The Eye Care Blog

According to the research highlights of the July 2008 issue on Opthalmology, the Ophthalmologists of America are continuing to develop treatments for Glucoma. The July ssue contains a large study of outcomes of incisional surgeries, used to reduce the pressure inside the eye of the Medicare patients.

In a survey it is found that by 2010 more than 8.4 million people in Asia will turn blind from Glaucoma, if not treated properly in time. Glaucoma is a disease which is the second leading cause of blindness after Cataract.

Duke University has offer something to the glaucoma patients. The university medical center has invented a new infrared camera, that enables the doctors to see the interior structures of the eye in greater detail than other machines do. Thus it has discovered a greater reason of blindness, Narrow-angle glaucoma. It is three times more severe [...]

A miracle operation program which was implemented by Cuba and The Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas in Guantanamo, the easternmost province of Cuba. has helped 2,400 patients to recover their vision. These patients were mainly from Guantanamo, Haiti and Venezuela.

Trabectome is the new age treatment for the glaucoma patients in the USA. An ophthalmologist Rajesh Shetty, M.D has invented the procedure to treat the glaucoma patients in effective way. The minimally invasive procedure, is available at Mayo Clinic. It takes about 20 minutes and is designed to decrease pressure within the eye and stabilize [...]

Thousands of eye patients in Nicaragua have received the free eye treatment at the eye surgery program. The free eye surgery program took place at municipality of Sandino, less than 20 kilometers West of the capital Managua. Several groups of doctors took part in the program. They have treated nearly 5,458 cases of cataracts and [...]

Researchers at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary finds that diabetic women are more likely to develop the risk of glaucoma. The study published at the Ophthalmology Journal states that primary open age glaucoma, a common form of glaucoma among the Americans, can affect women who have type 2 diabetes.