News tagged with cataracts
Pharmacy pamphlets apparently more about looks than legibility: study
Aug 06, 2009 |
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It seems like common sense that an information leaflet for vision loss would have large print and appropriate contrast, but that's not the case a new study done at the University of Alberta has found.
'Contact lenses' for animals
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Lions, giraffes, tigers, rabbits, bears, rhinos and even owls can go blind from cataracts, but an east German firm has an answer: custom-made "contact lenses".
Vigorous exercise may help prevent vision loss
Feb 10, 2009 |
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There's another reason to dust off those running shoes. Vigorous exercise may help prevent vision loss, according to a pair of studies from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The studies ...
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The world's most common operation
Nov 09, 2009 |
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As many as 10 million people around the world suffer from cataracts. Thomas Kohnen of the Goethe University in Frankfurt and his coauthors discuss cataract surgery with the implantation of an artificial lens in the current ...
Gorilla goes under the knife for cataract repair
Oct 05, 2009 |
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The patient was a 42-year-old, 160-pound grandmother with thick bilateral cataracts that had left her nearly blind, markedly diminishing her quality of life.
Childhood kidney disorder has lasting effects
Sep 24, 2009 |
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A kidney condition that can arise in children and was until recently believed to disappear after puberty may persist into adulthood and cause significant long-term complications, according to a study appearing in an upcoming ...
Ozone layer depletion leveling off
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 21, 2009 |
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By merging more than a decade of atmospheric data from European satellites, scientists have compiled a homogeneous long-term ozone record that allows them to monitor total ozone trends on a global scale - ...
Medications effective in reducing risks for breast cancer can also cause serious side effects
Sep 18, 2009 |
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Three drugs that reduce a woman's chance of getting breast cancer also have been shown to cause adverse effects, according to a new report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health ...
Ozone hole smaller in 2009 than 2008: WMO
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Sep 16, 2009 |
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The World Meteorological Organisation said Wednesday that the ozone hole is expected to be smaller in 2009 than a year ago.
North America backs plan to cut greenhouse gases
Sep 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Small island nations gained North America's powerful backing Tuesday for a plan to convert the U.N. ozone treaty into a tool for phasing out some of the globe's most powerful climate-warming gases.
Study predicts 40 percent increase in blindness in Nigeria by 2020
Sep 08, 2009 |
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By 2020, 1.4 million Nigerians over age 40 will lose their sight, and the vast majority of the causes are either preventable or treatable, according to the Nigeria National Blindness and Visual Impairment Study Group.
Structure of protective protein in the eye lens revealed
Jul 31, 2009 |
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The human eye lens consists of a highly concentrated mix of several proteins. Protective proteins prevent these proteins from aggregating and clumping. If this protective function fails, the lens blurs and ...
Researchers uncover genetic link to age-related cataracts
Jul 31, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Bing-Cheng Wang, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine professor of pharmacology and senior staff scientist at MetroHealth Medical Center, and Sudha K. Iyengar, Ph.D. professor of genetic ...
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