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Eye Health / Blindness News From Medical News Today
Cytomegalovirus: Cell Death May Bring New Life To Treatment Of Retinal Disease - Just days after the first retinal cell gets infected with the common cytomegalovirus, contiguous cells start committing suicide and researchers believe their death may provide clues to better treatment of this potentially blinding infection. Understanding the cell death may also provide new insight into the larger issue of how the retina responds to assault, whether by infection or a disease process such as diabetes, said Dr.
FDA Announces Class I Recall Of Ophthalmic Surgical Device - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a Class I recall of lot no. UD30654 of Healon D, an ophthalmic viscosurgical device (OVD) manufactured by Advanced Medical Optics Inc. (AMO) of Santa Ana, Calif. OVDs are viscoelastic materials used to maintain space in the eye during surgery. Typically, OVDs are pre-packaged in a syringe and are applied using a small tube. On Oct. 30, 2008, AMO voluntarily recalled all 4,439 units of Healon D lot no.
Bright Lights, Not So Big Pupils - A team of Johns Hopkins neuroscientists has worked out how some newly discovered light sensors in the eye detect light and communicate with the brain. The report appears online this week in Nature. These light sensors are a small number of nerve cells in the retina that contain melanopsin molecules.
The Discovery Eye Foundation Recommends Eye Care As A New Year's Resolution - New Year's Day is a time of year when many individuals take a look forward to the coming year. New Year's resolutions, such as weight loss, and exercise are common, but medical experts at The Discovery Eye Foundation (DEF) are recommending you include making eye care a priority. Eye care is not usually something that tops everyone's New Year resolution lists.
Purchasing Contact Lenses Online - When purchasing lenses you obviously want to get the best deal possible and it has shown over and over again that the Internet is where the best prices are. However, with that said we also have to mention that purchasing contact lenses online comes with some downsides. To clarify all the important points that this topic sustains we created this guide with the pros, cons, online safety and other important dos and don'ts.

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