Posted in Eyes and Vision on 03/15/2010 12:36 pm by admin
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HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — The term glaucoma includes a host of eye
conditions that damage the optic nerve, which carries information about
what you see to the brain.
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Posted in Eyes and Vision on 03/04/2010 04:34 pm by admin
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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 3 (HealthDay News) — Early signs of glaucoma
can be detected in the brain, according to a new study that may trigger a
major change in how the disease is treated.
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Posted in Eyes and Vision on 03/04/2010 04:34 pm by admin
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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 3 (HealthDay News) — Early signs of glaucoma
can be detected in the brain, according to a new study that may trigger a
major change in how the disease is treated.
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Posted in Eyes and Vision on 02/09/2010 05:21 pm by admin
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Reuters - Closantel, an older drug used to treat a parasitic liver disease in animals, may prove effective at combating river blindness in humans, a major cause of infection-related blindness, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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Posted in Eyes and Vision on 02/09/2010 05:21 pm by admin
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HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) –People who take medication to
treat glaucoma appear to outlive those who don’t treat the eye disease,
new research has found.
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Posted in Eyes and Vision on 02/09/2010 05:21 pm by admin
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Reuters - Glaucoma drugs appear to reduce the likelihood of death among patients using them compared with those patients receiving no treatment but it is not clear why, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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Posted in Eyes and Vision on 01/21/2010 09:12 am by admin
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Reuters - A prescription for bifocals may help children with rapidly worsening nearsightedness maintain better vision, a new study suggests.
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Posted in Eyes and Vision on 01/21/2010 09:12 am by admin
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Reuters - A prescription for bifocals may help children with rapidly worsening nearsightedness maintain better vision, a new study suggests.
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Posted in Eyes and Vision on 12/16/2009 02:54 am by admin
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, Dec. 15 (HealthDay News) — Myopia (nearsightedness) is
more common in the United States than it was more than 30 years ago, a
National Eye Institute study shows.
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Posted in Eyes and Vision on 12/16/2009 02:54 am by admin
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, Dec. 15 (HealthDay News) — Myopia (nearsightedness) is
more common in the United States than it was more than 30 years ago, a
National Eye Institute study shows.
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