Trial in the UK finds no long-term benefits. A phase three trial involving 308 patients in the UK has found that a light-emitting mask conveys no “long-term therapeutic benefit” for those living with early diabetic macular edema. But the chief executive of PolyPhotonix, the company that produces...
“We’re tired of having to work so much more than everyone else in order to not miss information.” After watching the first presidential debate, Erin Rosenfeld was upset, Teen Vogue reports — but not because of any particular comment or altercation between Joe Biden and President Donald...
He did it for Ozzie Weisblatt’s mom, who is deaf. While announcing the choice of Ozzy Wiesblatt, San Jose Sharks director of amateur scouting Doug Wilson Jr. first used sign language before saying his name, USA Today reports. The reason: Wiesblatt’s mother, Kim White, is deaf, and her...
The world’s leading infectious cause of blindness, it afflicts almost 2 million people worldwide. Myanmar has become the tenth country worldwide to eliminate trachoma, following Cambodia, China, Ghana, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal,...
Hermosa Beach group gets creative. COVID-19 has halted many events, but it has not stopped a group of volleyball players in the South Bay, NBC News reports. Every October, Manhattan Beach native Kelsey Brandin organizes the Volley4Sound charity beach volleyball tournament in Hermosa Beach, where...
The short answer is yes. Space blindness — the loss of vision experienced in zero gravity environments — isn’t just a dramatic plot point for Netflix’s Mars odyssey, ‘Away,’ Men’s Health reports. It’s an actual documented phenomenon experienced by astronauts. In fact,...
Isolation takes its toll. During the pandemic, many seniors have become isolated from their family and peers. According to the American Academy of Audiology (AAA), older adults who have been successful hearing aid users may be using their hearing aids less because they feel there is no one to...
Undergraduates could help save the sight of millions in Central Africa. A team of undergraduate bioengineering students from the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign has developed a device that could save the sight of millions of people in rural Central Africa. Their target is onchocerciasis, or...
“Deaf U”, produced by actor and supermodel Nyle DiMarco, will premier October 9. The Gallaudet University students featured in Netflix’s ‘Deaf U’ invite viewers to see life through their eyes, Deadline.com reports. The new Netflix docuseries, produced by Nyle DiMarco,...
Australian researchers say the device will restore vision through a brain implant. A team of researchers at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, has built a bionic device that they say can restore vision to the blind through a brain implant, Futurism.com reports. The team is now preparing...
In ‘Hearing Happiness,’ deaf history professor weaves her own story in. At four years old, Jaipreet Virdi’s world went quiet, the radio program Science Friday reports. A severe bout of meningitis left her deaf, and changed how she navigated in the world. Jaipreet went through many...
Effects range from mild discomfort to vision loss. Doctors of optometry in Colorado have launched a September awareness initiative on the impact of stress on eyesight and eye health. “The long-term stress individuals and families are experiencing this year has the potential to impact eye health in...
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