A $5.7 billion global medical bill to restore sight for the estimated 45 million people with cataracts could be slashed in half by a diet rich in colourful fruits and vegetables, according to an international study.Researchers from China and the University of South Australia have published the first study of its kind to verify the link between foods high in antioxidants and a lower risk of age-related cataracts (ARC).UniSA Senior Research Fellow Dr Ming Li and colleagues from Xi'an Jiaotong University analysed 20 studies from around the world looking at the impact of vitamins and carotenoids o ..read more

By Hugh Williams FRCS FRCOphth, Honorary Consultant Surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London.Little did the New York dentist realise, when he cleaned his patient’s teeth with ultrasound, that it would change forever the world’s most commonly performed operation. The patient was Dr Charles Kelman. The operation was that of cataract removal. The rest is medical history.Medical history – even ophthalmic – can be time consuming to locate and to read. To do this, there is little enough time for undergraduates, let alone busy clinicians. There are now three ophthalmic medical documentaries to dip in ..read more

The recently published randomized multi center LiGHT trial concludes that SLT should be the preferred first-line treatment for patients with glaucoma or ocular hypertension. Published in The Lancet, the pivotal results of the LiGHT trial compared the use of SLT versus eye drops as a first-line treatment for treatment-naïve patients who had open angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension. KEY POINTS: STUDY NUMBERS/IOP REDUCTION: 718 patients. IOP reduction was similar for those treated with SLT (356 patients) and medication (362 patients) after 36 months' follow-up.EYE DROP USE: 78.2% of SLT patie ..read more

National Eye Institute scientists led a collaborative study and zeroed in on genes associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of vision loss and blindness among people age 65 and older. These findings provide a more expanded and in-depth picture of the genetic contributions to AMD, and they present new pathways for treatment development. The study was published Feb. 11 in Nature Genetics."If we were conducting a criminal investigation, prior research would have localized different crime syndicates to 52 streets within 34 zip codes. These latest findings identify ac ..read more

When a car crash or explosion results in an optic nerve injury, eliminating an enzyme known to promote inflammation appears to aid recovery, scientists report. They have shown for the first time in a mouse model of tough-to-treat optic nerve trauma, that removing the enzyme arginase 2, which increases with injury, decreases neuron death in the retina as well as the degeneration of nerve fibers that connect neurons to each other and ultimately the brain, they report in the journal Frontiers in Neuroscience. "Right now when an optic nerve crush injury happens, there is not a lot we can do to he ..read more

Watch this short video from one of our satisfied clients who received treatment at our clinic - the multifocal lens implant definitely works ..read more