Tag Archives : Blindness

According to the American Diabetes Association, approximately 7% of the U.S population have type 2 diabetes. Those people are always at higher risk of developing many series health problems such as, cardiovascular disease, blindness, nerve and kidney damage, cancer and limb amputations. Most doctors advise their diabetic patients to change their diet and participate in physical activities to control [...]

A new tiny small telescope implanted in patient’s eye to improve their vision dramatically. The new device was designed specifically for people who have sever damaged retinas or “macular degeneration“. The telescope magnifies images on the retina, extending them so they fall on healthy cells outside the damaged macula, said Allen W. Hill, chief executive of VisionCare Ophthalmic Technologies [...]

Scientists in England claim a successful stem cell procedure restores eye sight for blinds. The research leader Dr Nick Di Girolamofrom the University of New South Wales in Australia, said that the new breakthrough procedure is simple, cheap and requires only minimal hospital stay. This new unique technique would give hope to millions of people around the globe with eye conditions or blindness to see [...]