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| 0 | Pediatric experts discuss new legislation, advocacy and tear duct ......round table in the June 25 issue of OSN. The editorial board members discuss treating amblyopia in older children and the functional and social benefits of strabismus surgery. "" (left) and Kenneth P. Cheng, MD, discuss their approaches to treating infant... |
| 0 | Local Mother To Appear On 'Today'...""Because of a bout with roseola and a high fever at 18 months, Couture has amblyopia, a condition that impairs her vision. She has been legally blind since 1987, walked with a cane since 2004 and is unable to drive.""Her peripheral vision also has failed... |
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| 0 | Wesley Chapel Mom To Appear On 'Today'...roseola and a high fever at 18 months left Couture fighting a lifelong battle with amblyopia, a condition that impairs her vision.""She has been legally blind since 1987. She has walked with a cane since 2004, and is unable to drive. Her peripheral vision... |
| 0 | Slow reading speed indicates quality of life deficit...the authors.""The research can be used in cases of eye disease (cataracts, macular degeneration and amblyopia), by taking into consideration that a slow reading speed indicates visual function and quality of life deficits. In this way, this test could be... |
| 0 | Poorer children have more eye problems than those from affluent ......squint, meaning eyes not pointing in the same direction), or a "lazy eye" (also called amblyopia, treated by patching the better-seeing eye) or was sufficiently long-sighted that glasses might be needed. ""It has long been thought that these eye problems... |
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| 0 | Doctors of Optometry, Parents, Educators and Legislators Applaud ......school are critical for the early intervention needed to treat diseases and disorders such as amblyopia ("lazy eye"), strabismus ("crossed eyes"), retinoblastoma (a rare eye cancer) and other serious and potentially blinding problems that can lead to poor... |
| 0 | Latest research into common eye problem, nystagmus to be presented ......role model for students and trainees by the BMA. ""Her main areas of research are amblyopia, the regulation of eye movements and their disorders, in particular nystagmus, and the genetics of neuro-ophthalmic diseases. ""She is the author of more than 120... |
| 0 | Consultation sought for newborn girl with leukocoria...and severe cases with minimal potential for improvement of visual acuity. Surgical intervention and postoperative amblyopia therapy are chosen for vision-threatening cases with the potential for improvement in vision. Surgery involves clearing the visual... |
| 0 | 2008 VBS Project: Health Screening for Kids...failure to treat anemia can lead to difficulty in concentrating as well as fatigue. If amblyopia (lazy eye) is not detected before age five, it is virtually impossible to adequately treat later. This could mean loss of vision in the affected eye as well a... |
| 0 | National TV Just 1st Step For 'Mom' Finalist...roseola and a high fever at 18 months, Couture has fought a lifelong battle with amblyopia, a condition that impairs her vision. She has been legally blind since 1987. She has walked with a cane since 2004, and is unable to drive. Her peripheral vision... |
| 0 | HTC REEL Kids biographies...deal with several health issues, she is an honor roll student. She has asthma and amblyopia. For several years, she had to patch her eyes and use drops to correct her vision. She worked extremely hard in numeracy and wanted extra work to practice on the... |
| 0 | School children need vision screenings..."When I was a young boy, I was diagnosed with amblyopia, or "lazy eye." I was fortunate that my vision problem was detected early on, and I was able to begin treatment. That's why I was excited to sponsor a bill that would help protect the vision of Iowa'... |
| 0 | Diet, AMD and cognitive decline...capable of 'near normal' accommodative performance. ""Two papers from McGill University in Canada looked at amblyopia intervention. A new amblyopia treatment known as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been used, involving a... |
| 0 | Antidepressants enhance neuronal plasticity in the visual system...In addition, the study suggests that antidepressants could also be used for the treatment of amblyopia. However, to produce a functional effect, antidepressant treatment also seems to require environmental stimuli, such as rehabilitation or... |
| 0 | Around our Towns - Gloucester County Times...the gap for some children. Other speakers on Lions programs for children included MaryAnn Ragone, amblyopia screening; Mary Niji, Lions Quest; Dee Wiemer, Leo Clubs; Lions District Governor Marlene Martin and District Sight Chairman Donna Hanes, Peace... |
| 0 | Prozac Could Heal Neurological Disorders "Lazy-Eye," Alzheimer's ......affirm the experiment could work the same way for humans."""Lazy eye" is scientifically known as amblyopia and appears to be one eye weaker than the other. It is the most frequent cause of visual impairment in childhood.""Adding to the new research,... |
| 0 | Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Blindness Reversal...greater vision improvement."""It is possible that efficacy will be improved if treatment is applied before amblyopia and retinal degeneration are established . . . ," the authors concluded. "Our study provides the foundation for gene-therapy approaches to... |
| 0 | Wesley Chapel Mom Selected For "Today" Show...of a bout with roseola and a high fever at age 18 months, Couture has amblyopia, a condition that impairs her vision. She has been legally blind since 1987, walked with a cane since 2004 and is unable to drive. Her peripheral vision also has failed; she... |
| 0 | Eye-opening experience in kindergarten...Eye Group, the hope is to find children struggling with visual deficiencies ? particularly progressive amblyopia, or "lazy eye," which causes vision loss ? and provide a prescription.""A partnership between Family Eye Group and the School District of... |
| 0 | FEAR AND LOAFING: OPTOMETRIST - Las Vegas Review...of eye care professionals I've come to know too well. As a child, I had amblyopia and -8 diopters of blurriness in my left eye, which put me somewhere between Mr. Magoo and the guy in "F Troop's" lookout tower. In 1999, I underwent Lasik surgery. This... |
| 0 | Trying to Kick that Lazy Eye? Pop a Prozac....could have the same effect on the two to three percent of humans who have amblyopia, or lazy eye, the most common cause of visual impairment among children.""The way the scientists think it works is by ?returning neurons in the adult brain to a more... |
| 0 | Study: Screening amblyopic children before 2 years of age ......"Among preschool-aged children, early photoscreening for amblyopia may yield better visual outcomes than later photoscreening, according to an analysis using the Alaska Blind Child Discovery database, published in the April issue of ""Robert W. Arnold, MD... |
| 0 | Antidepressant may help treat lazy eye syndrome...in humans, it could potentially help the roughly 15 percent of people thought to have amblyopia, or lazy eye.""It is believed that fluoxetine and other selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) relieve depression by boosting the amount of the... |
| 0 | Common eye problems in kids, and how to treat them...and can be so subtle it's missed by a parent. It's definitely treatable, as is amblyopia, or lazy eye, which affects about one in 30 kids.""If you have a baby, you can get a free eye screening through a program called InfantSEE. It's sponsored by the... |
| 0 | Prozac Makes Old Brain Cells Young...researcher in neurobiology at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, Italy. One of them is amblyopia, the "lazy eye" condition in which one eye is weaker than the other, because it was not used enough in early childhood, he said.""It's much too early to sa... |
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