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Sound Imaging: Clever Acoustics Help Blind People See The World
4 Jul 2009 at 1:00am
Video from portable cameras is analysed to calculate the distance of obstacles and predict the movements of people and cars. This information is then transformed and relayed to a blind person as a three-dimensional 'picture' of sound. The concept is apparently simple and two prototypes have be...
Phase III Study Showed Lucentis Improved Vision In Patients With Branch Retin...
4 Jul 2009 at 1:00am
Genentech, Inc. announced today that the Phase III study BRAVO showed Lucentis® (ranibizumab injection) improved vision, as measured by the primary endpoint of mean change from baseline in best-corrected visual acuity at six months, in patients with macular edema due to branch retinal vein occlus...
Bausch & Lomb Vision Care Strengthens Its Commitment To ReNu® Brand And The E...
4 Jul 2009 at 1:00am
Bausch & Lomb Vision Care announces a renewed focus on its ReNu® brand of lens care solutions through a U.S. consumer need-based rebranding effort that introduces eye care practitioners and consumers to ReNu® Fresh Lens Comfort? and ReNu® Sensitive Eyes®. Additionally, the company has recently e...
Eye Disorder Research Benefits From Grant
4 Jul 2009 at 12:00am
Researchers at the Peninsula Medical School in Plymouth and Exeter have received a grant of £9,600 from the Northcott Devon Medical Foundation to continue its research into the genetic causes of eye movement disorders. Last year, the team - along with colleagues from the Children's Hospital i...
Diabetic Retinopathy Stopped By Natural Compound
4 Jul 2009 at 12:00am
Researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center have found a way to use a natural compound to stop one of the leading causes of blindness in the United States. The research appears online this month in the journal Diabetes, a publication of the American Diabetes Association.
Treatment That Significantly Slows Progression Of Eye Damage In Persons With ...
3 Jul 2009 at 12:00am
University of Minnesota Medical School researcher Michael Mauer, M.D., has found a treatment that significantly slows the progression of eye injury in people with type 1 diabetes, a common complication caused by this disease. By administering an antihypertensive, medication commonly prescribed to...
Clue To Normal-Tension Glaucoma; Herpes Infection And Corneal Transplants
3 Jul 2009 at 12:00am
The July issue of Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, includes two studies that may influence clinical treatment of serious eye conditions. One study reports on silent cerebral infarcts (SCI) incidence and visual field loss in patients with normal-tension glaucoma...
New Drug That Could Dramatically Speed Up The Elimination Of River Blindness ...
2 Jul 2009 at 1:00am
A clinical trial is being launched in three African countries of a drug that could eliminate onchocerciasis, or river blindness, one of the leading infectious causes of blindness across Africa. The drug, moxidectin, is being investigated for its potential to kill or sterilize the adult worms of O...
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