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Impact of the first guided Diabetic Retinopathy screening to care continuu
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 28 (ANI/PRNewswire): Diabetic Retinopathy (DR), an eye condition causing vision loss and blindness, affects nearly 16.9% of patients with diabetes, 3.6% of whom are most likely to lose their vision because of sight-threatening DR (STDR), stated India's
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Research identifies mechanisms underlying glaucoma
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Montreal [Canada], February 10 (ANI): Glaucoma is the non-curable blindness that affected 80 million people worldwide in 2020. Reduced blood flow and impaired neurovascular coupling are well-known features of glaucoma. The mechanisms underlying these abnormalities have now been unveiled, tha
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Rotary Eye Institute becomes India's one of the charitable institutions to
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI/PNN): Rotary Eye Institute (REI), India's leading charitable institution has become instrumental in the country to have initiated the establishment of the 'permanent eye care project' in Nigeria to help the people in the African country in getting quality
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Study finds brain needs to update like social media feeds
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
California [US], January 22 (ANI): A new study has found that like our social media feeds, our brains are constantly uploading rich, visual stimuli. Instead of seeing the latest image in real-time, we actually see earlier versions because the refresh time of our brains is about 15 seconds.
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Study finds warning signs of sight loss might be identified before vision
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Southampton [UK], December 12 (ANI): A new study has found that the signs of age-related macular degeneration can be identified even before patients begin to lose their sight.
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'13 people lost eyesight after cataract operation in Bihar's Muzaffarpur h
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], December 2 (ANI): A total of 13 people so far have lost their eyesight following cataract surgery at a local eye hospital in Muzaffarpur, District civil surgeon Dr Vinay Kumar Sharma said on Wednesday.
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New biomarkers may detect early eye changes that can lead to diabetes-rela
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 14 (ANI): New biomarkers found in the eyes could unlock the key to helping manage diabetic retinopathy, and perhaps even diabetes, according to new research conducted at the Indiana University School of Optometry.
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Touchless technology could enable early detection and treatment of eye dis
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 14 (ANI): The findings of a new study suggest that a non-contact laser imaging system could help doctors diagnose and treat eye diseases that cause blindness much earlier than is now possible.
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Gene therapy shows promise for patients with congenital blindness
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) [US], May 2 (ANI): A recent study's initial data from a clinical trial led by researchers found that new gene therapy for one of the most common forms of congenital blindness was safe and improved patients' vision.
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Gene therapy shows promise for patients with childhood blindness
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) [US], April 25 (ANI): According to initial data from a clinical trial led by researchers, new gene therapy for one of the most common forms of congenital blindness was safe and improved patients' vision.
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Gene therapy shows promise in initial trial for patients with childhood bl
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) [US], April 20 (ANI): A new gene therapy for one of the most common forms of congenital blindness was safe and improved patients' vision, according to initial data from a clinical trial led by researchers.
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Chemical protecting nerve cells also slows down glaucoma: Study
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 17 (ANI): Researchers at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine recently conducted a study on rats which suggested that the chemical which protects nerve cells also slows glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible blindness.
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