User friendly biomarker-sensing contact lenses may help diagnose diseases Hina Zahid25 Nov 2020 11:36 PM ISTLOS ANGELES) - Researchers from the Terasaki Institute have developed new contact lenses that are user friendly to monitor medical conditions. They...
Simple eye exam could lead to early diagnosis of Parkinson's disease Hina Zahid25 Nov 2020 1:00 PM ISTOAK BROOK, Ill. - A simple eye exam combined with powerful artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning technology could provide early detection of...
Study links Prediabetes to Macular Thinning Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli25 Nov 2020 12:30 PM ISTA recent study published in British Journal of Ophthalmology evaluated the effect of prediabetes and diabetes on macular thickness and retinal...
Female hormone therapy not linked to retinal vascular occlusion; JAMA Ophthalmology Dr Satabdi Saha24 Nov 2020 6:46 PM ISTAccording to a recent study findings, filling a prescription for Female Hormone Therapy (FHT), and presumably taking FHT, does not increase the...
Diabetes may Influence Microvascular Density in a Glaucoma Patient: AAO Dr. Nandita Mohan22 Nov 2020 8:26 PM ISTAmerican Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) in their recent Virtual Meeting held this year presented data that highlighted that presence of diabetes ...
Eli Lilly arthritis drug baricitinib in combination with remdesivir gets USFDA okay to treat Covid Ruchika Sharma22 Nov 2020 11:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the emergency use of Eli Lilly and Co's arthritis drug, baricitinib, in...
High levels of serum progesterone associated with Diabetic retinopathy; finds study Dr Satabdi Saha21 Nov 2020 8:13 AM ISTResearchers at Qingdao University, Qingdao, China conducted a study to investigate the relationship between serum progesterone (P) and retinopathy in...
Abnormal red reflex indicates ocular disease in infants: JAMA Medha Baranwal18 Nov 2020 11:45 PM ISTDenmark: A normal red reflex does not exclude ocular disease but an abnormal red reflex most likely reflects an underlying ocular pathology while...
Cornea appears to be resistant to COVID-19 infection, finds study Hina Zahid15 Nov 2020 6:00 PM ISTNew findings from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggest the eye's cornea can resist infection from the novel...
Kane or Barrett Universal II Formulae best for IOL power calculation in elderly: Study Dr Sudha Seetharam12 Nov 2020 6:26 PM ISTPredictive accuracy within 0.5D is 72% with both Kane and Barrett Universal II formulae
Technique to regenerate optic nerve offers hope for future glaucoma treatment Hina Zahid11 Nov 2020 5:45 AM ISTScientists have used gene therapy to regenerate damaged nerve fibres in the eye, in a discovery that could aid the development of new treatments for...
Topical tetracaine effective analgesic for acute corneal abrasions, Study Finds Dr. Nandita Mohan7 Nov 2020 11:15 AM ISTAccording to recent research, researchers have found that topical tetracaine when used for short term is considered safe and is an efficacious...
