Ophthalmologist emphasizes care in dim-light driving as time change brings darkness to evening commute supriya kashyap kashyap11 Nov 2016 9:03 AM ISTAs the end of daylight saving time draws near, ophthalmologists at the Vanderbilt Eye Institute want to focus on a real issue dim-light driving...
Protamine shows promise for new types of contact lens disinfectant supriya kashyap kashyap9 Nov 2016 10:46 AM ISTProtamine a natural protein with a proven safety record may be useful in developing new types of disinfectant solutions for contact lenses, according...
Diabetic Retinopathy- Standard Treatment Guidelines supriya kashyap kashyap31 Oct 2016 1:46 PM ISTDiabetes Mellitus (DM) has established itself as a pandemic disease, projected to affect 438 million people by the year 2030.The exponential growth in...
Nutritional supplements may reduce risk of Age Related Macular Degeneration: Study supriya kashyap kashyap31 Oct 2016 11:46 AM ISTIn a trial, researchers found that patients at high risk for visual loss from AMD who took lutein (10 mg) and zeaxanthin (2 mg) supplements reduced...
After blindness, the adult brain can learn to see again supriya kashyap kashyap31 Oct 2016 9:04 AM ISTMore than 40 million people worldwide are blind, and many of them reach this condition after many years of slow and progressive retinal degeneration....
Glaucoma Treatment: Optic nerve regeneration may hold the key supriya kashyap kashyap28 Oct 2016 11:30 AM ISTWhat causes vision loss in glaucoma? There are two common answers that at first may seem disparate: the first is pressure, as in elevated ocular...
Treatment of Microbial Keratitis- Indian Guidelines savita thakur thakur27 Oct 2016 3:12 PM ISTMicrobial keratitis is an important cause of avoidable monocular blindness in India. Young adults in their prime working age group are most commonly...
Women suffers eye damage after dropping e-cigarette liquid: JAMA Opthalmology Case supriya kashyap kashyap20 Oct 2016 12:57 PM ISTStoring e-cigarette liquid next to eye drops caused one woman to mix them up, leading to slight eye damage that could have been much worse, Scottish...
Minimally invasive corneal transplantation improves outcomes in Keratoconus : AAO supriya kashyap kashyap20 Oct 2016 9:26 AM ISTAn innovative procedure may improve outcomes in people with a degenerative eye disease, suggest five-year results from a study presented at AAO 2016,...
Intraocular lenses can benefit LASIK reject patients supriya kashyap kashyap19 Oct 2016 3:05 PM ISTPeople who are unsuitable for LASIK because of moderate or extreme nearsightedness or severe astigmatism may benefit from a surgical procedure using...
Visual cortex plays role in plasticity of eye movement reflex supriya kashyap kashyap13 Oct 2016 10:20 PM ISTBy peering into the eyes of mice and tracking their ocular movements, researchers made an unexpected discovery: the visual cortex a region of the...
Adalimumab, an Arthritis drug effective in non infectious uveitis: NEJM Study supriya kashyap kashyap12 Oct 2016 3:08 PM ISTLondon : A well known rheumatoid arthritis medication may be effective for treating non infectious uveitis, a rare eye disease that can lead to loss...
