Approval to distribute the Alpha IMS wireless implant for retinitis pigmentosa (RP) has been granted in Europe to Retina Implant AG, based in Reutlingen, Germany. Thirty-six patients have received the subretinal implant, designed to restore useful vision to people legally blinded by RP.
Retinitis pigmentosa is a generative eye disease that begins in young people and may be inherited. RP patients may be able to Continue reading “Alpha IMS Wireless Implant for Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) Approved”
The success of the study indicates the potential for using the drug to improve heart function in humans.
The Buck Institute study used laboratory mice at an age comparable to humans in their 70s. After three months of treatment with rapamycin, the mice showed improved heart function. Ultrasound Continue reading “New Study Finds Improved Heart Function with Old Drug Rapamycin”
This newly discovered anatomical structure is named for its discoverer, researcher Dr. Harminder Dua of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Nottingham in the UK. Dua stated that this major discovery will not only cause ophthalmology textbooks to be rewritten, but that this new knowledge will also make eye operations Continue reading “New Eye Layer Discovered: Dua’s Layer”
In patients with multiple sclerosis, the immune system incorrectly reacts to myelin, the insulating sheath that covers nerves in the brain, optic nerve, and spinal cord, and then destroys it, disrupting normal transmission of electrical signals. This results in Continue reading “Important New Multiple Sclerosis Research Breakthrough”
The study appeared in Stroke, the journal of the American Heart Association. Researchers from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Schools of Public Health reported that the risk is especially high for older women. They connect lower levels of the hormone DHEAS, or dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, with this higher stroke risk.
The study’s subjects included women from the Nurses’ Health Study of 1976. They had no reported history of strokes when they joined that study. The levels of DHEAS of these women were tested between 1989 & 1990. The 461 stroke patients were matched up for age, race, Continue reading “Higher Chances of Stroke Linked to Low DHEAS Hormone Levels”
Dark circles under the eyes, if not genetically causative, is often due in Chinese medicine to what is referred to as Kidney Yin deficiency. The Kidney meridian in Chinese medicine stores the energy for the rest of the body, and is responsible for essential life functions as growth, reproduction, fertility, water metabolism and bone health. The Kidney meridian can become “deficient” due to one or a combination of the following: chronic stress, ongoing lack of sleep, poor diet, chronic disease and medications for example.
A trip to your local acupuncturist could determine the meridian imbalances and which herbs could be most helpful.
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New evidence continues to support dietary lutein, carotenoids, zeaxanthin, and meso-zeaxanthin as a means of inhibiting development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). AMD is the leading cause of loss of vision in Western people over age 55.
A study published in 2010, in Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics by the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at University of Utah, found that production of singlet oxygen in the human retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and choroid is prevented or reduced by lutein, zeaxanthin, and meso-zeaxanthin, which act as Continue reading “AMD Inhibited by Lutein, Carotenoids, and Zeaxanthin Antioxidants”
OSA requires proper diagnosis and management. This ailment often goes untreated, despite being recognized nearly 50 years ago.
With a 9% incidence rate among the female Caucasian population of the United States and 24% in the male Caucasian population, more than 80% of those affected by OSA are believed to be undiagnosed, or untreated even if they are.
So what does obstructive sleep apnea have to do with proper eye care? Continue reading “Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and Eye Disease Including Glaucoma”
Ask any of the countless people with substandard vision if there was one thing they could change about themselves and the typical response will be 20/20 vision. Betty Ming Liu, like most glasses-wearing individuals, had simply accepted the fuzzy side of life and continual degeneration of her eyes. Betty and her 20/650 vision had begun to additionally require the help of reading glasses to get by. She was less-than-enthused by the prospect of laser eye surgery.
By chance, Betty was introduced to holistic eye doctor Marc Grossman who opened her to the idea of eye exercises that promised to improve her vision. Within the Continue reading “Myopic Patient Betty Ming Liu Benefits from Eye Exercises and Dr. Marc Grossman”
A recent study linking cholesterol and macular degeneration may shed light on a highly significant problem caused by aging and potentially illuminates hope for a treatment or perhaps even a cure.
Macular degeneration is the leading cause in partial or complete blindness of adults over 60 in the United States. The disease targets the macula in the eyes which in large part is what enables us to perceive the fine detail that allows us do things like reading and driving.
A new study, published in the journal Cell Metabolism on April 2 2013, involved the study of macrophages from old mice and humans with macular degeneration. Macrophages, white blood cells that deconstruct cholesterol, have been found in higher than normal concentration in subjects with macular degeneration. In previous studies, this cellular build up has been shown Continue reading “Macular Degeneration Treatment Sought in Anti-Cholesterol Drops”