Smart device may help glaucoma patients save eyesight Hina Zahid13 Nov 2018 7:25 PM ISTWashington: Scientists developed a smart drainage device that may help patients with glaucoma -- one of the leading causes of blindness in the world...
Maternal smoking during pregnancy may lead to strabismus Medha Baranwal Baranwal12 Nov 2018 7:15 PM ISTMaternal smoking during pregnancy is an important public health problem and is a root of many health issues in children and mother. Now, a new study...
Study finds pillow as risk factor for Glaucoma Vinay Singh singh11 Nov 2018 8:35 PM ISTA very interesting report published in the journal Acta Opthalmologica reveals that sleeping with the face in a pillow may increase the risk of...
New therapy offers hope for patients of rare form of blindness Vinay Singh singh9 Nov 2018 7:25 PM ISTA new study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine reports that a new form of therapy may halt or even reverse a form of progressive...
A rare case of bilateral corneal melting after snakebite Medha Baranwal Baranwal7 Nov 2018 6:00 PM ISTManisha Meena, Department of Ophthalmology, King George Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, and colleagues present the case of a...
Preop OCT Screening improves cataract surgery outcomes Vinay Singh singh5 Nov 2018 7:20 PM ISTScreening candidates for cataract surgery through the routine use of optical coherence tomography (OCT) can improve surgery timing and planning, give...
Shutter eyeglasses to replace eyepatch in amblyopia Vinay Singh singh4 Nov 2018 7:10 PM ISTU.K: The Fraunhofer researchers have found a major breakthrough alternative which may replace the standard treatment for a so-called lazy eye...
Case of bilateral corneal abrasion due to airbag induced injury Hina Zahid4 Nov 2018 6:00 PM ISTDr Ryan James Fante, at University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center, Ann Arbor, MI and colleagues have reported a case of bilateral corneal abrasion due...
Intravitreous ranibizumab vs pan-retinal photocoagulation in diabetic retinopathy Vinay Singh singh2 Nov 2018 7:10 PM ISTA new study published in JAMA Opthalmology reports that two different approaches to treating proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) led to similar...
NEJM reports case of eyelid hemangioma with bloody tears Medha Baranwal Baranwal1 Nov 2018 6:00 PM ISTItaly: An interesting case of eyelid hemangioma with bloody tears was reported in The New England Journal of Medicine. Alessandra Di Maria, from...
Metformin may reduce AMD risk in diabetic patients Medha Baranwal Baranwal29 Oct 2018 8:10 PM ISTTreatment of diabetic patients with metformin lowers the risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD) by almost 50%, showed a new...
Implantable drug delivery system shows promise in macular degeneration Vinay Singh singh29 Oct 2018 7:25 PM ISTA new of its kind study reports that an implantable drug delivery system for Lucentis (ranibizumab), a drug that improves vision from age-related...
