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An eye for an eye!

Mon, 08/26/2013 - 11:55 -- deepti.gahrotra

NAGPUR: The Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) could not have got a better way to begin the 'eye donation fortnight' than getting someone pledging eye donation on the very first day. Pooja Saluja, 32, of Jaripatka and a graphic designer running her business, has decided to pledge eye donation with GMCH on the first day of the fortnight on Sunday.

"I had been thinking about organ donation. But recent deliberations with our religious Guru of Radhaswami Pant and recent campaign of Times of India made my determination more strong," she told TOI.

29% students in the Chandigarh need spectacles: Study

Thu, 08/22/2013 - 11:57 -- deepti.gahrotra

CHANDIGARH: If your child tends to hold his book too close to his face while reading and blinks excessively, the doctor may recommend spectacles. In that case, convince him or her to wear it. Your child may not have a problem after being told that 29% of school students in the city suffer from refractive error, a condition which necessitates wearing spectacles.

In Jharkhand, kids' eyes bear brunt of poor diet

Mon, 08/19/2013 - 11:30 -- deepti.gahrotra

More than 54 percent of the around 52 lakh children in Jharkhand suffer from malnourishment and a large number of them have eye-related ailments like cataract, according to data made available by the state government.

Six-year-old Mohammad Wasim Ansari, who lives in Khasmankeri village of Latehar district, had cataract in both eyes and was operated upon at Kashyap Memorial Eye Hospital (KMEH) in the state capital.

He had developed the condition at the age of three.

Donor-recipient gap widening

Mon, 08/12/2013 - 13:10 -- deepti.gahrotra

The gap between the number of organ donors and recipients is increasing in the city. With people reluctant to donate organs, about 8,000 patients are waiting for corneal transplant, while 500 are waiting for kidney transplants at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER).
At PGIMER, transplantations of kidney, cornea, bone marrow, liver and the heart are conducted. According to an official, PGI is planning to include other organs like pancreas, lungs and skin for transplantation as well.

Lab-made retina cells functional in mice

Wed, 07/31/2013 - 11:05 -- deepti.gahrotra

Light-sensitive cells found in the retina have been grown from mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and successfully transplanted into the eyes of visually impaired mice, restoring some vision.

Although the technique as it currently stands would be unsuitable for use in humans, the development suggests that ESCs could one day provide a supply of these cells, called photoreceptors, to treat some forms of blindness.

Telescopic lenses can help treat one of the leading causes of blindness

Thu, 07/04/2013 - 11:13 -- deepti.gahrotra

The leading cause of blindness in adults over 50, AMD causes very blurry and distorted images. But a telescopic lens could help those who suffer see better.

How do you cope with blindness after years of perfect sight? A combination of special contact lenses and glasses could allow some people to recapture their vision.

Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in adults over the age of 50, according to the National Eye Institute, and can lead in visual blurriness so intense that it causes

Stimulating Ideas

Thu, 06/13/2013 - 13:07 -- deepti.gahrotra

The past few years have seen several attempts to bring sight to the blind by fitting them with artificial retinas. These implanted devices turn incoming light into electrical signals and pass those signals to nerves that run to the brain’s optical cortex. The result is an image which, though low-resolution and monochrome, is better than no image at all.

New bionic eye to help visually impaired

Mon, 06/10/2013 - 12:59 -- deepti.gahrotra

A new bionic eye being developed at Monash University will help thousand of blind people to see light and shapes for the first time.

World-first wireless technology and a computer processor, implanted in the brain, helps the blind to determine shapes through a series of mapping dots after they wear a pair of sunglasses, News.com.au reported.

The gadget takes information from a glasses-mounted camera and sends it, via a wireless transmitter, to the brain.

This vision takes the form of basic shapes made of light - similar to looking at a line of stars.

Separate guidelines for eye transplants

Mon, 06/10/2013 - 12:05 -- deepti.gahrotra

India will soon have separate guidelines for eye donations and transplantation. The Union health ministry, in its bid to augment eye donations in the country, has set up a committee, headed by the chief of R P Eye Centre at AIIMS, Dr R V Azad, to frame new rules which will separate eye retrieval and transplant from organ donations. 

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