eye disease
Tag details
Welcome to the 'eye disease' tag page at Technorati. This page features content from the farthest reaches of the Blogosphere that authors have "tagged" with 'eye disease'.
Latest blogosphere posts tagged “eye disease”
-
Arthritis drug may help treat inflammation in Graves’ eye disease patients
Thaindian News —
Authority: 726
Washington, Nov 7 (ANI): A drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis has been found effective in reducing inflammation in patients with Graves’ eye disease after steroids failed.Graves’ eye disease is an autoimmune disease that causes inflammation and fatty deposits in the eye muscles and connective tissue ...2 days ago -
Autoimmune disease. Fatty deposits in the eye muscles. “… drug works by depleting B cells–the body’s normal antibody-producing cells– “
LASIK Eye Surgery —
Authority: 133
Rituximab is a chimeric monoclonal antibody that has been used against the protein CD20. Raymond S Douglas MD PhD, from the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center has said: “Treatment of the inflammatory component of Graves’ eye disease has not advanced appreciably over several decades …” More from ...3 days ago -
Fish Oil For Children – How to Select The Safest and Most Effective Supplement
Health 2 u —
Authority: 130
There is no doubt that fish oil for children can improve their development significantly and hence they have been nicknamed “smart pills” by the press. To get the maximum benefits for your kids, you need to know what to look for in an oil to make sure it’s safe and as natural as possible. They have been shown ...5 days ago -
New targets to prevent diabetic eye disease identified
Thaindian News —
Authority: 726
London, Nov 2 (ANI): Scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center have found a new, independent pathway that can offer targets for preventing and treating diabetic eye disease. In diabetes patients, high blood glucose levels can end up killing certain cells in the eyes and kidneys, which is why diabetes is the leading cause ...1 week ago -
Fetal tissue helps restore partial vision in the blind
Thaindian News —
Authority: 726
Washington, Oct 21 (ANI): In a novel study, researchers have successfully improved vision in people with blinding eye diseases by transplanting fetal tissue in the eye.Another experiment showed that retinal prosthesis could also restore some vision in patients with blinding eye disease.The researchers focussed their ...2 weeks ago -
Experimental treatments restore partial vision to blind people
Science Blog - Science news straight from the source —
Authority: 612
Two experimental treatments, a retinal prosthesis and fetal tissue transplant, restored some vision to people with blinding eye diseases. The findings, presented at Neuroscience 2009, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and the worlds largest source of emerging news on brain science and health, may lead ...2 weeks ago -
Collagen: not just a requirement for aging socialites or fashionistas?
Science Blog - Science news straight from the source —
Authority: 612
A new review published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN) shows how stem cell based therapies in mice can slow down the progression of kidney disease in Alport Syndrome: “Stem Cell Therapies Benefit Alport Syndrome” LeBleu V et al, 2009.3 weeks ago -
Stem cell-based therapy offers new hope for kidney disease patients
Thaindian News —
Authority: 726
Washington, Oct 16 (ANI): Researchers have suggested that several stem cell based therapies can help treat patients with Alport syndrome.Most often occurring in boys, Alport syndrome causes progressive kidney disease leading to kidney failure at a young age. Patients may develop hearing loss and eye disease as well. ...3 weeks ago -
Stem cells offer new hope for kidney disease patients
Science Blog - Science news straight from the source —
Authority: 612
Several cell-based therapy approaches could provide new treatments for patients with Alport syndrome, reports an upcoming paper in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).3 weeks ago -
This is the Agency that is Going to Bend the Cost Curve?
John Goodman's Health Policy Blog —
Authority: 556
Writing in the New York Times , Andrew Pollack reports that Medicare is about to stop paying for Avastin as a treatment for eye diseases. He writes, “But the way the bureaucratic gears mesh in this case, the move could end up costing Medicare itself hundreds of millions of dollars a year, and individual patients ...3 weeks ago -
Benfotiamine And Diabetic Retinopathy
Wish Everyone Good Health. —
Authority: 465
Damage from diabetes can occur in different areas of the eye. It can occur to the cornea, nerves controlling the muscles of the eye, the lens, optic nerve and retina. The retina is the complication that most people and medical professionals think of first in terms of diabetic complications.Diabetic retinopathy is ...4 weeks ago
