June 2016 is Fireworks Eye Safety Month
PCVI and many other eye health providers support the sound warnings regarding firework eye safety. With the Fourth of July only a matter of weeks away, it’s important to review reminders that can serve as a real protection. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, fireworks are involved in thousands of injuries treated in… Read More
Visual acuity
Visual acuity (VA) is acuteness or clearness of vision, especially form vision, which is dependent on the sharpness of the retinal focus within the eye, the sensitivity of the nervous elements, and the interpretative faculty of the brain. VA is a quantitative measure of the ability to identify black symbols on a white background at… Read More
Our brain suppresses perception related to heartbeat, for our own good
Our heart is constantly beating yet we normally do not feel it. It turns out that our brain is capable of filtering out the cardiac sensation so that it doesn’t interfere with the brain’s ability to perceive external sensations. For the first time, researchers from the Center for Neuroprosthetics at EPFL have identified this mechanism…. Read More
Vessel damage may precede diabetic retinopathy, researchers find
A University of Iowa-led study of diabetes-related vision impairment holds good news — and some bad news — for patients with signs of these disorders. Scientists have long known that patients with diabetes mellitus — both Type 1 and Type 2 — are at high risk for developing diabetic retinopathy, the most common cause of… Read More
Gene therapy shows long-term benefit for treating rare blindness
Pioneering gene therapy has restored some vision to patients with a rare form of genetic blindness for as long as four years, raising hopes it could be used to cure common causes of vision loss, new University of Oxford research published today shows. A technique which involves injecting a virus into the eye to deliver… Read More
