Eye Care News
June 11, 2025
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May 14, 2025 One of the world's leading causes of irreversible vision loss could begin with elevated eye pressure, according to a recent ...
May 8, 2025 A vitamin supplement that improves metabolism in the eye appears to slow down damage to the optic nerve in glaucoma. The researchers behind the study have now started a clinical trial on ...
Apr. 25, 2025 Researchers have called for more advice to be given to young people about preventing dry eye disease, after a study found that 90% of participants had at least one sign of the condition in their ...
Apr. 23, 2025 A new study finds vision loss fears may deter some patients from cataract surgery, despite it being the only effective treatment. The research underscores the role of doctor-patient relationships in medical ...
Apr. 16, 2025 A team of researchers has identified a promising new approach that may one day help to restore vision in people affected by macular degeneration and other retinal ...
Apr. 15, 2025 The smallest control system of vision in mammals has been mapped -- a discovery that opens entirely new insights into how our vision works and how it can be affected by ...
Apr. 14, 2025 Microplastics and the much smaller nanoplastics enter the human body in various ways, for example through food or the air we breathe. A large proportion is excreted, but a certain amount remains in organs, blood and other body fluids. Scientists ...
Apr. 2, 2025 Researchers have successfully developed a novel drug to restore vision. The treatment method restores vision through retinal nerve ...
Mar. 12, 2025 Although there is no cure, diabetic retinal disease treatment has improved over the past two ...
Mar. 3, 2025 Glaucoma is called the 'silent thief of sight' as many don't notice until significant, irreversible vision loss has already occurred. A revolutionary early screening tool using AI may stop this thief dead in its ...
Feb. 27, 2025 Wet AMD in its early stages can be treated with drugs to reduce the formation of new blood vessels, but this treatment is inefficient in cases where blood vessel formation is already in its advanced ...
Feb. 18, 2025 Researchers used mice with nine different genetic backgrounds to identify factors influencing eye aging, paving the way for eye-based diagnostics for neurodegenerative ...
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Jan. 16, 2025 A new report shows the benefit of wearing contact lenses for slowing myopia has a lasting effect -- good news since 50% of the world (5 billion people) will likely be nearsighted by ...
Dec. 17, 2024 A new study offers hope for people who are blind or have low vision (pBLV) through an innovative navigation system that was tested using virtual ...
Dec. 3, 2024 A research team has discovered that accumulated DNA damage in the retina is a key contributor to age-related macular degeneration and that targeting specific retinal cell types may lead to treatments ...
Nov. 19, 2024 Experts have identified five elements of a brain-based condition that has emerged as a leading cause of vision impairment starting in childhood in the United States and other industrialized nations. ...
Oct. 29, 2024 Our ability to see starts with the light-sensitive photoreceptor cells in our eyes. A specific region of the retina, termed fovea, is responsible for sharp vision. Here, the color-sensitive cone ...
Oct. 2, 2024 A serious, irreversible eye disease known as myopic maculopathy is on the ...
Sep. 26, 2024 Scientists have identified a gene responsible for some inherited retinal diseases (IRDs), which are a group of disorders that damage the eye's light-sensing retina and threatens vision. Though IRDs ...
Sep. 18, 2024 Researchers identified a protein, known as RNF114, that reverses cataracts, a clouding of the eye's lens that occurs commonly in people as they age. The study, which was conducted in the 13-lined ...
Sep. 9, 2024 Scientists developed a highly promising gene therapy to treat glaucoma -- a debilitating eye condition that can lead to complete vision loss, and which affects around 80 million people worldwide. The ...
Sep. 6, 2024 The vision of people with a rare inherited condition that causes them to lose much of their sight early in childhood was 100 times better after they received gene therapy to address the genetic ...
Earlier Headlines
Aug. 22, 2024 Researchers found that people who develop sensory disabilities with age tend to have worse mental health, and that different types of sensory disability are associated with different aspects of ...
July 30, 2024 Neuroscientists reveal that the part of the brain that receives and processes visual information in sighted people develops a unique connectivity pattern in people born blind. They say this pattern ...
July 12, 2024 Markers in the blood that predict whether glaucoma patients are at higher risk of continued loss of vision following conventional treatment have been identified by ...
June 3, 2024 A team has scaled up the powerful brain-mapping tool BARseq. The technology is now capable of mapping millions of neurons throughout the brain. Identifying how neural connections are wired up over ...
May 20, 2024 Rsearchers have developed the first 3D printable ocular resins, marking a significant breakthrough in manufacturing specialist lenses for implantation in the human ...
May 16, 2024 Abnormalities in the shape of the sclera, the white of the eye, can cause various complications and lead to blindness. However, techniques to observe the sclera in detail, such as its fibrous ...
May 14, 2024 Researchers have discovered the virus that causes COVID-19 can breach the protective blood-retinal-barrier with potential long-term consequences in the ...
May 13, 2024 Electroretinography (ERG), which involves measuring electric potential in the retina, is a powerful tool for diagnosing and studying ocular diseases. However, multi-electrode systems for ERG are ...
May 9, 2024 Most people with early-stage glaucoma don't know they have it, even though early treatment is key to reducing vision loss. While detecting a subtle increase in eye pressure helps doctors to ...
May 7, 2024 A group of researchers have created an exceptionally small implant, with electrodes the size of a single neuron that can also remain intact in the body over time -- a unique combination that holds ...
May 6, 2024 About 79% of clinical trial participants experienced measurable improvement after receiving experimental, CRISPR-based gene editing that is designed to fix a rare form of blindness, according to a ...
Feb. 27, 2024 Researchers have developed a simulator that enables artificial visual observations for research into the visual prosthesis. This open source tool is available to researchers and offers those who are ...
Feb. 8, 2024 Researchers have developed a spiral-shaped lens that maintains clear focus at different distances in varying light conditions. The new lens works much like progressive lenses used for vision ...
Feb. 7, 2024 Researchers say hydroquinine could be an effective naturally occurring disinfecting solution for contact lenses and help combat keratitis ...
Jan. 26, 2024 Researchers identified a retinal disease to evaluate the success of gene and cell replacement ...
Jan. 24, 2024 In a new study, researchers combined OCT retinal imaging, genetics and big data to estimate how likely a person is to develop eye and systemic diseases in the future. They found significant ...
Jan. 18, 2024 Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness around the globe, affecting up to 44 million people. Although people of African ancestry are most frequently and severely affected by this ...
Dec. 13, 2023 Researchers developed machine-learning models to predict visual acuity in patients with high myopia. A cohort study of 967 patients was used to evaluate the models. The results show that a regression ...
Dec. 13, 2023 In a comparative analysis across vertebrates of the many cell types in the retina -- mice alone have 130 types -- researchers concluded that most cell types have an ancient evolutionary history. ...
Dec. 5, 2023 As humans age, our eyes adjust based on how we use them, growing or shortening to focus where needed, and we now know that blurred input to the eye while the eye is growing causes myopia. It is so ...
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- Machine Learning Sees Into the Future to Prevent Sight Loss in Humans
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- Study to Test Eye Drops for Nearsightedness
- Minds & Eyes: Study Shows Dementia More Common in Older Adults With Vision Issues
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- Early Study Shows Cones in Retinal Degeneration, Thought to Be Dormant, May Retain Visual Function
- New Form of Omega-3 Could Prevent Visual Decline With Alzheimer's Disease
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- Genetics Combined With Long Years of Schooling Can Lead to Nearsightedness in Children
- Blinding Eye Disease Strongly Associated With Serious Forms of Cardiovascular Disease
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- New Diagnostic Option for Rare Eye Disease
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