Cataracts
NIH-funded study proposes blurry vision in babies may guide brain development
Shortly after birth when the world is a blur, babies may be learning to identify patterns. According to a new study funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI), the initial phase of blurry vision may be fundamental to the development of normal...
NEI charts a clearer future for cataract prevention and treatment
Research funded by the National Eye Institute aims to reverse progression of cataracts—the most common cause of blindness worldwide—or to prevent them from forming altogether.
The lens focuses light on the tissue in the back of the eye...
NIH-funded scientists home in on molecular causes of secondary cataract
Four to 12 percent of people undergoing cataract surgery to replace a cloudy lens with a clear artificial one develop posterior capsule opacification (PCO). Also referred to as secondary cataract, PCO is the most common vision-compromising...
Space Lab Technology May Help Researchers Detect Early Signs of Cataract
As we age, proteins in the lenses of our eyes start misbehaving: They unfold and congregate in clusters that block, scatter and distort light as it passes through the lens. A cloudy area, or cataract, forms. In a new study, scientists found that...
Defective Lens Protein Implicated in Cataract Shown Culprit in Presbyopia
Loss or defects of a protein previously shown to play a key a role in cataract, the clouding of the lens that commonly strikes people in their seventies, has now been shown to contribute to presbyopia, the forty-something phenomenon when reading...
Vision Loss from Eye Diseases Will Increase as Americans Age
For more information, go to www.nei.nih.gov/eyedata/. B-roll with eye examinations is available by calling 301-496-5248. Simulations of visual impairments and other images are available in...
Los latinos en los Estados Unidos (EE.UU.) tienen indices elevados de perdida de vision y ciertos trastornos de los ojos
English news release and study description available at http://www.nei.nih.gov/latinoeyestudy/.
Los investigadores determinaron que los latinos presentan mayores índices de deterioro...
From Outer Space to the Eye Clinic: New Cataract Early Detection Technique
More Americans Facing Blindness Than Ever Before
March 20, 2002—Washington, DC—More Americans than ever are facing the threat of blindness from age-related eye disease, a new report says. Over one million Americans aged 40 and over are currently blind and an additional 2.4 million are visually...
New research sheds light on how UV rays may contribute to cataract
A new study offers an explanation for how years of chronic sunlight exposure can increase the risk of cataract, a clouding of the eye lens that typically occurs with aging. The study firms up a link between the sun’s damaging rays and a process...