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NEWS ABOUT: eye care

eye care stories: 4 news summaries

 Study Links 
 Video Games to 
 Improved Vision 

Action games improve optics and brain's response

Mar 30, 09 4:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Adults can apparently improve their eyesight by playing action video games, a treatment less painful—for some, at least—than corrective lenses or eye surgery, according to researchers. Scientists compared study subjects who played the action games Call of Duty and Unreal Tournament 2004 to a group who played the... More »

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study • eye care • cognitive science • The Sims • Call of Duty • video games • eyesight

 US Child Gets Prosthetic Iris 

Surgery allows boy to see colors, corrects vision problems

Nov 22, 08 5:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Surgeons in Cincinnati implanted a prosthetic iris this week in the eye of a 7-year-old boy, the first US child to get one. “It’s just like Mom’s,” said Nathaniel Brantley as he looked in a mirror. “Just like it’s supposed to be.” Born... More »

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medical breakthrough • eye care • eyes • prosthetics

 UK Docs Implant
 Bionic Eyes 

Surgery aims to restore partial vision in blind men

Apr 21, 08 8:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - British doctors have given two blind men bionic eyesight and say they will soon enjoy partial vision, the Telegraph reports. Using US technology, the surgeons inserted electrodes in the men's retinas last week. Studded on a metal plate, the conductors will be connected to a small eyeglass camera that enables... More »

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surgery • eye care • blindness • foreign doctors • eyes

Eye-Care Recall Reverberates
on Wall Street

Product problem seen influencing bids for Bausch & Lomb

May 29, 07 1:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the wake of reports linking its Complete MoisturePlus contact lens solution to a rare eye infection that can lead to blindness, Advanced Medical Optics has recalled the product. Competitor Bausch & Lomb's stock price dropped on the news, since the recall may put AMO's plans to enter the bidding... More »

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medicine • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Bausch and Lomb • contact lenses • Advanced Medical Optics • eye care • infection • MoisturePlus • blindness

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