A panel of eye health experts discussed the meaning of the latest from the Age Related Eye Disease Study Phase 2 results. The American Optometric Association released an informational guide with all of the latest research in nutrition, macular degeneration, and eye health. Read more here
According to a new report published online February 24, 2014 in Ophthalmology, air pollution and atmospheric pressure are the most influential environmental risk factors for the development of dry eye syndrome (DES). Solid and liquid particles in the air were noted to be a significant cause of dry eye disease. Researchers from Bascom Palmer Eye [...]
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USA Today reports on the American Heart Association's new stroke preventions guidelines. For the first time, special recommendations are outlined because women have a unique risk: living longer and having different hormone levels than men. The AHA says that women with migraine preceded by aura (a visual phenomenon appearing as central or peripheral shimmering or [...]
The Boston Globe (2/25, Kotz) “Daily Dose” blog reports that kale contains two antioxidants, “lutein and zeaxanthin,” which “have been associated with a lower risk of chronic eye diseases, including age-related macular degeneration and cataracts, according to the American Optometric Association.” The blog entry provides tips on how to prepare kale. It also warns people [...]
The New York Daily News reports that “new, state-of-the-art goggles help diagnose stroke patients.” In New York City, “Brooklyn Maimonides Medical Center is the first hospital...to obtain high-tech glasses which will make it easier for stroke teams in the emergency [department] to identify stroke victims who don’t have the usual symptoms,” such as patients who [...]
On the front of its Business Day section, the New York Times reports that “2013 has been the Year of the High-Tech Glasses,” all designed to improve vision. The piece goes on to showcase new Adlens Variable Focus lenses which can use knobs to “precisely adjust the liquid pressure on a curved membrane inside the [...]
According to MedicalNewsToday.com, a gene therapy approach using a protein called CD59, or protectin, shows promise in slowing the signs of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a new in vivo study by researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine. "Treatment was effective when administered at a very specific location beneath the retina, but importantly, [...]
