The Eye Care Blog

The study compared nutrient intake over time among Europeans aged 65 or older. Participants who ate at least one portion of fish each week were 50% less likely to develop macular degeneration as those who ate fish less than once a week.

Eyes are the most sensitive and delicate organ we possess, and perhaps the most amazing too. It provides us the chance to see this beautiful world. But due to lack of information we fail to take as much care as it demands. And this leads to different types of diseases which ultimately threatens its existence.

A groundbreaking discovery on macular degeneration reveals the direct association of immune system protein called TLR3 with onset of severe “dry” macular degeneration. This discovery is believed to be a breakthrough as the doctors are now in position to develop proper treatment for disease which is till now untreatable.

This is what is happening in Republican country of East Africa - Uganda. Research shows that near about one percent of Uganda’s population of about 30 million people are blind while more of three million people are at risk of becoming blind because they are exposed to preventable and non-preventable causes of blindness.

Good news for the patients suffering from Glaucoma, A new promising treatment named Interventional Ophthalmology procedure with its new technology can help to reduce the elevated pressure inside the eye.

Latest news reveals the development of more advanced support system that will stabilize the lens before or during the cataract surgery. This new system is supposed to be a breakthrough as by preventing the movement of the lens in the eye back it will increase the success rate of cataract surgery.

ORBIS International is going to start a new flying Eye Hospital program in Harbin, China which will specially train the next generation Chinese eye care professionals and biomedical engineers. This is the first ever flying programme in medical history, that has been used as a venue for resident training.

Expert says, that the eye believed to be lost or even blind eyes can be saved with modern medical techniques, these modern facilities were not exist decades ago.

National Institute For Clinical Excellence (NICE) has launched a special scheme which will help people suffering from macular degeneration to avail Novartis AG’s, pricey eye drug Lucentis through cost effective scheme.

We often listen to the people saying that they prefer to use contact lens than spectacles. But no one talks or hardly some people know about the disadvantages of ill use of contact lens. And so today we will discuss about some points that can help us to live a disease free life.