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Occurrence of major eye disease projected to increase among patients with diabetes

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 08, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Based on projected increases in the prevalence of diabetes, the number of people with diabetes-related retinal disease, with glaucoma and with cataracts is estimated to increase significantly by 2050, according to a report ...





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New surgical implant prevents total blindness

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A work accident leaves a woman blind in one eye. As she copes with the loss, within months the vision in the other, previously uninjured eye begins to blur, and the eye becomes red and inflamed.


If the shoe flits, duck: A real-life example of humans' dual vision system

Biology / Other

created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 2

It's rare when real-world events perfectly mirror experiments that scientists are conducting. That's why neuroscientists at the University of Washington were delighted at the reactions of former President George W. Bush and ...


Certain type of implanted lenses may be a treatment option for some patients with nearsightedness

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Implantable lenses made of a collagen-like substance appear to provide stable correction of moderate to high nearsightedness (myopia) over four years of follow-up, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Op ...


New therapies expected to help reduce future visual burden of age-related eye disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The prevalence of the eye disease age-related macular degeneration is projected to increase substantially by 2050, but the use of new therapies is expected to help mitigate its effects on vision, according to results of simulation ...


Mystery of golden ratio explained

Researcher explains mystery of golden ratio

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (21) | comments 7

The Egyptians supposedly used it to guide the construction the Pyramids. The architecture of ancient Athens is thought to have been based on it. Fictional Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon tried to unravel ...


Killer fungus threatening amphibians

Killer fungus threatening amphibians

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Amphibians like frogs and toads have existed for 360 million years and survived when the dinosaurs didn't, but a new aquatic fungus is threatening to make many of them extinct, according to an article in the ...


Clinical Trial Examines Drug?s Potential for Protecting the Optic Nerve

Clinical Trial Examines Drug's Potential for Protecting the Optic Nerve

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Acute optic neuritis, an inflammation of the optic nerve, doesn't occur all that often. But for those who experience it, the vision loss, pain and nerve damage that often result are no small ...


Ladder-walking locusts show big brains aren't always best

Ladder-walking locusts show big brains aren't always best

Biology / Plants & Animals

created 8 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Scientists have shown for the first time that insects, like mammals, use vision rather than touch to find footholds. They made the discovery thanks to high-speed video cameras - technology the BBC uses to ...


NVIDIA Demonstrates 3D Blu-ray Playback Accelerated On GeForce And 3D Vision Technologies

NVIDIA Demonstrates 3D Blu-ray Playback Accelerated On GeForce And 3D Vision Technologies

Electronics / Hardware

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

2010 is poised to be the year where consumers can enjoy stunning 3D experiences across all entertainment mediums, including gaming, photographs, Web browsing, and of course, movies. And, with the forthcoming ...


Spontaneous liver rupture in a patient with peliosis hepatis

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created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Peliosis hepatis (PH) is a rare pathological entity. PH varies from minimal asymptomatic lesions to larger massive lesions that may present with cholestasis, liver failure, portal hypertension, avascular mass lesion, or even ...



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