The eyes also might help detect seniors at risk for a common syndrome in which they emerge from surgery in a state of ...

If you are contemplating lens replacement surgery you need to be in good general health, have no eye infections or allergies ... infection and retinal detachment. “There are surgical risks ...

Humayun, MD, PhD, discussed cell-based approaches for GA and early studies examining autologous same-eye retinal pigment epithelium ... At the time of surgery, following vitrectomy, the macula ...

Thickening of the macular layer of the eye's retina is associated with a greater risk of postoperative delirium for older ...

When the macular layer of an older adult’s right eye retina becomes thicker, the person is more likely to experience postoperative delirium, a study shows. That was the case for older patients who ...

Prior to surgery, patients undergo a series of measurements determining the optical length of their eye and the focusing ... distances is focused on the retina. These complex lenses are associated ...

I sat outside in the bright glaring sun, reading the papers. Sunglasses on, but without reading glasses perched precariously over the top. If you’re under 50, this might not seem like a great ...

The ideal candidates for this surgery are people with damaged corneas but otherwise healthy eyes, with the retina and optic nerve at the back of their eye. In Gail Lane's case, she lost her sight ...

Inside the human eye, the retina is ... says that stem cell replacement therapy using lab-grown photoreceptors is a promising strategy to combat retinal disease. The challenge is that stem cell ...

David Gamm, director of UW–Madison’s McPherson Eye Research Institute and professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, says that stem cell replacement therapy using lab-grown photoreceptors is a ...

The retina is the layer of cells along the back of the eye that translates light ... scheduled to undergo a knee or hip replacement, kidney or prostate surgery under general anesthesia.