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Aging brain's failure to coordinate deep-sleep brainwaves makes older adults forget

Like swinging a tennis racket during a ball toss to serve an ace, slow and speedy brainwaves during deep sleep must sync up at exactly the right moment to hit the save button on new memories, according to new UC Berkeley research.

15 Dec 2017

A daily cup of hot tea may lower glaucoma risk

According to a small study published online yesterday in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, drinking at least one cup of hot tea daily may be associated with a considerably lower risk of contracting glaucoma, a serious eye condition.

15 Dec 2017

Rutgers studies highlight need for salon clients, workers to protect themselves from health risks

Clients who frequent hair and nail salons exhibit more skin and fungal diseases than those who visit less often and nail salon technicians are receiving inadequate training in the use of chemicals, suggest two Rutgers School of Public Health studies.

14 Dec 2017

Cornell engineers develop new method to measure vital signs using radio waves

No visit to the doctor's office is complete without a blood-pressure cuff squeezing your arm and a cold stethoscope placed on your chest.

14 Dec 2017

Mosquito-infected monkeys may provide better understanding of Zika transmission routes

Monkeys who catch Zika virus through bites from infected mosquitoes develop infections that look like human Zika cases, and may help researchers understand the many ways Zika can be transmitted.

14 Dec 2017

Study: Living Lyme disease bacteria found months after antibiotic treatment

Bay Area Lyme Foundation, a leading sponsor of Lyme disease research in the US, today announced results of two papers published in the peer-reviewed journals PLOS ONE and American Journal of Pathology, that seem to support claims of lingering symptoms reported by many patients who have already received antibiotic treatment for the disease.

14 Dec 2017

Younger persons newly-diagnosed with type 2 diabetes have poorer health than older patients

The common view of type 2 diabetes as an old person's disease is becoming seriously outdated in step with the increasing number of persons under the age of 45 who develop the disease.

13 Dec 2017

Researchers develop biosensor that enables development of new health tests

Researchers at Aalto University, Finland, have developed a biosensor that enables creating a range of new easy-to-use health tests similar to home pregnancy tests.

13 Dec 2017

Novel ‘black box’ recorder captures surgeons' robotic surgery skills

You may know that your surgeon is using the latest minimally invasive technology for your surgery, but how do you know if they've mastered it? To help answer that question, researchers at Keck Medicine of USC looked to a custom recording tool similar in concept to a flight recorder on an airplane.

13 Dec 2017

Government announces plans to include eye test reminder during driving license renewal

The Government has announced that it plans to work with the DVLA to include an eye test reminder when motorists renew their photocard driving license – in a milestone move announced in Parliament yesterday.

12 Dec 2017

An overlooked epidemic: Older Americans taking too many unneeded drugs

Consider it America’s other prescription drug epidemic. For decades, experts have warned that older Americans are taking too many unnecessary drugs, often prescribed by multiple doctors, for dubious or unknown reasons.

12 Dec 2017

Two immunotherapy approaches for multiple myeloma show hope

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania's Abramson Cancer Center have developed two experimental immunotherapy methods that include one chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy for the treatment of multiple myeloma patients who were not responding to other treatments.

11 Dec 2017

Solar retinopathy or sun damage to the eyes – a case report

A case report titled, “Acute Solar Retinopathy Imaged With Adaptive Optics, Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography, and En Face Optical Coherence Tomography”, appeared in the journal JAMA Ophthalmology, where the authors describe the damage caused by the sun’s rays to the eyes of a woman who viewed the recent solar eclipse without adequate eye protection. This type of eye damage is termed acute solar retinopathy.

10 Dec 2017

Steps to take for preventing dry eye in cold weather

As cold winter months arrive, many people will live in dry, indoor conditions with the heat on all day, which contributes to the season's being the most common time people complain about dry, itchy and watery eyes.

8 Dec 2017

Mount Sinai study uses adaptive optics to examine retinal eye damage from solar eclipse

In a first-of-its-kind study, Mount Sinai researchers are using adaptive optics (AO) to analyze retinal eye damage from the August solar eclipse on a cellular level. The research could help doctors develop a deeper understanding of this rare condition, called solar retinopathy, which has no currently accepted treatment.

8 Dec 2017

Optogenetics research sheds new light on social-spatial learning

Ilana Witten didn't set out to study spatial learning. She thought she was investigating how mice socialize--but she discovered that in mouse brains, the social and the spatial are inextricably linked.

8 Dec 2017

Study reveals connection between restless sleep and Parkinson's disease

A study published in the neurological journal, The Lancet Neurology, has identified that patients with rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD) have a dopamine deficiency in the brain and suffer from a form of brain inflammation. They are subjected to increased risks of developing dementia or Parkinson's disease as they grow older.

7 Dec 2017

New tests offer better chance for more accurate detection of Lyme disease

New tests to detect early Lyme disease - which is increasing beyond the summer months -could replace existing tests that often do not clearly identify the infection before health problems occur.

7 Dec 2017

Scientists develop reversible superglue seal to treat ocular injuries

When a soldier sustains a traumatic eye injury on the battlefield, any delay in treatment may lead to permanent vision loss. With medical facilities potentially far away and no existing tools to prevent deterioration, medics are in a high-stakes race against the clock.

6 Dec 2017

Mount Sinai surgeons use BABA technique to remove metastatic cancer in the lateral neck

A team of surgeons at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, led by Hyunsuk Suh, MD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, have performed the first robot-assisted radical neck dissection in the United States using the bilateral axillo-breast approach (BABA), a surgery that involves removing all of the lymph nodes on one side of the neck.

6 Dec 2017

Eye Health News and Research

Latest Eye Health News and Research

Aging brain's failure to coordinate deep-sleep brainwaves makes older adults forget

A daily cup of hot tea may lower glaucoma risk

Rutgers studies highlight need for salon clients, workers to protect themselves from health risks

Cornell engineers develop new method to measure vital signs using radio waves

Mosquito-infected monkeys may provide better understanding of Zika transmission routes

Study: Living Lyme disease bacteria found months after antibiotic treatment

Younger persons newly-diagnosed with type 2 diabetes have poorer health than older patients

Researchers develop biosensor that enables development of new health tests

Novel ‘black box’ recorder captures surgeons' robotic surgery skills

Government announces plans to include eye test reminder during driving license renewal

An overlooked epidemic: Older Americans taking too many unneeded drugs

Two immunotherapy approaches for multiple myeloma show hope

Solar retinopathy or sun damage to the eyes – a case report

Steps to take for preventing dry eye in cold weather

Mount Sinai study uses adaptive optics to examine retinal eye damage from solar eclipse

Optogenetics research sheds new light on social-spatial learning

Study reveals connection between restless sleep and Parkinson's disease

New tests offer better chance for more accurate detection of Lyme disease

Scientists develop reversible superglue seal to treat ocular injuries

Mount Sinai surgeons use BABA technique to remove metastatic cancer in the lateral neck

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