Retina

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• Fan Jake Olson Inspires His Favorite Team USC Trojan

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  By Gina GomezDec.27, (THAINDIAN NEWS) It was surely a dream come true for 12 year old Jake Olson when he meet his favorite University of Southern California Trojan football team and got the opportunity to spent time with all its player. However, the occasion was also special for the USC Trojan team as the young [...]
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• Lasik Surgery ? What Causes Nearsightedness?

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 166
  Lasik Surgery ? taking the mystery out of nearsightednessNearsightedness, known as myopia, can be caused by one of two conditions. The cornea or crystalline lens is too powerful or the eyeball is too long and shaped more like an oval than a sphere. Both of these conditions cause the image you are viewing to [...]
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• Steroid jabs may delay diabetes-related eye disease progression

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  Washington, Dec 25 (ANI): A new study has revealed that injecting steroids into the eye can significantly reduce progression of diabetic retinopathy, a complication of diabetes that can cause vision loss and blindness.Proliferative diabetic retinopathy occurs when new blood vessels form on the optic disc or another ...
  3 days ago

• Photovoltaic eye implants offer self-powered vision

  
  Gizmo Watch — Authority: 619
  Researchers in Stanford have worked out a way to beam images to the retinal implants in patients afflicted by a progressive loss of photoreceptor cells. The new technique is a solution to long pending objective of how to get power and data (the image) to an implanted retinal chip. This implant procedure uses ...
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• … and here’s what I’m doing!

  
  Y Lakeland — Authority: 128
  I know it’s exciting to hear about my adventures in South America, but the LEDC actually let me back in the office to get ready for the Summer Leadership Program 2010 ! We are so excited for this coming summer’s program we started working on it before 2010 has even started… Here’s a refresher course on the ...
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• LA LUTEINA PER LA SALUTE DEGLI OCCHI

  
  SALUTE DOMANI ? IL PORTALE DEL BENESSERE — Authority: 148
  Presente   negli ortaggi a foglia verde scuro come gli spinaci, ma anche nella frutta, nel frumento e nel tuorlo d’uovo, la luteina è un carotenoide noto per le sue proprietà antiossidanti. Nell’organismo umano si concentra soprattutto a livello della macula retinica, dove svolge un’importante ...
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• German scientists implant chip, enabling blind man to see

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  Hamburg, Dec 20 (DPA) German doctors have implanted a special microchip in the retina of a blind Finnish man, enabling him to see, the news magazine Der Spiegel reported Saturday on its website.The 1,500-pixel sensor chip can mimic the electrical signals sent by a healthy eye through the nervous system to the ...
  1 week ago

• Leafy veggies, colored fruits boost vision

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  Washington, Dec 18 (ANI): Carotenoids, found in green leafy vegetables and colored fruits, boost visual performance and may prevent age-related eye diseases, says a new study.The study has been published in the Journal of Food Science, published by the Institute of Food Technologists.To reach the conclusion, authors ...
  1 week ago

• Lasik Surgery ? What Causes Nearsightedness?

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 166
  Lasik Surgery ? taking the mystery out of nearsightednessNearsightedness, known as myopia, can be caused by one of two conditions. The cornea or crystalline lens is too powerful or the eyeball is too long and shaped more like an oval than a sphere. Both of these conditions cause the image you are viewing to [...]
  1 week ago

• Retina

  
  One Mom — Authority: 120
  We are on the way to a specialist as I think my left retina is detaching. The temperature here is 2 degrees and the roads are not good.Please pray.OneMom
  1 week ago

• Lutein, zeaxanthin in fruits, veggies improve vision

  
  iHealthBulletin News — Authority: 133
  IFT.org - Carotenoids, found in green leafy vegetables and colored fruits, have been found to increase visual performance and may prevent age-related eye diseases, according to a study in the Journal of Food Science, published by the Institute of Food Technologists. Authors from the University of Georgia compiled the ...
  1 week ago

• What to Do When Lasik Surgery isn’t Enough

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 166
  Custom Lasik surgeryCustom Lasik surgery, also known as Wavefront Lasik surgery, uses detailed measurements to aid your surgeon in shaping your cornea. Custom Lasik uses individually customized, precise measurements, unique for each patient. Traditional Lasik surgery cannot give the same precision of individual ...
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• Induced pluripotent stem cells. RPE cell transplantation. “Long-term visual function is maintained in this model of retinal disease even though the xenografted cells are eventually lost, suggesting a secondary protective host cellular response.”

  
  LASIK Eye Surgery — Authority: 131
  “Transformation of somatic cells with a set of embryonic transcription factors produces cells with the pluripotent properties of embryonic stem cells (ESCs).” 1 “These induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells have the potential to differentiate into any cell type, making them a potential source from which to ...
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• Great Skin is Just a Kitchen Away

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 166
  It is in our nature to overwhelm ourselves while trying to come up with a solution. This is true with skin care. We waste money trying out the newest miracle skin care product. We waste precious time going from one product to another, time that could be used to do simple things to improve our [...]
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• Soon, flexible retinal implants to restore vision

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  London, Dec 15 (ANI): Scientists from Stanford University in California have developed what they call ‘flexible retinal implant’ that would help restore vision of people with certain forms of visual impairment.According to researcher Rostam Dinyari, conditions such as age-related macular degeneration occur when ...
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• Nearsightedness. More common. “The prevalence of myopia for individuals aged 12 to 54 years was statistically significantly higher in 1999 to 2004 than in 1971 to 1972 …”

  
  LASIK Eye Surgery — Authority: 131
  A report in the December issue of Archives of Ophthalmology , one of the JAMA / Archives journals, indicates: ‘ Myopia (nearsightedness) may have been more common in Americans from 1999 to 2004 than it was 30 years ago … ‘ A Media Release issued on December 14 by JAMA/Archives journals informs: Myopia ...
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• Triamcinolone. Steroid injections. “… laser treatments can reduce the risk of vision loss, but the identification of other treatments remains desirable.”

  
  LASIK Eye Surgery — Authority: 131
  A report in the December issue of Archives of Ophthalmology , one of the JAMA / Archives journals, indicates: ‘ Injecting the corticosteroid triamcinolone into the eye may slow the progression of diabetic retinopathy, a complication of diabetes that can cause vision loss and blindness … ‘ A Media Release ...
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• New York Lasik

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 166
  The cornea is the clear covering of the front of the eye that helps to bend and focus light so that it can form an image on the retina. This is analogous to the way in which a camera lens focuses light to form an image on film. If the cornea is curved [...]
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• Macula. Scars. Black out. “This newly found retinal disease causes abnormal blood vessels in the macula, and these vessels are prone to bleeding.”

  
  LASIK Eye Surgery — Authority: 131
  Vinit Mahajan MD PhD, from the University of Iowa Roy J and Lucille A Carver College of Medicine, has said: “It is rare to find a new inherited eye disease that affects the macula. We thought we had seen them all …” “This newly found retinal disease causes abnormal blood vessels in the macula, and these ...
  2 weeks ago

• Scientists discover new inherited eye disease

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  Washington, Dec 12 (ANI): Scientists at the University of Iowa have found a new inherited eye disease that affects the macula, which is part of the retina.With the findings, which have been reported in the Nov. 9 issue of the Archives of Ophthalmology, researchers are hoping to increase understanding of more common ...
  2 weeks ago

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