Smoking Linked to Loss of Vision supriya kashyap kashyap11 April 2016 6:15 PM ISTNew Delhi : With a surge in eye-related diseases in India, Ophthalmologist have said smoking is emerging as one of the major reasons behind...
Blindness in US Will Double By 2050: Study supriya kashyap kashyap22 May 2016 4:01 PM ISTPrevalence in visual impairment and blindness is expected to double over the next 35 years in the US, says a study led by a Indian-origin...
Eating oily fish may lower risk of diabetic vision loss supriya kashyap kashyap20 Aug 2016 1:07 PM ISTLondon : Eating oily fish twice in a week equivalent to 500 mg per day of dietary omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids can decrease the risk of...
Red color channel may aid in screening for diabetic eye disease supriya kashyap kashyap7 Feb 2017 11:00 AM ISTIn photographs of the eye used to screen for diabetes-related eye disease, separating out the red color channel can help show some abnormalities...
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...
New mechanism of glaucoma development identified supriya kashyap kashyap24 Sept 2017 9:30 AM ISTResearchers at the Center for Vascular Research, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), have identified a new mechanism involved in the...
Now smartphone app for monitoring macular degeneration & diabetic retinopathy Anjali Nimesh Nimesh16 Nov 2017 8:30 PM ISTPatients with age-related macular degeneration or diabetic retinopathy who used a mobile application to test their vision at home got comparable...
A case of Teenager with severe Congenital Visual Impairments successfully treated Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli2 Dec 2017 7:01 PM ISTMoorfields Eye Hospital Dubai has successfully treated a young patient - 15-year-old Rabaa Arif Khalid Ahmed Alyassi - for a severe visual impairment...
Combating eye injuries with a reversible superglue seal Anjali Nimesh Nimesh7 Dec 2017 7:30 PM ISTWhen a soldier sustains a traumatic eye injury on the battlefield, any delay in treatment may lead to permanent vision loss. With medical facilities...
New Retina scanner detects diseases before vision loss occurs Anjali Nimesh Nimesh23 Dec 2017 7:25 PM ISTSFU engineering science professor Marinko Sarunic has developed a high-resolution retinal imaging scanner that will one day revolutionize eye care,...
Diabetics twice more prone to develop cataract Anjali Nimesh Nimesh6 Feb 2018 8:30 PM ISTResearchers from UK analysed medical records of 56,510 patients of dabetes and have concluded that Diabetics are twice more prone to develop cataract...
Half of vision impairment in developed countries is preventable Anjali Nimesh Nimesh28 March 2018 7:02 PM ISTProfessor Rupert Bourne of Anglia Ruskin University and Vision Loss Expert Group have conducted a systematic review of medical literature over the...
