Schizophrenia is a puzzling disorder for medical professionals. It's a mental illness that can be treated but nobody really knows what causes it in the first place, posing a challenge from a preventative standpoint. Nobody knows what signs to look...
Related topics: Medical Research, Ophthalmology, Schizophrenia
Researchers have discovered how overactive DNA repair systems can lead to retinal damage and blindness in mice. A DNA repair enzyme called Aag glycosylase becomes hyperactive, provoking an inflammatory response that produces necrosis, leading to...
Related topics: DNA, Genetics, Medical Research, Ophthalmology, Enzymes
In a large database of insured patients, almost half with type 2 diabetes and a third with type 1 diabetes had no eye exam in a 5-year period. Change is needed to stop retinopathy being the leading cause of blindness. Medscape Medical News
Related topics: Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, Type 1 Diabetes, Ophthalmology
For some of us, they carry the bright blue of our grandfather's eyes. For others they result in the characteristic cleft chin or the familial tendency toward color blindness. But in some families, the genetic mutations handed down from generation to...
Related topics: Alzheimer's Disease, Genetics, Ophthalmology
Scientists have zeroed in on genes associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of vision loss and blindness among people age 65 and older. These findings provide a more expanded and in-depth picture of the genetic...
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Squirrel monkeys don’t see color like people. But inject their eyeballs with a genetically engineered virus, and they suddenly can perceive a new rainbow. The same trick could someday be used on color-blind people.
Related topics: Ophthalmology, Genetics, Virus, Virology
Our discussion (Bloomberg) on how (or not) to use anecdotes had some interesting feedback to it. Not on the underlying concept, which noted that single or rare events should never be used to draw conclusions. But rather, my favorite example...
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Several years ago, MapQuest directed me on a 10-hour drive to visit my father in a Florida hospital. Complications from diabetes, including blindness, kidney failure, congestive heart failure, and a below-the-knee amputation, had taken their toll....
Related topics: African-American, Diabetes, Ophthalmology, Heart Failure
A new study identifies genes associated with Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) that could represent new targets for future drug development.
Related topics: Genetics, Ophthalmology, Medical Research
Using a novel patient-specific stem cell-based therapy, researchers prevented blindness in animal models of geographic atrophy, the advanced 'dry' form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which is a leading cause of vision loss among people...
Related topics: Medical Research, Ophthalmology, Stem Cells
Hundreds of new genes linked to blindness and other vision disorders have been identified in a screen of mouse strains. Many of these genes are likely important in human vision and the results could help identify new causes of hereditary blindness...
Related topics: Genetics, Ophthalmology
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 19, 2018 -- Dangerous infections, blinding ulcers in the eyes: These are just some of the troubles that can come from wearing your contacts for too long.
Contact lenses are generally considered safe, but wearing them while asleep...
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If mice lose their vision immediately after birth due to a genetic defect, this has a considerable impact, both on the organization of the cerebral cortex and on memory. Researchers demonstrated that, in the months after blindness emerged, the...
Related topics: Memory Loss, Genetics, Medical Research, Ophthalmology
Night blindness occurs when an existing eye condition leads to an inability to see clearly in dim light. Treatments depend on the cause but often involve managing the underlying condition. Learn more here.
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From bionic eyes to gene editing, how can we use science to bring back sight?
-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Purdue University researchers have invented a new smart drainage device to help patients with glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness in the world, as they try to save their eyesight.
Related topics: Purdue University, Medical Research, Ophthalmology, Glaucoma
A new form of therapy may halt or even reverse a form of progressive vision loss that, until now, has inevitably led to blindness. This hyper-targeted approach offers hope to individuals living with spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 (SCA7) and validates...
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(MedPage Today) -- Country moves toward elimination of blindness-causing infection
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Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the world, impacting approximately 2.7 million people in the U.S alone. It is a complex set of diseases and, if left untreated, can lead to blindness. It's a particularly large issue in Australia,...
Related topics: Ophthalmology, Glaucoma
Researchers have shown that people with type 2 diabetes who took a common diabetes medication, metformin, had a significantly lower rate of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Related topics: Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, Ophthalmology, Medical Research