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  • Workshop to Examine Optogenetic Approaches for Treating Diseases Associated With Vision Loss Announced


    NeuroscienceNews.com — Authority Authority: 116
    Foundation Fighting Blindness and Mass. Eye and Ear Host June 1 Optogenetics Workshop to Fast-Track Innovative Approaches to Save and Restore Sight Lost to Blinding Diseases The Foundation Fighting Blindness and Massachusetts Eye and Ear will host the Optogenetic Therapies for Vision workshop on Friday, June 1, from 8 ...
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  • STAR TREK INVENTION OFFERS HOPE OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND


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    International experts have developed a prosthetic retinaA REVOLUTIONARY device that could restore sight to patients with one of the most common causes of blindness has shown “encouraging” results, according to research.A team of Scottish scientists and international experts have developed a prosthetic retina ...
    1 week ago

  • 1 in 2 Americans are Victims of This Heartless Marketing Ploy


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    By Dr. Mercola As most of you know, the conventional medical system tends to equate “health” with the absence of symptoms of disease. The entire industry is built around treating symptoms with expensive patented drugs, many of which are profoundly toxic and dangerous. Pharmaceutical companies now rule the ...
    1 week ago

  • Are You Aware Of Macular Degeneration?


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    Macular degeneration, often called AMD or ARMD, is the leading cause of vision loss and blindness among Americans who are age 65 and older. With many baby boomers coming closer to that age range, vision loss from macular degeneration is becoming a growing problem. AMD is caused when the retina (which is responsible ...
    1 week ago

  • The Wednesday 5: Bionic Eyes, Slamming Sexist Cannes, and Anna Wintour Flirts with Stephen Colbert


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    This week, blogs cheered Anna Wintours appearance on Stephen Colberts TV show, shared new better-vision technologies, and laughed sadly at French feminists satirical slam at the Cannes Film Festival.
    1 week ago

  • The dangers of going off-label with prescription drugs


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    This weeks HND piece explores a phenomenon that is more widespread than most people think. For starters, some estimates peg the extent of this practice at around 20 percent of all prescriptions written. Not to make too fine a point of it, but since the use is off-label, by definition, there is little if any ...
    2 weeks ago

  • First oral agent to quell invasive macular degeneration, restore lost vision


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    There may be new found hope for patients whose vision is threatened when medicine injected directly into the eyes fails to cause abnormal blood vessels to recede. While injectable drugs called angiogenesis (an-gee-oh-jen-esis) inhibitors are considered a modern miracle and have become the standard of care for patients ...
    3 weeks ago

  • The Consequences of the Avastin/Lucentis Debate


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    "For both drugs, vision was slightly better with monthly injections, rather than with less frequent or "as-needed" injections. However, study authors were also quick to note that since as-needed dosing requires fewer drug injections into the eye, some patients, following consultation with their eye doctor, may elect ...
    3 weeks ago

  • Eat Your Flavonoids For Better Health


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    Flavonoids (also commonly known as bioflavonoids) are the part of the plant or fruit that give it its bright color and medicinally used to be known as Vitamin P. They are beneficial for many systems in the body and can be eaten regularly as they are common in foods such as berries, citrus, teas, chocolate and wine ...
    3 weeks ago

  • Research represents major breakthrough in macular degeneration


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    GA is an untreatable condition that causes blindness in millions University of Kentucky researchers, led by Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati, have made a major breakthrough in the “dry” form of age-related macular degeneration known as geographic atrophy (GA). GA is an untreatable condition that causes blindness in millions ...
    3 weeks ago

  • Bevacizumab for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration – RGH E-Bulletin


    BitingTheDust — Authority Authority: 103
    Tweet Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness and severe visual impairment in adults over the age of 50. Neovascular AMD (nAMD) is caused by the growth of abnormal blood vessels under the macular which can cause haemorrhage and scarring, leading to severe vision loss. One of the ...
    4 weeks ago

  • Restoring vision in night blindness: Mice point way to stem cell therapy


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    Impaired vision and blindness are leading causes of disability, affecting over 3 million people in the USA today, so it’s no surprise that biomedical scientists are working hard to develop therapies to improve and restore vision.  Over the past few years we have discussed several therapies that have been ...
    4 weeks ago

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