Massachusetts woman seeks help paying for eye surgery for her turkey named Jerry A Massachusetts woman is seeking donations from fellow pet lovers ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor David Paterson, facing a tough battle to keep his job, has fallen so low in public ...
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Nine-year-old Corey Haas can ride his bike alone now, thanks to an experimental gene therapy that has boosted his fading vision with a single treatment. The gene therapy helped improve worsening eyesight caused by a rare inherited disease called ...
Exhilarated scientists on Saturday announced they had used gene therapy to restore eyesight to children blighted by a rare, inherited form of creeping blindness. Youngsters were able to walk unaided around dimly-lit obstacles, take part in lessons at school without extra help ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Nerve stem cell transplants may help slow the progression of macular degeneration, the most common cause of blindness in the developed world, U.S. researchers said on Monday. They said putting nerve stem cells from StemCells Inc near the retinas ...
FDA launches plan to track negative side effects of laser vision-correction surgery The Food and Drug Administration announced plans Thursday to study the scope of problems connected with laser eye-correcting surgery, which include blurred vision and dry eyes. The FDA says it ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than a dozen LASIK eye centers have poor systems in place to report any side effects in patients who have undergone the vision correction surgery, U.S. health regulators said on Thursday. There were no problems found with the ...
Since glaucoma is the leading cause of preventable blindness, it can be enormously dangerous to not educate yourself about the condition. You might know the risk factors and warning signs of heart disease and cancer, but for your sight, learn the difference ...
Though cataracts are often associated with senility and old age, they can also occur in the eyes of younger people, and even infants, due to congenital syndromes, trauma, or overexposure to certain types of lights. A cataract occurs when there is cloudiness ...
A Democratic senator says a shift in Medicare policy would encourage doctors to use an eye drug that costs thousands of dollars, over a similar treatment that costs just $50. The change would benefit drugmaker Genentech, which makes both drugs, but insists ...
Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain disclosed Saturday that an eye examination showed two tears in his right retina — a revelation that could embolden critics who want him to step down before a national election. Downing Street moved quickly to quash ...
Tests have shown Prime Minister Gordon Brown has two minor tears on his retina but he will not require further operations to repair the damage, his office said on Saturday. Downing Street moved to clear up speculation over Brown's health by insisting ...
