Sentences with phrase «for eye diseases»

Whether your pet comes in for a consultation or on an emergency basis, we offer the most advanced diagnostic and treatment practices in New England for eye diseases and injuries in small animals and exotic pets.

At present, there are no DNA tests to determine genetic status for eye diseases in Picards, but research is underway at the University of Missouri.

This program has screened nearly 60,000 Service Animals for eye diseases and complications; helping owners and handlers rest easier and referring veterinarians, prevent disease.

BABY BLUE Using human eye cells, researchers fashioned an artificial eye surface that could be used to study and test treatments for eye diseases.

This synthetic eye could be used to study and test treatments for eye diseases, researchers reported February 16 in a news conference at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

More than half a million ¹ people with diabetes in England are at increased risk of blindness because they have not received retinal screening2, an essential annual check which tests for eye disease (diabetic retinopathy).

«It's fantastic news that they are going into the clinic with a cell therapy for eye disease,» says Pete Coffey of University College London, and head of a team developing tiny «patches» of RPEs for treating age - related macular degeneration.

«This work has exposed gaps in the global data, given that many countries have not formally surveyed their populations for eye disease.

Remote screening tests have been developed to increase the number of diabetic patients screened for eye disease.

The American Whippet Club suggests that breeders test for eye disease, but hip dysplasia is not considered a problem in the breed.

Nonetheless it's recommended that all breeding dogs be radiographed (x-rayed) clear of hip dysplasia and tested annually for eye disease.

Hotshot's breeders did the genetic tests appropriate for both breeds, including X-rays for hip dysplasia and screening for eye disease, and also did hearing tests on the puppies.

If, for instance, no enforcement had been undertaken by a Member State, medical practitioners could have continued prescribing Avastin for eye disease treatments, and substitute Lucentis.

Thirty - nine percent of Univera Healthcare commercial members living with diabetes are at risk for eye disease and blindness because they aren't getting their recommended annual diabetic retinal exams, according to a review of claims data by the regional health insurer.

Not exact matches

• Kala Pharmaceuticals, a Waltham, Mass. - based biotech focused on treating eye diseases with nanoparticles, filed for an $ 86 million IPO Friday.

Editas, founded in 2013 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a visionary gene - therapy company with a pipeline of therapies for cancer and lung, liver, muscle, eye, and blood diseases.

• Kala Pharmaceuticals, a Waltham, Mass. - based biotech focused on treating eye diseases with nanoparticles, raised $ 90 million in an offering of 6 million shares for $ 15 a piece.

• Oyster Point Pharmaceuticals Inc., a San Francisco - based developer of treatments for dry eye and other diseases of the ocular surface, raised $ 22 million in Series A funding.

Around the same time, the so - called Health Wagon began traversing rural Appalachia, offering screening for diabetes - related eye disease to malnourished mountain dwellers.

Aldeyra Therapeutics, a Burlington, Mass. - based developer of therapies for rare eyes and skin diseases, raised $ 12 million in its IPO.

Organizations such as the Canadian Association of Optometrists say only doctors should be responsible for issuing medical aides (which it believes glasses and contacts are), and have expressed concern this change will lead to people skipping eye exams, which could delay the diagnosis of serious eye disease.

The eye mouse isn't just an IT device, but arms and legs for a patient with advanced disease.

On Wednesday, Spark Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: ONCE) announced it will charge $ 425,000 per eye for one - time treatments of a rare genetic retinal disease that causes blindness.

Probably creationist don't turn to Leviticus 13 for medical advice on how to treat skin disease (leprosy); nor do they turn to Joshua 6 (Siege and fall of Jericho) for lessons in military science; nor do they turn to the staple of ancient legal science in Exodus 21:23 - 2 (lex talons «eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth») for modern jurisprudence.

It has an abundance of carotenoids and beta - carotene that is great for eye health and also helps protect against heart disease.

That's just one of the reasons FloraGLO is trusted most by doctors — based on the results of the National Disease and Therapeutic Index syndicated report among physicians who recommend a dietary supplement with lutein for eye health between September 2009 and September 2010 — and is the brand being used in the National Eye Institute's AREDS 2 trial.

Contrary to claims we've been fed for years, eggs from pastured chickens can help to reduce your risk of heart disease, improve eye health, assist in weight loss, and improve brain health.

Among all the therapeutic options for dry eye disease, artificial tears are still the mainstay in the initial management of a dry eye patient.

These contain carotenoid pigments, critical for macular function, and can be helpful in preventing eye disease.

Ophthalmology (New England Eye Center) at Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center specializes in the testing and treatment of all types of eye diseases and visual problems.

Because of the danger from chlamydia, most pediatricians test newborns» eyes for the disease before prescribing antibiotics.

Hospitals apply the eye cream because they do not want to run the risk of a baby going blind, but the decision to do so for all newborns was based on a mere two cases of blindness due to these diseases.

This screening test is to check for signs of diabetic eye disease, including diabetic retinopathy.

Those who hunt and shoot throughout Europe are seven million pairs of eyes and ears for signs of the disease, but each individual must take responsibility.

«Protein analysis allows for treatment of eye - disease symptoms with existing drugs.»

«Gene - delivery system prevents vision loss from inherited eye disease: Initial testing in animal models holds promise for treating Leber congenital amauroisis and other congenital visual disorders.»

Using what we know about human genes, for example, could help us extrapolate details like Neanderthal hair and eye color, their genetic diseases, and possibly even their language capabilities.

Previous research had shown that certain eye diseases could cause a similar disruption to the blood - ocular barrier, which does for the eye what the blood - brain barrier does for the brain.

EYE tests could one day be used for the early detection of Alzheimer's disease, thanks to the discovery of a link between the amount of a characteristic protein in the brain and levels of the same protein in the eEYE tests could one day be used for the early detection of Alzheimer's disease, thanks to the discovery of a link between the amount of a characteristic protein in the brain and levels of the same protein in the eyeeye.

Too few patients with retinal infarction, or loss of blood flow in the eye, are evaluated for stroke risk or seen by a neurologist, putting them at increased risk for another stroke, according to preliminary research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2018, a world premier meeting dedicated to the science and treatment of cerebrovascular disease for researchers and clinicians.

«Trained evaluators can screen for premie eye disease from miles away.»

Nevertheless, the outcome may pave the way for transplants of stem cell — derived eye cells called photoreceptors, which could dramatically improve vision in people with eye disease if all goes according to plan.

«Only about half of all people with diabetes get an annual comprehensive dilated eye exam, which is essential for detecting diabetic eye disease early, when it is most treatable,» said NEI Director Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D..

Eye diseases — such as age - related macular degeneration, as well as a genetic condition called Stargardt's macular dystrophy that afflicts young people — are considered excellent candidates for stem cell therapy because the eye is an immune - privileged site, meaning transplanted cells are not as likely to be rejected as foreign compared with transplants elsewhere.

Earlier this month, a network of researchers supported by the National Eye Institute (NEI) found that the drug Lucentis (ranibizumab) can be highly effective for treating proliferative diabetic retinopathy, an eye disease that can occur as a complication of diabetes.

New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) shows that age (or age at diagnosis) and duration of diabetes disease are linked to the risk of death and marcovascular complications (those in larger blood vessels), whereas only diabetes duration is linked to the risk of microvascular complications (in smaller blood vessels such as those in the eyes).

As the name of the disease indicates, AMD occurs due to slow, progressive deterioration of the macula, a part of the eye necessary for clear, central vision.

Despite the disease being extremely common, as of last year, there was only one FDA - approved treatment for dry eye, Huh said.

After all, screening people at high risk of developing the chronic eye disease had been common practice for decades.

This, in turn, may lead to better treatments or a cure for the tear film disease known as «dry eye.»