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NEI Research News

Thanks to the work of NEI scientists and grantees, we’re constantly learning new information about the causes and treatment of vision disorders. Get the latest updates about their work — along with other news about NEI.

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Statement on the Findings of the Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study

Glaucoma is one of the most common causes of visual loss in the United States and affects about three million Americans. A standard medical treatment for newly diagnosed glaucoma is using eye drops and/or laser treatment to lower the pressure inside...
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Antioxidant Vitamins and Zinc Reduce Risk of Vision Loss from Age-Related Macular Degeneration

High levels of antioxidants and zinc significantly reduce the risk of advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and its associated vision loss.
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Scientists Find Similar Survival Rates for Eye Cancer Therapies

Researchers have found that the survival rates for two alternative treatments for primary eye cancer–radiation therapy and removal of the eye–are about the same.
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Undiagnosed Diabetes and Related Eye Disease in Mexican-Americans--A Call for Increased Detection

A research study of the Mexican-American population over age 40 found that the rate of diabetes in this group is 20 percent–almost twice that of non-Hispanic Whites–and that 15 percent of those with diabetes did not know that they had the disease...
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La diabetes no diagnosticada y las enfermedades de la vista que ésta ocasiona en la población de origen mexicano en los Estados Unidos exigen mejorar la detección

Un estudio realizado en un grupo de mexicano-estadounidenses de 40 años o más determinó que la tasa de diabetes en este grupo es del 20 por ciento (tasa casi dos veces mayor que la correspondiente a blancos no hispanos) y que el 15 por ciento de las...
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Myopia Development and Nighttime Light Exposure in Infancy

Two groups of researchers have found no association between nighttime light exposure during sleep in the first two years of life and the subsequent development of nearsightedness, or myopia.
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Oxygen Restrictions Can Be Eased for Premature Infants with Blinding Eye Disease

Modest supplemental oxygen given to premature infants with moderate cases of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), a potentially blinding eye disorder, may not significantly improve ROP, but definitely does not make it worse, according to researchers funded
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Health Education Leads to More Eye Exams in Group at Risk for Vision Loss

Researchers at Teachers College, Columbia University and Albert Einstein College of Medicine have determined that health education programs can substantially increase the rates of dilated eye exams for African Americans with diabetes
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Anti-HIV Treatment Improves Immune System and Fights Sight-Threatening Eye Infection

A combination of anti-HIV drugs appears to help rejuvenate the immune systems of people with AIDS and prevent progression of cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis, a potentially blinding AIDS-related eye complication.
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Address by Carl Kupfer, MD, Vision '99 International Conference on Low Vision

Dr. Kupfer served as director of the National Eye Institute from January 1970 through July 2000

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