Washing hair with custard apple seeds for lice removal can cause toxic keratitis: Study Medha Baranwal Baranwal14 Nov 2019 7:05 PM ISTIndia: Hair washing with powdered custard apple seeds is a common practice for the removal of head lice in developing countries. Now, a new study...
Anemia linked to development of diabetic retinopathy in diabetes patients Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli4 Nov 2019 8:28 PM ISTAnemia is associated with the development of Diabetic retinopathy in patients of diabetes according to a study published in Journal Medicine.Diabetic...
Secondhand smoking potentially harmful to eye health of kids : JAMA Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli3 Nov 2019 7:28 PM ISTHong Kong: Secondhand smoking may have a potentially harmful impact on children's eye health and development, suggests a recent study published in the...
Retinal changes may predict future heart disease Dr. Prem Aggarwal1 Nov 2019 7:20 PM ISTHigh blood pressure and arterial stiffness are two major risk markers for cardiovascular disease and incidentally they create easily detectable...
High dose of cholesterol lowering supplement linked to blindness in case study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli30 Oct 2019 8:15 PM ISTHigh dose of cholesterol lowering vitamin supplement niacin has been linked to blindness is the finding of a new case study.Retina specialists at...
Case of Corneal ectasia following cataract extraction surgery in patient with keratoconus: a report Hina Zahid30 Oct 2019 6:00 PM ISTDr Georgios Labiris at the Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Dragana, Alexandroupolis, Greece and colleagues have...
Bimatoprost and latanoprostene found best for open-angle glaucoma treatment: Study Medha Baranwal Baranwal28 Oct 2019 7:15 PM ISTBimatoprost 0.03% (Vistitan) followed by latanoprostene bunod showed the highest efficacy for the treatment of open-angle glaucoma and ocular...
Povidone-iodine beneficial for viral conjunctivitis patients Medha Baranwal Baranwal27 Oct 2019 7:15 PM ISTA single dose of 5% povidone-iodine improved signs and symptoms in people with adenoviral conjunctivitis and also decreased viral titers, according to...
Vision therapy may treat convergence insufficiency but does not improve children's reading skills Hina Zahid25 Oct 2019 7:10 PM ISTConvergence Insufficiency is a common childhood vision disorder in which the eyes are unable to work together when looking at nearby objects, and the...
Sleep apnea in diabetes increases macular edema risk Medha Baranwal Baranwal24 Oct 2019 9:00 AM ISTTaiwan: Diabetes patients who have sleep apnea are at higher risk of developing diabetic macular edema (DME) -- an eye problem developed by fluid...
Blue light emanating from phone, computer may shorten lifespan, finds study Hina Zahid22 Oct 2019 7:25 PM ISTNew research at Oregon State University suggests that the blue wavelengths produced by light-emitting diodes damage cells in the brain as well as...
Novel eye drops may improve sight defect and replace reading glasses, finds study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli21 Oct 2019 8:20 PM ISTTopical Eye drops improving sight defects may sound like science fiction but it is true as novel drops passed their Phase 2b clinical trial earlier...
