Ditch Your Glasses After Cataract Surgery? This New Artificial Lens May Help
American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) via Newswise – NEW ORLEANS, La. – Cataract surgery is one of the most successful medical procedures performed in the United States, with nearly 4 million Americans choosing…
Vision Impairment Is Associated With Mortality
Michigan Medicine – University of Michigan via EurekAlert – The global population is aging, and so are their eyes. In fact, the number of people with vision impairment and blindness is…
Diagnosing Retinal Disease with Artificial Intelligence
Brian Blum via Israel21c – Over a billion people around the world are at high risk for retinal eye diseases such as glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. And yet more than 75…
Researchers Discover Stem Cells in Optic Nerve That Preserve Vision
University of Maryland School of Medicine via EurekAlert – Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have for the first time identified stem cells in the region of…
First In-Human Trial of Synthetic Cornea Starts in Israel
Israel21c Staff via Israel21c – The first-in-human implantation of the revolutionary CorNeat KPro synthetic cornea has been approved for 10 corneally blind patients at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva. CorNeat KPro was…
URI Engineering Professor Helping ALS Patients Use Their Brains to Communicate
University of Rhode Island via Newswise – Doug Sawyer was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, 11 years ago. His only muscles that still…
How the Eyes Might Be Windows to the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
University of California San Diego Health via News Wise – Researchers say how quickly a person’s pupil dilates while taking cognitive tests. Newswise — Alzheimer’s disease (AD) begins to alter…
