Oven cleaner offers glaucoma hope
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A substance found in oven cleaner could improve standard glaucoma treatments, US research suggest.
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Scientists warn that spending nine or more hours a day watching a computer screen may raise the risk of glaucoma, a progressive eye disease that can lead to blindness.
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The first drug shown to significantly improve the vision of patients threatened by a major cause of blindness in the elderly won federal approval Friday.
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Contact lenses that release controlled doses of drugs to treat eye diseases such as glaucoma have been created by nano-engineers in Singapore.
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It may sound unbelievable, but Japanese researchers have been able to restore vision in people with damaged and clouded corneas by using cells taken from the patient&#39;s cheek tissue.
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Company is working on flexible display technologies.
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Japanese researchers say they have turned cells from the mouth into eye cells that have successfully been implanted in four patients to repair damage to the delicate outer layer of the cornea.
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Two doctors believe they have the cure for wrinkles - infra-red light therapy.
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Two weekend doses of eye drops appear as effective as daily treatments for a childhood malady known as &quot;lazy eye,&quot; HealthDay reported Tuesday.
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(National-NBC) Sept. 3, 2004 - An experimental implantable contact lens is showing promise in helping nearsighted people see without glasses.
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Broad ribbons of light help sort and manipulate individual cells.
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By Carrie Peyton Dahlberg, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Feb. 9--Geerat Vermeij pulls one shell, then another, from a nest of plastic boxes, rarely pausing to check the Braille labels curled beside them. His long fingers dart into each shell's opening.
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Thin sheets of cheek tissue can be used  to replace the damaged corneas of people blinded by certain eye  diseases, Japanese researchers reported on Wednesday.
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LONDON - Men who spend hours staring at a computer screen may be at increased risk for glaucoma, a disease that can cause blindness, Japanese doctors say.
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Doctors have used thin sheets of cheek tissue to restore vision in people with damaged corneas.
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Two new trials have shown that a drug injected into the eye can effectively treat a potentially blinding form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
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Prolonged computer use may be a factor in the development of glaucoma, an eye disease that can result in blindness, according to a Japanese study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.