A group of investigators has recently managed a breakthrough that is bound to bring hope to the millions of people suffering from a degenerative eye condition known as retinitis pigmentosa. The disease is characterized by dysfunctions in the retina's photoreceptor cells, which are shaped either as cones or rods.... |
12 June 2010
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Around the world, the incidence of eye diseases is constantly increasing, either due to environmental factors, or because more and more people turn to unhealthy lifestyles, and then later pay the price. In order to curb the rates at which human eyes deteriorate, Canadian experts have set up a new university/industry ... |
25 September 2009
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University of Houston experts argue that eye exercises may be the optimum solution and cure to a number of vision-related illnesses. It may be that training the muscles of the eyes, and also the retina itself could heal a number of conditions that have thus far required a lot of very expensive drugs. UH College of Op... |
1 April 2009
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According to a new scientific paper, published in the most recent issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), patients who suffer from reduced vision sensitivity following a stroke seem to be getting better and recover their sight a lot faster if they listen to their favorite tunes. I... |
24 March 2009
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Millions of people in the world are affected by progressive vision-loss diseases or complete blindness, in what is one of the largest epidemics to date. Vision is lost either in accidents, or because of diseases and old age. That is to say, individuals with diabetes may develop diabetic retinopathy, while seniors... |
21 March 2009
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