Eye specialists from the United States have raised serious concerns regarding widespread use of potentially risky novel forms of embellished eye contacts that Lady Gaga has been seen sporting in her latest video ‘Bad Romance’. Lady Gaga’s followers might be unintentionally harming their eyes as they endeavour at mimicking the doe-eyed doll appearance. Circle eye lenses are available in an array of bizarre colours which are designed to specifically make the rounded coloured portion of a person’s eye, the iris seem bigger since a part of whitish eye portion is also covered in addition to the iris and pupil. These lenses seem to be quite the rage amongst teens and young adults and could be procured over-the-counter, although their use is prohibited in the United States. Lately a statement  [...] 

Among elevated risk adults having type 2 diabetes, scientists have observed that duo therapies could slacken the advancement of diabetic retinopathy, an eye condition which is the key reason for eyesight failure among people of working age in the United States. Rigorous blood glucose control lowered the advancement of diabetic retinopathy in comparison to the benchmark blood glucose control and combining lipid treatment alongside ‘statin + fibrate’ additionally lowered the condition advancement in comparison with stand-alone statin treatment. But, rigorous blood pressure management offered zilch added advantage to such people in comparison with the benchmark blood pressure control. The NIH backed ACCORD eye study lucidly suggests that rigorous glycemic control plus fibrate therapy combined  [...] 

A novel technology that implants mini telescopes into the eyes as a means of improving vision has generated immense interest globally and proffered sanguinity to scores of macular degeneration patients. Macular degeneration is among the key reasons for sightlessness among elderly folk, assaulting core vision. The condition could make it difficult to read, watch television and make recognizing faces trickier. Vision restoration was possible among the several macular degeneration patients who enrolled in a trial for the new-fangled technology. What, in fact, appears magical, is science at its finest – an embeddable mini telescope, tiny proportion of a shape of a coinage inserted within the eye. Elucidating its finer nuances, Dr. Kathryn Colby from Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, states  [...] 

Even as 20-20 vision is a sign of clear-sightedness, in-between present times and a decade later, increasing numbers of individuals would develop some degree of eyesight failure because of AMD or age-related macular degeneration and several other vision-marring ailments. Presently, investigators from the Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research have found that healthful eating patterns could lower not merely healthcare expenses, but, additionally, the declining quality of existence because of such ailments. Funding for this study has been backed by the ARS (Agricultural Research Service). A research finding has suggested that regular consumption of a merger of shielding nutrient types and a slow-carb or low GI diet offered a shielding effect from age related macular degeneration. GI or  [...] 

Study investigators from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a technique of employing just a mobile and coupling it with an economical and easy plastic tool fastened on to the display screen to assess focal length and refraction errors. Due to its straightforwardness and the reality that sooner or later nearly all would be accessing their cell phones, eye examinations might become obtainable to the entire humankind at minimal or no-costing. In its most rudimentary version, the test could be conducted by employing a mini, plastic tool that has been fastened on to the frontal portion of a mobile phone’s display screen. The person would have to peer through a mini lens and press the mobile phone’s up/down arrow keys till the groups of parallel red-green lines start  [...] 

A 6-year-old kid with near total sightlessness in one of his eyes has presently got a fresh lease to life with all due credit to a daily dose of Nintendo Super Mario gaming being prescribed to him. Since 4 years of age, Ben Michael was suffering from acute lazy eye syndrome or ambylopia in the right eye and his eyesight had shown a gradual decline in that eye. In the absence of therapy his eyesight loss would have turned out to be a long-term issue. Michael’s general practitioner advised his referral to specialist Ken Nischal from Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital whose atypical daily treatment prescription did the trick. Michael’s daily routine comprises of 2 hours worth of playing on the Nintendo Super Mario Kart along with his twin sibling. Michael is advised to don an eye patch  [...] 

A reformative therapy which employs stem cells obtained from a person’s own eyes could offer another chance for several unsighted people to see again. Study scientists from Italy have cited that the stem cell treatment led to successfully transplanting cornea among 3/4ths of blind patients in a single or both the eyes damaged due to chemical-induced or heat/fire burns. Study investigator, Graziella Pellegrini, PhD along with associates conducted a study involving 112 corneal damage cases who underwent stem cell treatment in-between 1998-2006. Pellegrini from the Univ. of Moderna’s Center for Regenerative Medicine stated that partial vision restoration was possible among individuals with no significant harm to other areas of the affected eye. She also mentioned that an average 3 year follow-up  [...] 

Usage of medicines which augment sensitiveness to the sun’s rays, alongside being exposed to sunlight seems to be linked to the risk of developing a prevalent form of Cataract, according to a recent study finding. Apart from aging, identification of numerous risk factors for commonly occurring forms of cataract have been made. These include being diabetic, high blood pressure and smoking. Sun’s light and being exposed to UVB (ultraviolet B) rays have been observed to be linked to cortical or peripheral cataract and cloudiness developing initially on the external borders of the lens. Several medicines taken orally or via jab have been found to intensify sensitiveness to sunlight leading to symptoms like itchiness or rashes on skin following sun exposure. For ascertaining whether such drugs  [...] 

An exciting announcement by IRIDEX Corporation about a scientific research outcome contrasting outcomes attained in treating DME (diabetic macular edema) employing IRIDEX MicroPulse Laser against those acquired by the established benchmark care ETDRS laser procedure. By the conclusion of a year’s time, IRIDEX MicroPulse procedure had analogous efficacy like the ETDRS (Early Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy Study) in treating DME. Furthermore, retinal sensitiveness in eyes among the IRIDEX treatment set showed improvement. In the ETDRS set, there was a decrease in retinal sensitiveness. There were no noticeable indicators of laser harm to tissues of the retina among the IRIDEX set while people from the ETDRS set were observed to develop localization of laser scarring. This pioneering laser  [...] 

A dodgy boozing game fondly dubbed ‘vodka eyeballing’ is catching the fancy of a lot of people on ‘YouTube’. Individuals should be sentient that any person pouring vodka direct inside his/her eyes would risk harming the epithelial cell surface – mostly contributing to pains and infections. What is even more serious about the vodka eyeballing practice is that it could cause lasting eye sight harm by obliterating endothelial cells situated in the deep set corneal layers of a person’s eye. This kind of damage is improbable, thought likely. The cornea is the translucent external portion of the eyes which functions by focussing light and providing a great deal of visual power. Based on the extent of the alcoholic drink being employed and the span of time it has been in-contact with the  [...]