News tagged with retinal lesions

The 'see food' diet

Current research suggests that a diet high in omega-3 fatty acids may help prevent one of the leading causes of legal blindness among the elderly. The related report by Tuo et al, "A high omega-3 fatty acid diet reduces retinal ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Experts debate destroying last smallpox viruses

(AP) -- Smallpox, one of the world's deadliest diseases, eradicated three decades ago, is kept alive under tight security today in just two places - the United States and Russia.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 11

Treatment of retinal conditions appears to have changed significantly in previous decade

The number of Medicare recipients undergoing treatment for retinal conditions nearly doubled between 1997 and 2007, with significant shifts in the types of procedures most commonly performed, according to a report in the ...

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created Oct 11, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US neurologists agree on protocols for treatment of infantile spasms

Researchers from across the U.S., as part of the Infantile Spasms Working Group (ISWG), established guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of infantile spasms (IS). The goal of the ISWG is to improve patient outcomes ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Alzheimer's lesions found in the retina

(PhysOrg.com) -- The eyes may be the windows to the soul, but new research indicates they also may mirror a brain ravaged by Alzheimer's disease.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mouse vision has a rhythm all its own

In the eyes of mammals, visual information is processed on a daily schedule set within the eyes themselves—not one dictated by the brain, according to a new report in the August 24 issue of the journal Cell, a publication of Cel ...

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created Aug 23, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Link identified between Alzheimer's disease and glaucoma

UK scientists have shown for the first time that key proteins involved in Alzheimer's disease are also implicated in glaucoma, the major cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Research carried out at the UCL Institute ...

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created Aug 06, 2007 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0


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