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...
Dry eye syndrome slows reading rate, study suggests Vinay Singh singh19 Nov 2018 7:15 PM ISTA new of its kind study by John Hopkins researchers report that chronic dry eye can slow reading rate and significantly disrupt day to day tasks that...
New treatment improves vision in congenital retinal blindness Vinay Singh singh18 Dec 2018 7:20 PM ISTIn a major breakthrough, researchers have found a new treatment that has shown improvement in vision in patients with a form of congenital retinal...
Diabetes linked to 2-3-fold higher risk for cataract in India Medha Baranwal Baranwal24 Dec 2018 7:25 PM ISTManaging health can be a tedious task for diabetic people. It is a known fact that people with diabetes are at higher risk for eye issues than those...
Gene therapy may improve visual acuity in choroideremia : Phase 2 study Hina Zahid3 Jan 2019 7:05 PM ISTIn a phase 2 study, Researchers have found that with gene therapy best corrected visual acuity may be sustained in patients with choroideremia. The...
After accident, blind in left eye, man starts seeing again Hina Zahid2 Jan 2019 8:20 PM ISTA surprising happy turn of an event -A man blind in left eye starts seeing again. This is not a fiction depicted in an Indian movie but what happened...
Laser Pointers can cause retinal burns in Children, finds study Vinay Singh singh4 March 2019 7:17 PM ISTA new study published in the journal Eye has highlighted the risk of macular damage and vision loss from handheld lasers in children, especially in...
High fat diet linked to macular degeneration and sight-loss in later life Hina Zahid2 April 2019 7:25 PM ISTPoor nutrition linked to sight-loss in later life in a new study. A healthy diet on the other hand may prevent vision loss.The researchers at the...
Poor diet caused Nutritional Optic Neuropathy in a young “fussy eater”: Case Report Deepanjana Sarkar4 Sept 2019 9:03 AM ISTA poor and nutrient deficit diet cause a young patient to lose his sight at the 14-year, according to a case reported in the in Annals of Internal...
Dark chocolate improves visual acuity or not?- JAMA ophthalmology study answers Medha Baranwal Baranwal26 Sept 2019 8:28 PM ISTJust a year ago an article by Rabin and colleagues reported results of a small randomized clinical trial on the short-term effects of milk chocolate...
PPIs use linked to impaired hearing, vision and memory Medha Baranwal Baranwal28 Nov 2019 7:25 PM ISTUSA: Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are the most widely used drugs to reduce the production of stomach acid. Although considered safe for...
Risuteganib improves visual acuity in age-related macular degeneration, finds Phase 2 Clinical Trial Medha Baranwal Baranwal4 Aug 2019 7:10 PM ISTRisuteganib improves visual acuity in age-related macular degeneration, finds Phase 2 Clinical Trial.Patients with non-exudative (dry) age-related...
