Know the Signs of Stroke – BE FAST
Debbe Geiger via Duke Health – Know the Signs of Stroke – BE FAST While stroke is the fifth leading cause of death, few people know the signs. Use the…
Improving Vision with At-Home Brain Exercises
John Jeffay via Israel21c – RevitalVision offers a unique intervention for people with eyesight challenges, treating the brain where images are processed. Doctors told Amit Azulay again and again that she’d never…
Morning Exposure to Deep Red Light Improves Declining Eyesight
University College London via Newswise – Just three minutes of exposure to deep red light once a week, when delivered in the morning, can significantly improve declining eyesight, finds a pioneering new…
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…
Dynamic Stimulation of the Visual Cortex Allows Blind and Sighted People to ‘See’ Shapes
Cell Press via EurekAlert – For most adults who lose their vision, blindness results from damage to the eyes or optic nerve while the brain remains intact. For decades, researchers have…
Breakthrough in Artificial Biomimetic Sight
Dr. Liji Thomas, MD via News-Medical Net – In a new study published in February 2020 in the journal Science Advances, researchers report the development of a nanoscale device that…
