Engineer Develops Smart Glove To Help Blind And Visually Impaired People Navigate. Contributor Rebecca Banovic writes at Forbes (4/20, Banovic) about “a smart glove prototype called Anora” developed by Nikola Krstic, a graduate from the Electrical Engineering School in Belgrade, to help “the blind and visually impaired move unaided without a service dog or white [...]
Eating At Least One Orange Per Day May Lower Risk Of Developing AMD, Study Suggests. Medscape (7/23, Brown, Subscription Publication) reports researchers found that people who eat “at least one orange per day have a 60% lower risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD) 15 years later compared with those who do not eat oranges.” [...]
Due to the increased prevalence of diabetes, a few basic tips to control diabetes and your blood sugars are listed below for you and your loved ones. We care about your eyes and health! Make good lifestyle choices and enjoy each and every day! Tips for Avoiding Diabetes: Wear a pedometer and get 8,000 to [...]
Low Vision and Vision Loss What can a person with low vision really see? That question is not an easy one to answer because every person with a visual impairment truly has a unique pattern of vision loss. No two people have the same exact vision loss! Macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, and congenital eye [...]
...investigators found that a “thinner retinal nerve fiber layer at baseline was associated with worse performance on cognitive testing three years later.
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of central vision loss in Americans over 50.
New Genetic Clues to Macular Degeneration Identified An international study of 43,000 people significantly expands the number of genetic factors known to play a role in age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Supported by the National Eye Institute, the findings allow a better understanding of the biological processes that lead to AMD, and identify new therapeutic targets for potential [...]
A common question people ask every day in our office is "Doctor, do I need to have my pupils dilated today?" And, the answer depends on a few things. First and foremost, the only way to completely evaluate the internal health of the eyes is to dilate those pupils! No one wants an un-noticed retinal [...]
