Antibiotics for cystic fibrosis may cause hearing loss: study supriya kashyap kashyap27 Feb 2017 12:17 PM ISTNew York : High dosage of a powerful class of antibiotics administered to treat cystic fibrosis may significantly increases the risk of permanent...
LV Prasad Eye Institute, Sheffield Uni organise workshop for finding innovative solutions to treat blindness supriya kashyap kashyap21 April 2017 11:00 AM ISTHyderabad : The University of Sheffield, UK and L V Prasad Eye Institute, India are jointly organising a four day workshop from April 20-23, 2017 in...
Artificial Intelligence Shows Potential to Fight Blindness supriya kashyap kashyap28 April 2017 3:28 PM ISTResearchers from the Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University have found a way to use artificial intelligence to fight a complication of diabetes...
New EYE drops to replace Injections for treatment of age-related macular degeneration supriya kashyap kashyap17 May 2017 1:35 PM ISTScientists at the University of Birmingham have developed a type of eye drop which could potentially revolutionize the treatment of one of the leading...
Cataract Rates Continue to Increase, Remains Leading Global Cause of Blindness Anjali Nimesh Nimesh20 May 2017 9:55 AM ISTCataract is responsible for 51 percent of world blindness, according to the World Health Organization. In the United States, the current number of...
New - Gene-delivery system prevents vision loss from inherited eye disease supriya kashyap kashyap2 Jun 2017 4:19 PM ISTResearchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed gene-carrying nanoparticles that home in on target cells and prevent vision loss in mice...
Reproducing a retinal disease on a chip Anjali Nimesh Nimesh18 Jun 2017 10:32 AM ISTApproximately 80% of all sensory input is received via the eyes, so suffering from chronic retinal diseases that lead to blindness causes a...
New gonorrhea treatment targets enzyme needed for respiration Anjali Nimesh Nimesh28 Jun 2017 9:45 AM ISTCORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers have identified a possible new treatment for gonorrhea, using a peptide that thwarts the infection-causing bacterium by...
World Optometry Congress to bring hope for visually impaired Anjali Nimesh Nimesh25 July 2017 3:08 PM ISTNew Delhi [India] : The world's visually impaired will be the subject of some serious discussion at the forthcoming second World Congress of Optometry...
World’s blind population set to triple in next 3 decades Anjali Nimesh Nimesh4 Aug 2017 11:00 AM ISTParis: The world's blind will increase three fold from about 36 million today to 115 million in 2050 as populations expand and individuals grow ever...
Time to dial back on diabetes treatment in older patients? Study finds 11 percent are overtreated supriya kashyap kashyap1 Oct 2017 10:00 AM ISTAnyone with diabetes who takes blood sugar medication knows their doctor prescribed it to help them. After all, the long-term effects of elevated...
11 year boy on Strict Diet of Potato, Meat And Cereal goes Blind Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli8 Oct 2017 10:30 AM ISTAn 11-year-old boy of East-Asian descent presented to the hospital with an 8-month history of progressive vision loss, night blindness, and light...
