Serious Readers Blog
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Are your sunglasses up to the job?
Monday 12 September 2016You only have one pair of eyes, and you should protect them. But do your sunglasses have the same UV rating as when you bought them?
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Are your sunglasses up to the job?
12 Sep 2016 -
“Smart” contact lens could offer new therapy for Glaucoma
Friday 09 September 2016It is estimated that nearly half a million people in England and Wales have Glaucoma, many of whom administer daily eye drops. A new “smart” contact lens could prove to be a welcome alternative.
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“Smart” contact lens could offer new therapy for Glaucoma
9 Sep 2016 -
Long-term results show gene therapy could help those with macular degeneration
Thursday 04 August 2016A pioneering treatment is giving new hope to those with macular degeneration. A team at Oxford University have successfully used gene therapy over the long-term to reverse sight loss in a group of patients in the UK and US who otherwise would have gone bl
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Long-term results show gene therapy could help those with macular degeneration
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Let there be weight! A look at gravity-powered personal lighting
Wednesday 03 August 2016Humans have powered things with gravity for thousands of years, but it’s never been used to create a personal light source. Until now.
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Let there be weight! A look at gravity-powered personal lighting
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A new level of lighting therapy for Dementia sufferers
Monday 01 August 2016It has long been recognised that light affects Dementia sufferers, and in recent years several hospitals have installed basic systems to help.
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A new level of lighting therapy for Dementia sufferers
1 Aug 2016 -
Shedding new light on the battle of Culloden
Wednesday 29 June 2016New light has been shed on the site of the last mass battle on British soil - using an aeroplane and hi-tech lasers.
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Shedding new light on the battle of Culloden
29 Jun 2016 -
How light shaped the Incredible Hulk
Tuesday 28 June 2016Here’s one for movie buffs - What do Spiderman, King Kong, and the Incredible Hulk have in common? And Avatar for that matter?
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How light shaped the Incredible Hulk
28 Jun 2016 -
New Eye Chart to Detect Macular Degeneration
Monday 27 June 2016An international team combining scientists from Moorfields Eye Hospital, Ulster University and University College London has produced an Eye Chart which detects the early onset of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD).
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New Eye Chart to Detect Macular Degeneration
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Going bananas for eye health….
Thursday 12 May 2016It is estimated that up to half a million children in Africa and South East Asia suffer permanent blindness each year due to vitamin A deficiency.
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Going bananas for eye health….
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Got the blues too bad to sleep?
Tuesday 10 May 2016It has long been known that our circadian rhythms are shaped by natural light, and that the wrong type of artificial light can have a detrimental effect on our waking and sleeping patterns.
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Got the blues too bad to sleep?
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Radical new approach to treatment of Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
Monday 09 May 2016It is widely believed that Wet AMD is triggered by oxygen deprivation, but breaking research suggests that dysfunctional energy metabolism in the eye is the cause.
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Radical new approach to treatment of Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
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Researchers predict 50% worldwide myopia by 2050
Thursday 07 April 2016If current trends continue, half the world’s population will be myopic by 2050. Such is the stark warning recently issued by researchers in the prestigious journal Ophthalmology.
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Researchers predict 50% worldwide myopia by 2050
7 Apr 2016
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