Retinal screening in diabetes: diagnosis by robot
The digital revolution in ophthalmology, foreshadowed around two years ago, has now become a clinical reality: Since the middle of the year, MedUni Vienna and...
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FDA approves first contact lens that slows myopia progression
MiSight, the first contact lens indicated to slow the progression of myopia in children ages 8 to 12 years, has been approved by the U.S....
Too few medicare beneficiaries with diabetes getting eye exams
Nationwide, about half of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries with diabetes had eye exams in 2017, according to research published in the Nov. 15 issue of the...
Antibody-based eye drops show promise for treating dry eye disease
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago are the first to identify the presence of a specific type of antibody, called anti-citrullinated protein autoantibodies,...
Researchers report a new way to produce curvy electronics
Contact lenses that can monitor your health as well as correct your eyesight aren’t science fiction, but an efficient manufacturing method—finding a way to produce...
Scanning the lens of the eye could predict type 2 diabetes and prediabetes
New research presented at this year’s annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Barcelona, Spain (16-20 September) shows that...
Breakthroughs seen in artificial eye and muscle technology
Inspired by the human eye, researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed an adaptive metalens that...
Optic nerve stimulation to aid the blind
Scientists from EPFL in Switzerland and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Italy are developing technology for the blind that bypasses the eyeball entirely and sends messages...
Global smart contact lenses market 2019-2026: size, share, top vendor, trends and demand
A new report by MRS Research Group on Smart Contact Lenses market studies the intense structure of the Smart Contact Lenses market. The report breaks...
Penn Engineering’s blinking eye-on-a-chip used for disease modeling and drug testing
People who spend eight or more hours a day staring at a computer screen may notice their eyes becoming tired or dry, and, if those...