Eye Conditions Archives

Macular Degeneration Patients: Blood Thinners Increase Risk of Retinal Hemorrhage

Patients with macular degeneration, for heart and other conditions are receiving antiplatelet and anticoagulant medications such warfarin, and clopidogrel run a higher risk of retinal hemorrhage or over-the-counter drugs such as aspirin than people who do not. Researchers reviewed the records of nearly 200 eyes of patients whose average age…
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Scientists Learn How Humans See in Bright and Low Light

Researchers have discovered the delicate and detailed process that controls how the eye quickly adapts to darkness and how it functions in the bright light of day, leading to an increased understanding of how the retina works. The retina's main light-sensing cells, or photoreceptors, consist of rods and cones. Cones…
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Discovery of Lymph Channels in Eye May Help Glaucoma

A Canadian research team has uncovered lymph channels in the eye, a find that could lead the way to improved treatments for glaucoma and possibly other eye diseases. Previously lymph channels were not believed to be associated with the part of the eye related to glaucoma. The lymphatic system consists…
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Lutein, black currant extract may reduce visual fatigue

Visual fatigue such as computer eye strain caused by staring at the computer for long hours, may be eased a daily supplement containing black currant fruit extract (200 mg), lutein (5 mg), and zeaxanthin (1 mg), according to a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled cross-over trial. The findings, published in the journal…
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Retinal Device Helps Some With Retinitis Pigmentosa See

More than thirty blind people can now see thanks to new technology that has restored their vision. To date, thirty-eight subjects from the United States, Mexico and Europe with retinitis pigmentosa have received retinal prostheses. While the degree of success has been variable across subjects the results are encouraging. Procedures…
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Poor Circulation and Age Related Macular Degeneration Study

A large study found strong evidence that older people who have age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are at increased risk for coronary heart disease (CHD), although not for stroke. This result adds to mounting evidence that AMD and cardiovascular disease may share some risk factors–smoking, High Blood Pressure, inflammatory indicators…
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Retinal Implants Can Restore Some Lost Vision

MIT engineers have designed a retinal implant for people who have lost their vision from retinitis pigmentosa or age-related macular degeneration, two of the leading causes of blindness. The retinal prosthesis would help restore some vision by electrically stimulating the nerve cells that normally carry visual input from the retina…
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A Step Towards a Cure for Color-Blindness

Researchers from the University of Washington and the University of Florida have used gene therapy to cure two monkeys of color blindness. An article published online in the journal Nature discusses the potential for this type of gene therapy to treat adult vision disorders involving cone cells, including color blindness…
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Increasing antioxidants may help Pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PES)

Pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PES) is an eye condition that leads to glaucoma. This condition has been called this because deposits on the surface of the lens look like flakes of dandruff, as if the lens capsule has exfoliated (shed the flakes). This is due to parts of the eye creating these…
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High-Risk Glaucoma Patients: Risk Factors

Damage to Hemifields Scientists have determined that glaucoma patients who have damage to both hemifields (half of the visual field) of their eye will experience more rapid progression of the disease than patients who have damage to a single hemifield. The study, published in the September 2009 journal Archives of…
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