Eye care: Wales faces tidal wave of blindness – doctor
More than 75,000 people at greatest risk of losing their sight are waiting too long for treatment. Source link
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Blindness and injuries reported after US recalls eyedrops
Patients lose vision and have eyes surgically removed after using eyedrops now recalled in the US. Source link
The doctors selling false hope to people facing blindness
A BBC reporter goes undercover and confronts doctors offering bogus treatments for his genetic condition. Source link
Vision Rehab Helps People With Low Vision Navigate the World
March 3, 2022 — When Alabama-based cardiologist Joseph Fontenot, MD, was 50 years old, he noticed that the picture on the screen at the movie theater didn’t seem crisp. “I guess they don’t make movies as well as they used to,” he thought. He developed other visual problems, so he consulted eye doctors. He was … Read more
Stem Rx Bioscience Solutions successfully use cell-based therapy for age-related macular degeneration
AMD occurs commonly in the elderly, usually after 50 years of age, due to gradual thinning of the macula or even due to abnormal growth of blood vessels under the retina. Navi Mumbai based Stem Rx Bioscience Solutions Pvt Ltd successfully restored the eyesight of a 58-year-old man with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) by cell-based … Read more
End Ban on Cornea Donations from Gay Men: Study
TUESDAY, Sept. 29, 2020 (HealthDay News) — U.S. and Canadian restrictions on cornea donations from gay and bisexual men prevent thousands of vision-restoring transplants and need to be changed, researchers say. A corneal transplant can cure some forms of blindness and visual impairment. The United States bans men from donating if they have had … Read more