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Eyes Predict Bipolar & Schizophrenia
Categories: Fort Collins Eye Doctor, Retina, Vision Conditions
Vision Changes To Predict Bipolar Disorder? Can someone look into your eyes and know your mental state? A study of children with parents who were either bipolar or schizophrenic seems to indicate this may be true. Special Eye Tests Measure Electrical Changes For Night Vision The electroretinogram uses a special contact lens on the front [...]
Contact Lens Cure For Nearsightedness
Categories: Contact Lenses, Nearsighted -Myopia, Uncategorized
Nearsightedness Controlled With New Contact Lens Technology On June 30 2011 the Myopia Control With Simultaneous Vision Approach Clinical Study was registered as complete at ClinicalTrials.gov. This double blind study involved 100 children testing a contact lens designed to slow the progression of nearsightedness (myopia). Optometry researchers have been studying the interaction between central deatailed [...]
Eye Drops For Macular Degeneration
Categories: Uncategorized
Macular Degeneration Eye Drops On The Horizon Eye drops instead of injections into the eye may sson become the standard way of treating wet macular degeneration by eye doctors. Squalamine, derived from the livers of certain shark species, is being put on a fast track clinical study. It has been used as an antibiotic in the [...]
Macular Degeneration Stem Cell Treatment
Categories: Eye Diseases, Macular Degeneration
Macular Degeneration Treated With Stem Cells Several years ago I received a phone call from a reporter wanting to know more about stem cell treatments for an eye condition where the optic nerve is not fully developed. A young girl from the Fort Collins area was en-route to China for treatment. At the time I [...]
Contact Lenses To Treat Eye Allergies
Categories: Contact Lens Problems, Eye Allergies, Uncategorized
Acuvue K The Contact Lenses For Itchy Eyes Contact lenses are about to enter a new realm as drug delivery devices. While a number of applications are expected, Acuvue may be the first off the block with an antihistamine releasing lens. In 2007 Vistakon, the manufacturer of the Acuvue lens family, sponsored a clinical study of [...]