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Renowned ophthalmologist, Dr. Arnall Patz passes away
Renowned ophthalmologist, Dr. Arnall Patz, has passed away at the age of 89. Dr. Patz's groundbreaking research led to the discovery that high doses of oxygen administered to premature infants coul...
New drug to treat dry Macular Degeneration on FDA's Fast Track
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given Acucela and Otsuka the Fast Track designation for their new oral medication intended to treat dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Anti-depressant use increases risk of cataracts
Researchers have found a relationship between anti-depressant use and an increased risk of developing cataracts. A recent study found a statistical relationship between a diagnosis of cataracts? or...
Yet another smoking risk --eye inflammation (uveitis)
Uveitis, an inflammation of the eye's middle layer of tissue, is responsible for about 10 percent of blindness in the United States. And smoking may increase the risk of contracting uveitis.
Hormone Replacement Therapy in Women linked to cataracts
Women who are using or who had used Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) have higher rates of cataract removal than women who have never used HRT. This was the finding of an eight-year study of more t...
Brain holds first signs of glaucoma
Predominantly considered a disease of the eye, scientists have discovered that the first signs of injury in glaucoma actually take place in the brain.
The details of the discovery are in this we...
Mechanism that causes blindness in diabetics is discovered.
A researcher has discovered the process which causes retinal cells to die causing blindness in diabetic patients. It has long been known that high blood sugar levels from diabetes damage blood vess...
New stem cell research may cure blindness due to macular degeneration.
Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. has filed a request with the FDA to test a treatment for macular degeneration. Advanced Cell would be conducting the clinical trial with the Foundation Fighting Blind...
The chicken's superior ability to see color may aid scientists
Researchers have mapped five types of light receptors in a chicken's eye. What researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis discovered is that the receptors were laid out in...