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Gold nanoparticles used in a macular degeneration mouse model demonstrates ability to bypass photoreceptors and acitvates deeper retinal cell layers that send sends signals to the visual cortex.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 10, 2025 Source:Gold nanoparticles could help the blind see without surgery Reference:Intravitreally Injected Plasmonic Nanorods Activate Bipolar Cells with Patterned Near-Infrared Laser Projection
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Canada’s first tooth-in-eye surgeries could restore North Vancouver man’s vision
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 27, 2025 Source:‘It’s absolutely mind blowing’: Canada’s first tooth-in-eye surgeries could restore North Vancouver man’s vision
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Danish studies find higher risk of optic nerve damage with Ozempic however absolute risk increase is 1 in 10,000 and biological mechanism to explain this remains elusive.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 17, 2025 Source:Danish studies find higher risk of optic nerve damage with Ozempic Reference:Once-weekly semaglutide doubles the five-year risk of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy in a Danish cohort of 424,152 persons with type 2 diabetes
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Vision and hearing loss among growing list of risk factors for dementia, study says
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 7, 2024 Source:Time to get your eyes checked: Vision loss among growing list of risk factors for dementia, study says Reference:Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2024 report of the Lancet standing Commission
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AI-enabled imaging of retina’s vascular network can help predict cardiovascular disease and death
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 6, 2022 Source:AI-enabled imaging of retina’s vascular network can predict cardiovascular disease and death Reference:Artificial intelligence-enabled retinal vasculometry for prediction of circulatory mortality, myocardial infarction and stroke
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Case control study: People who wear reusable contact lenses are nearly four times (relatively) as likely as those wearing daily disposables to develop a rare sight-threatening eye infection
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 29, 2022 Source:People wearing reusable contact lenses more likely to develop rare sight-threatening eye infection Reference:Acanthamoeba Keratitis Risk Factors for Daily Wear Contact Lens Users
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Restricted diet of junk food leads to one teen’s loss of vision makes the headlines. Yet, news does not report that 500,000 children go blind per year from Vitamin A deficiency with half dying within a year of vision loss.
Health Headlines Commentary for September 3, 2019 Source:Teen went blind after eating only Pringles, fries, ham and sausage: case study Reference:Blindness Caused by a Junk Food Diet WHO: Micronutrient deficiencies :Vitamin A deficiency
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Sticking to proper contact lens hygiene instructions will reduce your risk of a parasitic eye infection described in recent news.
Health Headlines Commentary for July 11, 2019 Source: ‘Excruciating’ infection blinds man who showered with contact lenses
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Retinal eye exam study for the early detection of Alzheimer’s has his limitations and requires larger study populations to evaluate whether this is an effective screening test
Health Headlines Commentary for August 29, 2018 Source: Simple eye exam may be able to screen for Alzheimer’s: study Reference: Association of Preclinical Alzheimer Disease With Optical Coherence Tomographic Angiography Findings