LONDON, UK (GlobalData), 30 January 2012 – The number of people opting for laser eye surgery, partly due to the aging global population, is increasing demand for refractive surgery devices, a new report by industry analysis specialist GlobalData has found. The new report states that the global... 

Can eating grapes slow or help prevent the onset of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a debilitating condition affecting millions of elderly people worldwide? Results from a new study published in Free Radical Biology and Medicine suggest this might be the case. The antioxidant actions of grapes... 

Eye specialist can inspect dreadful diseases by peeping through pupil to perform effective eye exam. These regular checkups are vital to maintain healthy eyes to identify disease at its early stage when it is easy for surgeons to cure. Timely eye examinations are important especially for children as... 

Health Research Sciences has developed a new portable device allowing early detection of the leading cause of blindness in the US; Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Diabetic Maculopathy.  This inexpensive and portable device will be an integral part during the next few years in the fight... 

Contact lenses evolved as a replacement to ordinary glasses. Ordinary glasses were being used with fair degree of success in correcting vision loss but there are certain inherent deficiencies with regards to conventional glasses. Contact lenses are certainly an improvement over the glasses and became... 

What is Bardet-Biedl syndrome? Bardet-Biedl syndrome is a complex disorder that affects many parts of the body including the retina. Individuals with this syndrome have a retinal degeneration similar to retinitis pigmentosa (RP). What are the symptoms? The diagnosis of Bardet-Biedl syndrome is usually... 

What is Usher syndrome? Usher syndrome is an inherited condition characterized by hearing impairment and progressive vision loss. The vision loss is due to retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a degenerative condition of the retina, and usually appears during adolescence or early adulthood. Balance may also be... 

Highlights of October’s Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, include good news on preserving vision in people with type 1 diabetes, a warning from the Cardiovascular Health Study for macular degeneration patients, and look at vision’s impact on well-being across... 

SAN FRANCISCO — A Veterans Administration probe that found eight veterans suffered potentially preventable vision loss while under the care of optometrists at a Northern California VA facility is prompting medical groups to call for a state investigation. The groups sent a petition Wednesday to the... 

People have the opportunity to have their eyes checked with one-of-a-kind equipment for free, while helping to solve the mystery behind the leading cause of blindness in Australia. Even people with healthy eyes, aged 50 and over, are being encouraged to participate in the Queensland University of Technology...