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People could soon be injected with infrared vision
Monday 02 September 2019Scientists predict that people will soon be able to see infrared light due to tiny particle injections.
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People could soon be injected with infrared vision
2 Sep 2019 -
Gran has eyeballs tattooed to act as ‘sunglasses’
Sunday 01 September 2019A grandmother has endured a peculiar treatment to her eyes. The treatment consisted of having her eyes tattooed so the ink could act like sunglasses.
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Gran has eyeballs tattooed to act as ‘sunglasses’
1 Sep 2019 -
Study shows we can’t truly hide information as our eyes give it away
Tuesday 27 August 2019A new study carried out has proved that eyes can be the first indicator that you know someone, even if you try to hide it verbally.
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Study shows we can’t truly hide information as our eyes give it away
27 Aug 2019 -
Charity raises an amazing £1.8 million to help people without sight
Saturday 24 August 2019Christian Blind Mission has raised a huge £1.8 million through a campaign named ‘See the way’.
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Charity raises an amazing £1.8 million to help people without sight
24 Aug 2019 -
New bionic eye implant could help restore sight in blind people
Friday 23 August 2019A new study has made use of an implant that directly stimulates the optic nerve in your eye, bypassing the eyeball completely.
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New bionic eye implant could help restore sight in blind people
23 Aug 2019 -
New app to reduce diabetic eye disease risk
Tuesday 13 August 2019A new app called Retina Risk has been designed to help people with diabetes monitor and assess the risk of diabetic eye disease.
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New app to reduce diabetic eye disease risk
13 Aug 2019 -
Major breakthrough in understanding dry AMD
Monday 12 August 2019Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have revealed a major breakthrough that could have implications for sufferers of the dry form of Age-Related Macular Degeneration, one of the most common forms of vision loss.
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Major breakthrough in understanding dry AMD
12 Aug 2019 -
Engineers create blinking digital eye to aid dry eye disease treatment
Friday 09 August 2019A blinking “eye on a chip” has been created by a team at Pennsylvania State University to fill a void in the medical industry that lacks treatments for dry eye disease.
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Engineers create blinking digital eye to aid dry eye disease treatment
9 Aug 2019 -
Amount of teenagers wearing specs nearly doubles in 7 years
Thursday 08 August 2019A report by Scrivens Opticians has found that the proportion of 13 to 16-year-olds requiring glasses has nearly doubled since 2012.
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Amount of teenagers wearing specs nearly doubles in 7 years
8 Aug 2019 -
€4m project to improve sight-saving treatments
Wednesday 24 July 2019The Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) in collaboration with the University of Birmingham have launched a project to improve eye health treatments. The project has had €4 million invested into it from EU funds in order to improve treatment to disease
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€4m project to improve sight-saving treatments
24 Jul 2019 -
Youth risk eye problems from too much screen time
Tuesday 18 June 2019Doctors in Japan have warned that children are at risk of developing serious complications with their eyes due to spending too much time in front of screens and smartphones.
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Youth risk eye problems from too much screen time
18 Jun 2019 -
Researchers claim statins may reduce risk of diabetic retinopathy
Monday 29 April 2019A Taiwanese research project has shown that diabetes sufferers who take statins to reduce blood pressure might also inadvertently be reducing their risk of vision loss through retinal damage which comes as a result of the disease.
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Researchers claim statins may reduce risk of diabetic retinopathy
29 Apr 2019
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