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Multifocal contact lenses reduce worsening nearsightedness in children

Children wearing multifocal contact lenses had slower progression of their myopia, according to results from a clinical trial funded by the National Eye Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health.

11 Aug 2020

Researchers question the mechanism of retinitis pigmentosa

Researchers who made a knock-in mouse-model of the genetic disorder retinitis pigmentosa 59, or RP59, expected to see retinal degeneration and retinal thinning. As reported in the journal Cells, they surprisingly found none, calling into question the commonly accepted -- though never proved -- mechanism for RP59.

12 Jun 2020

New project aims to create special glasses for people with keratoconus

A Fight for Sight funded research study will work to create spectacle lenses for people with the eye disease keratoconus.

13 May 2020

A comprehensive analysis of evidence-based information to help manage myopia

A new literature analysis published in Ophthalmic & Physiological Optics, the peer-reviewed journal of The College of Optometrists, gives eye care practitioners (ECPs) a comprehensive analysis of evidence-based information needed to help manage myopia.

12 May 2020

Evaluating the safety and effectiveness of investigational drug to manage pediatric myopia

SUNY College of Optometry will take part in a multi-center US clinical trial sponsored by Eyenovia, Inc. to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of an investigational drug, MicroPine, to help slow myopic progression in children 3 to 12 years old.

3 Mar 2020

New clinical study to test retinal screening processes for early detection of Alzheimer's disease

The University of Rhode Island, in collaboration with BayCare Health System in Florida and The Memory and Aging Program at Butler Hospital, an affiliate of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, is launching a clinical trial of retinal screening processes that could help clinicians detect Alzheimer's disease possibly two or more decades before patients develop life-altering clinical symptoms.

6 Jan 2020

New discovery has implications for better restoration of sight in AMD patients

Macular degeneration causes blindness in millions of people in the Western world. It is the most common cause of severe vision loss in the Western world among those aged 50 and over, and its prevalence increases with age.

26 Dec 2019

CooperVision receives FDA approval for innovative MiSight 1 day contact lens

CooperVision announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval on Nov. 15, 2019 of its innovative MiSight 1 day contact lens.

22 Nov 2019

Study explains the origin of brain mapping diversity for ocular dominance

The human visual brain devotes most of its neuronal resources to process the part of the visual scene that we see with both eyes.

11 Nov 2019

AAO highlights dangers of wearing illegal costume contact lenses

Spooky contact lenses can complete your Halloween costume. But beware of the dangers of illegal costume contact lenses lurking on store shelves and invading online retailers.

25 Oct 2019

Therapy for common vision disorder fails to improve children's reading test scores

Results from a clinical trial funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI) show that while vision therapy can successfully treat convergence insufficiency (CI) in children, it fails to improve their reading test scores.

23 Oct 2019

Telescope technology used to take first undistorted images of eye area involved in glaucoma

Using methods originally developed by astronomers to view stars more clearly through Earth's atmosphere, optometry researchers at Indiana University have taken the first undistorted microscopic images of a part of the eye involved in glaucoma.

16 Oct 2019

Report: Aging populations, changing lifestyles are main drivers of vision impairment

More than 1 billion people worldwide are living with vision impairment because they do not get the care they need for conditions like short and far sightedness, glaucoma, diabetes, and cataracts, according to the first-ever World Report on Vision issued by the World Health Organization.

9 Oct 2019

QUT researchers use deep learning methods for more accurate eye testing

Queensland University of Technology researchers have applied artificial intelligence deep learning techniques to develop a more accurate and detailed method for analyzing images of the back of the eye to help clinicians better detect and track eye diseases, such as glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration.

23 Sep 2019

Drug that treat human breast cancer might also work for canine lung cancer

Despite those velvet paintings of poker-playing dogs smoking pipes, cigars and cigarettes, our canine friends really don't use tobacco. But like many humans who have never smoked, dogs still get lung cancer.

21 Aug 2019

Children who spend more time outdoors have less nearsightedness

At night Lisa Ostrin's lab at the University of Houston College of Optometry often looks like the setting of a disco slumber party, a place where a child, aged 7 to 14, accompanied by a guardian, sleeps over and is periodically exposed to blue or red lights.

6 Aug 2019