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2 months agoGreen time over screen time': how to really look after your eyes
Blindness is a very scary disability, says Prof Lauren Ayton, deputy director of the Centre for Eye Research Australia at the University of Melbourne. But people don't realise actually about 90% of vision loss can be prevented or treated. And like many other problems, keeping the eyes healthy so often comes down to good diet, keeping active, and regular check-ups.
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2 months agoWear shades in winter and follow the 20-20-20 rule: experts on 13 ways to look after your eyes
The front of the eye, and the cornea in particular, has more nerve endings per millimetre square than anywhere else in the body, says Dr Dilani Siriwardena, a consultant NHS ophthalmologist at Moorfields eye hospital in London and vice-president of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. So it can be very sensitive. The tiniest scratch or piece of grit in your eye can feel like a brick.
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2 months agoBrain implant restores vision to a man blinded by an optic nerve injury
A 4x4 mm microneedle implant in the visual cortex restored partial vision in a NAION patient, enabling light perception, movement detection, object identification, and reading large characters.
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