Bell’s palsy is a neurological disorder that causes severe weakness or paralysis on one side of the face. A person may be unable to close one eyelid. Eye care is important during recovery to help prevent dry eye and other complications. According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bell’s palsy affects around...
(Reuters Health) — Acute, non-remitting conjunctivitis may be the only presenting symptom of Covid-19 infections in some instances, according to case reports on five patients in Italy. “Conjunctivitis per se is not a very common finding among positive subjects, but when it occurs, it generally presents with or anticipates other symptoms, such as fever, general...
Posted Today You’ve probably heard someone say, “Eat your carrots, they’re good for your eyes.” You may have also seen advertisements for nutritional supplements for eye health. What minerals and vitamins benefit your eyes most? A few nutrients can help maintain eye function, protect against harmful light and reduce the development of age-related degenerative diseases of the eye. But more research is needed to...
by Rice University A Rice University-led team of neuroengineers is embarking on an ambitious four-year project to develop headset technology that can directly link the human brain and machines without the need for surgery. As a proof of concept, the team plans to transmit visual images perceived by one individual into the minds of blind patients. “In four years we hope to...
Hong Jiang, from Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center in China, and colleagues conducted a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and cohort studies published through June 2018 to assess dietary vitamin and carotenoid intake and ARC risk. The authors included eight RCTs and 12 cohort studies in the analysis. The researchers found that most...
Verily, the life sciences research arm of Alphabet, and Google, the original part of the now giant company, are launching in India a screening program to identify people with diabetic retinopathy (DR) and diabetic macular edema (DME). The program relies on an automated machine learning algorithm, developed over the past few years by Verily and that just receive the European CE mark, that doesn’t...
Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) have found that the anti-malaria drug amodiaquine inhibits the apelin receptor protein, which helps drive the vascularization behind diabetic retinopathy, wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and other conditions. Because the drug has been approved to treat malaria for decades, it could move relatively quickly through the...
If you want to take clear photographs, you don’t use sandpaper to clear a smudge from your camera’s lens. Similarly, if you want to see clearly, the lens of your eye has to be free of obstruction. For that reason a curious thing happens during the development of eye lenses. Instead of closely guarding their...
