NEI Research News

Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) supplementation at a dose of 1200 milligrams per day for four years did not, on average, slow the course of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) in adult RP patients already taking vitamin A supplements..

An experimental 'rescue' of retinas by treating eyes with certain stem cells has been shown to preserve visual function in mice that were genetically predisposed to degenerative diseases of the retina.

Según un estudio de investigación, los latinos que residen en los Estados Unidos tienen tasas altas de enfermedades de los ojos y deterioro visual, y es posible que un número considerable de ellos no sepa que tiene una enfermedad de los ojos.

Latinos living in the United States have high rates of eye disease and visual impairment, according to a research study, and a significant number may be unaware of their eye disease.

A new study projects that nearly half of all adult Hispanic/Latino individuals in the United States with diabetes have some type of diabetic retinopathy, a degenerative disease affecting vision.

Eye drops that reduce elevated pressure inside the eye can delay or possibly prevent the onset of glaucoma in African Americans at higher risk for developing the disease, researchers have found.

A new study reports that Hispanic/Latino individuals in the United States have higher rates of visual impairment and blindness than members of other ethnic groups.

With the aging of the population, the number of Americans with major eye diseases is increasing, and vision loss is becoming a major public health problem. By the year 2020, the number of people who are blind or have low vision is projected to increase su

Results from the first phase of the Vision in Preschoolers (VIP) study were published in the April 2004 issue of the journal Ophthalmology.

A preliminary clinical trial, conducted by researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), found that an investigational treatment for uveitis seems to have many fewer side effects than existing therapies