Articles about Sight News
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Colour me happy
The basic physiology of vision has been understood for the best part of a century, but only in the last twenty years have scientists started to explore a...
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Weight loss after surgery could improve eye conditions
Scientists have discovered a dramatic link between weight loss following bariatric surgery and improved retina health, suggesting that blindness due to retinal damage may be reversible.
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Revolutionary microscope for the brain could cure blindness
In a move that brings us a step closer to virtual senses, Scientists in Houston are working on a flat microscope “FlatScope” which bypasses the eyes altogether.
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Startling evidence that eyesight stays in the genes
New research by Anglia Ruskin University shows that identical twins have identical vision defects into their 50s, even down to the smallest detail. A remarkable finding, as these...
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Guide Dogs say get off the pavement @optrafair
A great many Serious light owners suffer from eye conditions, and for some everyday vision is seriously affected.
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Are we getting enough sunlight? Experts now say “No”…
After years of UV health warnings in the USA, a landmark study published in the prestigious journal Dermato-Endocrinology now calls insufficient sun exposure an “emerging health problem” for...
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The App that gives Sight
Be My Eyes was created by a 50 year old Danish furniture craftsman, Hans Jørgen Wiberg, who started losing his vision when he was just 25.
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One in the eye for Dry Eye
Many Serious Readers suffer from eye conditions. For those who experience Dry Eye, Blepharitis or inflammation, a new product has just been launched which could prove a welcome...
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MPs support initiative to acknowledge the risk of sight impairment to drivers
It is estimated that 2,900 road casualties are caused by poor vision every year in the UK. But just how important is good vision to drivers themselves?
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New research shows daylight keeps short-sight at bay
Australian scientists claim they have evidence that increased exposure to daylight is the answer to increased levels of myopia being experienced by children worldwide.
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“Smart” contact lens could offer new therapy for Glaucoma
It 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...
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A new level of lighting therapy for Dementia sufferers
It 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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Going bananas for eye health….
It 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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Researchers predict 50% worldwide myopia by 2050
If 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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‘Overstretched NHS' threatens UK eye health
In a chilling warning for an ageing society, an eminent Ophthalmologist claims hundreds in the UK already suffer irreversible sight loss every year due to insufficient NHS resources.
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Bionic eye trial gives new hope
A team of specialists at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford are trialling a bionic eye implant in six patients with little or no sight.
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A stem-cell first for macular degeneration
In a pioneering clinical trial, a patient with macular degeneration has been treated using lab-grown stem cells at University College London.
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New research brings hope of preventing vision loss from diabetes
Diabetic retinopathy is the most serious complication of diabetes for your eyes, and it is estimated that 40% of people with type 1 diabetes and 20% with type...
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New gene therapy for blindness nears availability
Just a few years ago gene therapy to cure blindness was thought impossible. But in science, achieving the impossible is often just a matter of time….
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New cataract-dissolving eye drops
In the first alternative development to surgery for cataracts, scientists have tested a steroid-based eye drop which could simply dissolve the problem away…
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NHS eye test numbers in England fall for first time since records began
Without light there is no sight – and as we get older our eyes require progressively more light to see clearly.
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Using light to restore sight: a potential new therapy for AMD
Millions of people throughout the world are afflicted with hereditary blindness. Now scientists from the University of Bern in Switzerland have discovered a way of restoring sight by...
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The new implant that could restore eyesight
Researchers in America have successfully developed a new retinal implant which offers five times the functional vision of current implants. The development could offer new hope for patients...
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Thanks for the memory…
For many years the neuroscience community has debated the physiology of memory, and amnesia has become a somewhat controversial subject.
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Dress launches international debate
Take a look at the dress on the right in the image above. What do you see? Well you may be surprised to hear that some people see...
