New Medicare policy allows seniors access to Crystalens
...turally focusing (accommodating) vision-correction lens replacement for adults with cataracts and presbyopia. Crystalens is the most advanced intraocular lens (IOL) currently available, yet the previous Medicare reimbursement policy did not allow its benefici...Stanford bioethicists want stronger protections for women donating eggs for stem cell research
...the risks of egg donation. "We're worried that the lens through which these women are viewed could downplay some concerns," Magnus said. Their paper is published in the same issue of the journal in which stem cell researchers in South Korea and the United States announced that they've created new human em...Aging eye more susceptible to serious damage, scientists report
...l Engineering and Sciences. "The gradual change in lens stiffness during a person's lifetime leads to a lens that is four times stiffer than at birth, and this has implications for the likelihood of eye injury...Anti-tumor activity also plays a critical role during eye development in the embryo
...e area of the eye called the vitreous, between the lens of the eye in front and the retina at the back of the eye. The network grows during the early part of eye development, after which the blood vessels die and the network disappears. When this network persists--as it does in the absence of Arf--it disr...Nanotechnology goes glam: Cosmetics advances, challenges discussed at ACS meeting
...day, Aug. 31 An eye for color Today, contact lens wearers dont just see differently. Sometimes, they also look different. In the blink of an eye, colored contacts can turn your baby blues a deep green, or brown, or just about any other color. How do colored contacts work? The secrets in the chemistr...Detecting Alzheimer's in the eye, lifting fingerprints without touching the surface
...llmark of Alzheimer's disease are alsofound in the lens and its surrounding fluid. In those portions ofth...rs discovered that the amyloidbeta proteins in the lens produce a very unusual cataract, formed ina different place in the eye than common cataracts (which ...Massachusetts General Hospital launches magazine that examines medicine's leading edge
...centers, Mass General offers an important critical lens through which to view the frontiers of medical science," Libassi says. "We are thrilled to be collaborating with such an esteemed institution as together we move into new territory with this cutting-edge publication." The inaugural issue of Proto f...Public health tool from the '60s could help mitigate potential flu disaster
...ween October 2004 and August 2005. "Through the lens of the pre-event Haddon matrix factors," they say, "one can identify the strengths in Thailand's preparedness efforts, as well as opportunities for further enhancements." Some of the strengths identified by the matrix include a nationwide influenza ...Minimally invasive surgery may increase options for octogenarians with some lung cancers
...truments and a thoracoscope are inserted. A camera lens at the tip of the scope feeds high-resolution images to a video monitor, giving the surgeon a detailed, magnified view. "We have been doing minimally invasive lung cancer surgery for a long time and have the largest experience in the world," said McK...Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development tipsheet
...e significantly better with the hybrid-diffractive lens than with the refractive aspheric lens. Although c...t size was significantly better with the aplanatic lens than with the hybrid-diffractive lens, functional reading ability was not significantly different. ...Hopkins study shows 30-day soft contact lenses pose very small risk of vision loss
...s comparable to that previously reported for older lens types worn for fewer consecutive 24-hour periods. ...hs after enrollment, information regarding contact lens wearing schedules, discontinuation of lens wear and the occurrence of red and painful eye infection ...Raising alcohol prices can lead to more drinking instead of less
...s has given them the ability to focus a magnifying lens on this important area of alcohol policy." "We had four major findings," said Gruenewald. "One, the distribution of prices for alcohol is very broad. Two, increases in prices of expensive alcohol have little impacts on sales. Three, increases in ...JCI table of contents, January 26, 2006
...demonstrated reduced cholesterol levels in the eye lens and cerebral cortex, compared to wild-type rats. T...ent, normally form a thin, single layer across the lens and are responsible for maintaining the transparency of the lens. In cataracts, these cells fail to ...Low cholesterol cues cataract development
...demonstrated reduced cholesterol levels in the eye lens and cerebral cortex, compared to wild-type rats. T...ent, normally form a thin, single layer across the lens and are responsible for maintaining the transparency of the lens. In cataracts, these cells fail to...Study shows minimally invasive lung surgery has low risk with same results as open surgery
...nstruments and a thoracoscope are placed. A camera lens at the tip of the scope feeds high-resolution images to a video monitor, providing the surgeon with a detailed, magnified view of the surgical site. A segment, lobe or entire lung can be removed, depending on the patient's condition and the extent of...New 'implanted contacts' designed to fix nearsightedness
...irst in the area to insert a new type of implanted lens to fix nearsightedness. "Think of it as a contact lens inside your eye," said Dr. Wayne Bowman , who is inserting the new implantable collamer lens, or IC...Commonly used blood pressure medication prevents aortic aneurysm in mice with Marfan syndrome
...rms and fingers, as well as dislocation of the eye lens and, most significantly, weakening of the aorta. Losartan, first approved for use in 1995 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, is a blood pressure medication that is often used as an alternative to other medications in people with chronic rena...Two surgeries for nearsightedness equally effective
...e conservative options such as glasses and contact lens to treat nearsightedness. It is important that patients are informed about and understand the effectiveness, limitations, safety, complications and relative merits of these procedures," he said....Small Business grant helps Chadwick Optical bring Schepens Institute invention to patients
... and bottom of one lens, leaving the center of the lens untouched. The prisms pull in images missing from ...ew grant will allow Keeney and Peli to explore new lens and prism powers and increase the width of the visual field to enhance the value of the glasses to p...... Historically, laser correction of the intraocular lens for presbyopia has been proposed, but it is risky ...ophthalmologists to see what they are doing to the lens being cut. But a tool developed at the University of Michigan allows for a potentially noninvasive,...