Watch out for cork accidents this festive season
Cork eye injuries are an often overlooked and a substantial threat to optical health, that could even lead to permanent blindness. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Electrifying Results: Restoring Partial Color Vision In Retinitis Pigmentosa Patients With Retinal Implants
Retinal implants have recently gained attention as a potential treatment for RP-induced color blindness. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - December 16, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: William A. Haseltine, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation business pharma & standard Source Type: news
A Golden Opportunity: Using Gold Contacts To Correct Color Blindness
Modern technology offers a solution in the form of color-correcting contact lenses, with gold contacts being a promising new development that offers hope. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - December 12, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: William A. Haseltine, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation business pharma & standard Source Type: news
Printing A Rainbow: The Technological Advances In Correcting Color Vision
Color blindness is a common genetic disorder affecting a large population segment. Despite its prevalence, there is still a lack of effective treatments for this condition. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - December 10, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: William A. Haseltine, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation business pharma & standard Source Type: news
Seeing The World Through Color-Blind Eyes
While there is no cure for color blindness, several devices and products can assist individuals in experiencing more enhanced and nuanced color vision. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - December 8, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: William A. Haseltine, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation business pharma & standard Source Type: news
Durham biotech seeks partner to advance its gene therapy
Atsena Therapeutics is looking for a partner to advance one of its gene therapy programs targeting blindness. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - December 4, 2023 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Zac Ezzone Source Type: news
Prevent Blindness Declares Third Annual Geographic Atrophy Awareness Week as Dec. 4-10, 2023
Prevent Blindness provides free geographic atrophy educational resources for patients, care partners and healthcare professionals, including new Focus on Eye Health Expert series episode, Web resource, Fact Sheets and More CHICAGO, Nov. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Prevent Blindness, the... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - November 30, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: NPT Source Type: news
How Late Can You Give Routine Newborn Care?
Discussion
Routine newborn screening and treatment is focused on assisting the infant’s transition to extrauterine life, screening for health problems that may or may not be easily identifiable, and preventing acute or chronic health problems. Healthy infants begin with healthy pregnancies including risk factor assessment and screening of mothers. Such routine maternal screening and treatment does or may include glucose tolerance tests, ultrasound examinations, screenings for maternal blood type (with appropriate administration of Rho(D) immunoglobulin if appropriate), Hepatitis B, Neisseria gonorrhea, Chlamydia, Cyt...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - November 20, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
How Late Can You Give Routine Newborn Care?
Discussion
Routine newborn screening and treatment is focused on assisting the infant’s transition to extrauterine life, screening for health problems that may or may not be easily identifiable, and preventing acute or chronic health problems. Healthy infants begin with healthy pregnancies including risk factor assessment and screening of mothers. Such routine maternal screening and treatment does or may include glucose tolerance tests, ultrasound examinations, screenings for maternal blood type (with appropriate administration of Rho(D) immunoglobulin if appropriate), Hepatitis B, Neisseria gonorrhea, Chlamydia, Cyt...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - November 20, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
The FDA recalled eye drops that could cause blindness, days after warning against others from Amazon. Here's a list of 34 products you shouldn't use
The FDA recalled or warned against using 34 eye drops products this week. • The eye drops were sold by major retailers including Amazon, Target, Walmart, and Rite Aid. • Some could cause blindness, but no illnesses have been reported. The FDA has warned against or recalled a total of 34 eye drops…#fda #amazon #targetwalmart #riteaid #walmart #cvs #target #equatehydrationpf #lubricanteye #awalmart (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Seeing Clearly: The Latest Treatments For Diabetic Retinopathy
Diabetic retinopathy is a silent thief that robs them of their vision. It is one of the leading causes of blindness in the working population worldwide. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - November 16, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: William A. Haseltine, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation business pharma & standard Source Type: news
From Data To Diagnosis: A Deep Learning Approach To Glaucoma Detection
Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness and disability worldwide. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - November 14, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: William A. Haseltine, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation business pharma & standard Source Type: news
World Diabetes Day 2023: ensuring access to diabetes care
14 November 2023, Cairo, Egypt – World Diabetes Day is being marked across the globe today. As well as raise awareness of diabetes as a global public health issue, the event aims to highlight what must be done, collectively and individually, to enable access to better prevention, diagnosis and management of the condition.
World Diabetes Day this year focuses on access to diabetes care – and chiefly on prevention of type 2 diabetes and diabetes-related complications. To this end, WHO is highlighting the need for equitable access to essential care, medicines and technologies, including raising awareness of ways tha...
Source: WHO EMRO News - November 14, 2023 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
Prevent Blindness Names Five New Members to National Board of Directors, Elects New Board Secretary and Treasurer
National nonprofit group, Prevent Blindness, elects five new members to it's Board of Directors CHICAGO, Nov. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Prevent Blindness, the nation's leading eye health and safety nonprofit organization, has named five new members to its Board of Directors. New... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - November 13, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PER NPT Source Type: news
Blindness isn't a tragic binary -- it's a rich spectrum
More Than Meets the Eye: What Blindness Brings to Art Kleege is one of the most important and influential blind intellectuals in the US and all of her books are crucial documents for understanding the complexity and richness of the blind experience. More Than Meets the Eye, her most recent book,…#artkleege #retinitispigmentosa #usconstitution #argentinian #gardenofforkingpaths #spanish #borgesian #disability #alicewong #northerncalifornia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
