Science news articles about 'leading cause of blindness'

  • Type of vitamin B1 could treat common cause of blindness

    ... form of vitamin B1 could become a new and effective treatment for one of the world's leading causes of blindness. Scientists believe that uveitis, an inflammation of the tissue located just below the ...
  • Diet High In Omega-3 Fatty Acids May Help Prevent A Leading Cause Of Blindness Among Elderly

    ... legal blindness among the elderly. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), loss of vision ... macula) due to retinal damage, is one of the leading causes of legal blindness among the elderly. Approximately ...
  • Experts examine causes, treatment and prevention of glaucoma

    ... World Health Organization estimates that 65 million people worldwide have the disease, which is the second-leading cause of blindness. According to the report by Gülgün Tezel, MD, "The Role of Glia, ...
  • Shining light on diabetes-related blindness

    ... a cheaper, less invasive way to spot the early stages of retinal damage from diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of blindness in American adults, before it leads to blindness. As described in the ...
  • Shining Light On Diabetes-related Blindness

    ... a cheaper, less invasive way to spot the early stages of retinal damage from diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of blindness in American adults, before it leads to blindness. The scientists are ...
  • Cell's 'power plant' genes raise vision disorder risk

    ... genome for changes associated with AMD, the leading cause of blindness in Caucasians over age 50. “Most people don’t realize that we have two genomes,” said lead author Jeff Canter, M.D., M. ...
  • JCI table of contents: May 22, 2008

    ... PICK: What identifies cancer cells causing relapse and metastasis? Not CD133 New data ... diabetic retinopathy, an eye condition that is the leading cause of blindness in adults of working age. One factor ...
  • Glaucoma procedure now available at Mayo Clinic aims to prevent further eye damage

    ... drop medications that regulate intraocular pressure. Glaucoma, the second leading cause of blindness, is a disease that causes irreversible damage to the optic nerve from increasing pressure within ...
  • 'Snapshots' of eyes could serve as early warning of diabetes

    ... device holds the potential to help address a leading and growing public health concern. Some 24 ... eye-related complication of diabetes that is the leading cause of blindness among working-age adults ...
  • Smart contact lenses

    ... function as a simple pressure sensor. Glaucoma, a build-up of pressure in the eye, is a leading cause of blindness worldwide. A contact lens that could continuously measure pressure within the eye and ...
  • Study outcome won't sway company on eye drug

    ... do when there's anecdotal evidence that two of its drugs are equally effective in treating a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, one costing patients $60 per treatment and the other $2,000? In ...
  • Genetic link to dry macular degeneration found

    ... against a type of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a disease of the eye that is the leading cause of blindness in adults over age 50. The study, published Wednesday in The New England Journal ...
  • Genetic link to dry macular degeneration found

    ... has discovered a genetic mutation that offers protection against a type of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a disease of the eye that is the leading cause of blindness in adults over age 50...
  • Researchers create first model for retina receptors

    ... in patients with diabetic retinopathy. Diabetic retinopathy is the most common diabetic eye disease and a leading cause of blindness in American adults. It is caused by changes in the ...
  • Brain reorganizes to adjust for loss of vision

    ... by reorganizing its neural connections. Age–related macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in the elderly. The study appears in the December edition of the journal Restorative ...

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