Topic: United States
(Reuters) - TearLab Corp said health regulators allowed home use of its device to diagnose dry eye condition, sending the medical device maker's shares up as much as 80 percent to their highest in eight months.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted ...
A former Sudanese slave blinded by a cruel master pleaded for help Tuesday in throwing the spotlight on the plight of others like him, and to find his missing mother.Ker Aleu Deng was a victim of the 22-year civil war between Sudan's ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Treating "lazy eye" is more likely to be successful the younger the child, but even older kids can benefit more than was previously believed, according to a large new study.Researchers reviewed data on nearly 1,000 children treated ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Serious, potentially blinding complications from cataract eye surgery are uncommon, and have been declining since the 1990s, a new U.S. study finds.A cataract is a clouding of the eye's lens, usually caused when proteins in the lens ...
The first clinical trials that examine the use of stem cells to treat two forms of blindness are ready to begin now that patients have been enrolled, a US company announced on Thursday.A total of 24 patients have entered two separate trials ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One in 16 preschoolers has visual impairment in at least one eye, suggests a new study of Australian kids.The majority of those children only had problems in one eye, and the most common causes were astigmatism, farsightedness ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One in three elderly Koreans have dry eyes, according to a new study.The findings, published this week in the Archives of Ophthalmology, also show that women and people living in urban areas are more likely to report ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Eating less meat and more vegetables is tied to a lower risk of cataracts, a British study says.In a large dietary survey that followed people for as long as 15 years, researchers found that about three in ...
For a man whose view of the world has slowly faded to black over 30 years, a device that allows him to see flashes of light has kindled his hope of one day gazing upon his grandson's face.A career electrician who grew ...
When your eyeglasses no longer meet your vision requirements or when you have had laser surgery and no longer need glasses, you can donate your old pairs of glasses to any number of places in Michigan. Donate eyeglasses at the many Salvation ...
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