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Tag: "blindness" at medical news

Hazards of sunlight

...ng the back of the eye. It is the leading cause of blindness world-wide. Researchers found people who were exposed to high levels of sunlight, or solar radiation, were up to four times more likely to develop cataracts.The researchers, led by Dr Cecile Delcourt, from the Institut National de la Sante et de la ...

Silicon eye implants

...ants.If these silicons are to used for the sake of blindness .....is there anyhting more to say. This is real ... cells of the eye.The chip cannot help people with blindness caused by severe glaucoma or diabetes....

A treatment for blindness

...s is not treated , the condition can lead to legal blindness in about 60 percent of patients. A surgical procedure Cryotherapy, is employed in which a freezing probe is placed on the surface of the eye to destroy cells within the retina that produce the irregular blood vessels.// Researchers from New York ...

Risk of heart disease begins in teens

...of diabetes include heart disease, kidney failure, blindness and limb amputation. According to the ADA, atherosclerosis accounts for roughly 1.5 million heart attacks and 600,000 strokes each year, in the general population. According to researchers patients with more plaque inside their arteries also had hi...

Advances in Treatment of Cataracts

...ead to vision loss. //Cataract is a major cause of blindness in India. Modern corrective surgery requires implantation of artificial lenses, however these implants often leave patients dependent on eyeglasses. But now, a recent study at Harvard Medical School has shown that the...

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