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Taking aspirin regularly increases the risk of blindness
Regular use of aspirin can triple the risk of macular degeneration, leading to blindness.
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Healing of corneal lesions with contact devices
Scientists at the University of Sheffield have developed a method of implanting a contact device into the eye for patients with corneal lesions. This new technique can h…
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Risk of blindness due to contact lenses
The Daily Mail quoted Fiona Henriquez, a researcher from the University of West Scotland, who said that Acanthamoeba parasites are potential enemies for contact lens use…
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Find the recessive gene that causes congenital blindness
According to scientists, congenital blindness is a disease caused by recessive chromosomes through retinal degeneration and only about 70% of the causes are found, while…
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Can be blinded by chemicals
Eyesight of blind mice restored after scientists injected a chemical into their eyes, opening up the prospect of treating blindness for humans.
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'Inherits' from parents that children don't want
If a man has baldness, the original cause to consider belongs to genetic factors. The relationship is not entirely strong, but it certainly plays an important role.
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Diabetes drugs can cure blindness
Research results of scientists from the US, published on 7/5 in the journal Science of Visual and Eye Investigation (Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science) showed…
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Blind people can see in 10 years
Blind people can see light as normal people by artificial eyes in the near future, according to research by scientists at Cornell University (USA).
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Treat partial blindness with non-invasive stimulation current
German researchers found: treating certain patients through electrodes (with non-invasive currents) attached to the eyes, creating moderate stimulation in the eye area,…
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The girl looked at everything as white and black
For Freyah Rose Lyons, everything is black and white because she suffers from a rare syndrome that makes her eyes unable to see any color.
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Use of cocaine is prone to blindness
People who have been taking cocaine are at a higher risk of glaucoma - one of the most common causes of blindness, the latest study by US scientists said.
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Blindness with human embryonic stem cells
Blind blind patients in the UK will participate in the first trial of eye treatment with human embryonic stem cell therapy in Europe.
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Stem cell transplant to cure blindness
American doctors have performed the first laboratory-grown retinal cell transplant surgery in two patients who were blinded due to macular degeneration.
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Successfully developed human eye embryos in vitro
Transplantation to cure blindness has come closer to reality after scientists first successfully developed a retina in the laboratory.
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Cardiac drugs can prevent blindness
Recently, scientists from the University of Georgia Pharmacy (USA) announced that statins - belonging to the lipitor cardiac line of drugs may help prevent the risk of b…