Articles about Sight News
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Engineers create blinking digital eye to aid dry eye disease treatment
A 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...
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Amount of teenagers wearing specs nearly doubles in 7 years
A 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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€4m project to improve sight-saving treatments
The 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...
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Youth risk eye problems from too much screen time
Doctors 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...
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Researchers claim statins may reduce risk of diabetic retinopathy
A 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...
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NHS authorities rationing cataract operations
Research by the Medical Technology Group (MTG) has suggested that more than half of all English NHS authorities are restricting patients access to cataract surgery, withholding access to...
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Three new gene targets for AMD identified
Using cells from 44 human eye donors, an international team of research scientists has identified three genes not previously known to be associated with Age Related Macular Degeneration...
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New sight-giving microchip
Australian boffins have developed “the most complex neuro-simulation chip ever designed” which they hope to trial in humans during 2019. When implanted in the retina, the chip works...
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Growing eye parts from skin cells could lead to cure for blindness
Doctors are growing eye parts from skin cells as part of a project to find a cure for rare genetic causes of blindness.
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New gel drops could be sight-savers
Scientists from the University of Birmingham have developed a fast-acting new eye gel which effectively repairs scarring to the cornea, providing an alternative to a risky corneal transplant.
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The bionic eye comes a step closer….
In a landmark step towards achieving the stuff of science fiction, American scientists have employed 3D printing to create a primitive “eye” on a hemispherical surface.
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Winter blues could be down to the colour of your eyes…
Cold weather and longer nights have a negative effect on many of us, resulting in irritability and lethargy in the winter months.
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Of mice and men - new discovery may give insight into how our night vision works
Scientists investigating how mice perceive light at night have made a discovery that may one day help visually impaired humans see better.
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Recent study hailed as a step closer to a cure for Glaucoma
Researchers from the University of Montreal have made a major breakthrough in the treatment of glaucoma.
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Contact lenses proven to slow myopia
A four-year study of the effects of a specially-designed, dual-focus myopia control contact lens has shown that the lens slows the progression of myopia in children.
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“Longer life for women after cataract surgery” theory fatally flawed
In an interesting passage of events, a major paper submitted to JAMA Ophthalmology last year has been retracted by the authors.
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Research suggests the eye could give an insight into Alzheimer’s
Research published in the Journal of Ophthalmic Research suggests for the first time that retinal imaging could be used to monitor Alzheimer’s Disease (AD).
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Light, sight and posture
Were you aware that there is a relationship between your posture and your eyesight? And that adding a light source into the equation adds a new level of...
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Scientists says a longer education is bad for your eyesight
A recent study published by The BMJ claims that spending more years in full time education is associated with a greater risk of developing short-sightedness (myopia).
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Would you recognise an “eye stroke”?
They affect one in 10,000 people, but they are rarely diagnosed correctly. So what exactly is an “eye stroke”? And how would you recognise the onset of one?
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Gene Therapy and Eye Conditions – latest news
In December 2017 the American Federal Drug Adminstration (FDA) licensed the first every therapy to treat a genetic disease causing blindness – Luxturna from Spark Technologies - at...
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Glaucoma discovery may also help with Alzheimer’s and Parkinsons
A Canadian team have discovered a new signal for the presence of Glaucoma which may also serve as an early indication of other diseases.
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A community approach to eye health?
Have you heard of microbiomes? They’ve been all the rage in research land for the last 10 years – and their discovery has opened a whole new avenue...
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US authorise autonomous AI to diagnose eye disease
It would seem that clinical diagnosis by machine is no longer a far-off vision of future health care, with the recent announcement that the US Food and Drug...
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How the caveman in us all could affect our eyesight
Research from the Brain Imaging Centre at Goethe University has revealed that we see better at dawn and dusk – times when our distant ancestors would have been...
