Optometry

• Aspirin Linked to Blinding Eye Disease

  

  Posted 8:25 PM 1/22/2013

  Jan. 22, 2013 -- Regular aspirin users are more likely to develop the "wet" form of age-related macular degeneration compared to people who rarely or never take the drug, a new study shows.

  Aspirin is one of (More)
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• New Eye Test May Help Predict Risk of Glaucoma

  

  Posted 7:40 PM 1/4/2013

  Jan. 4, 2013 -- A new study from Australia may offer a new way of identifying people at risk of glaucoma years before vision loss happens.

  Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness. But because vision damage often occurs gradually, most people with the eye disease do not realize (More)
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• Regular Aspirin Use May Boost Eye Problem Risk

  

  Posted 7:03 PM 12/18/2012

  Dec. 18, 2012 -- Taking aspirin regularly appears to slightly raise the risk of the eye condition known as age-related (More)
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• Vision Problems Rising Rapidly in the U.S.

  

  Posted 7:04 PM 12/11/2012

  Dec. 11, 2012 -- The diabetes and obesity epidemics may be fueling a dramatic rise in the number of people with vision problems, a new study suggests.

  Rates of vision problems that can't be treated with glasses or contact lenses, known as nonrefractive (More)
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• iPads May Help Those With 'Low Vision' Read Better

  

  Posted 3:35 PM 11/12/2012

  Nov. 12, 2012 -- iPads and other tablets with backlit screens may allow millions of people with "low vision" to read faster and easier, a new study suggests.

  Low vision is an umbrella term for people who still have trouble reading, watching TV, or performing other daily activities despite glasses, (More)
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• Statins May Protect Against Glaucoma

  

  Posted 5:37 PM 10/4/2012

  Oct. 4, 2012 -- People taking the popular cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins lowered their risk for the most common form of glaucoma by 8% (More)
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• New Drug for Diabetes-Related Vision Loss

  

  Posted 1:54 PM 8/14/2012

  Aug. 14, 2012 -- The FDA has approved using the drug Lucentis to treat diabetic macular edema, a common, vision-threatening complication of diabetes.

  Lucentis is (More)
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• You Can Hide Your Lying Eyes

  

  Posted 9:02 PM 7/12/2012

  July 12, 2012 -- You can hide your lying eyes after all.

  A three-part study by U.K. and Canadian researchers finds no support for the popular notion that your eyes dart up and to the right when you tell a lie.

  Truth-tellers' eyes are supposed to dart up and to the left. But there's no support for that urban legend, either, find University of (More)
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• How Fireworks May Harm the Eyes

  

  Posted 3:17 PM 7/3/2012

  July 3, 2012 -- Putting on protective eyewear before setting off fireworks may help prevent common firework-related injuries.

  A new study suggests exposure to flying debris from firework explosions may be a bigger factor in eye injuries than the force of the blasts themselves.

  Researchers found that scratches on the cornea from projected explosive (More)
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• Aging Eyes Are Seeing Better

  

  Posted 6:45 PM 6/29/2012

  June 29, 2012 -- There has been a dramatic drop in vision impairment among older Americans over the last generation, new research shows.

  The prevalence of self-reported eyesight issues that limit activity declined by well over 50% in just two and a half decades, according to data from two nationally representative surveys.

  In 1984, close to 1 in 4 older people (More)
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