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• High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol Associated With Eye Disease

  May 12 (HealthDay News) -- High blood pressure and high cholesterol levels not only are ...

• Protective Eyewear Key to Sports Safety

  May 10 (HealthDay News) -- Every year in the United States, about 40,000 people suffer ...

• New Class of Drugs Might Treat Many Conditions

  May 9 (HealthDay News) -- A new class of drugs called vaptans may be able ...

• Gene Variant Boosts Risk of Severe Diabetic Eye, Kidney Diseases

  May 8 (HealthDay News) -- A gene called erythropoietin (EPO) is linked to severe diabetic ...

• Diabetes Seems to Heighten Glaucoma Risk

  May 2 (HealthDay News) -- While diabetes has long been associated with the potentially sight-stealing ...

• Ranibizumab Injections Reduce Retinal Swelling

  May 1 (HealthDay News) -- Injections of the drug ranibizumab can improve vision and reduce ...

• FDA Examines 'Quality of Life' for LASIK Patients

  April 25 (HealthDay News) -- Golf great Tiger Woods lauds vision-correcting LASIK surgery as "life ...

• Annual Trachoma Treatments May Be Unnecessary

  April 23 (HealthDay News) -- In communities with moderate levels of the eye disease trachoma, ...

• Most Sports-Related Eye Injuries Are Preventable

  April 19 (HealthDay News) -- To prevent injuries to your eyes while playing sports, you ...

• Early Screening Improves Outcomes for Kids with Amblyopia

  April 17 (HealthDay News) -- Early screening and detection of amblyopia, also known as "lazy ...

• Hormone Replacement May Cut Risk for Age-Linked Eye Disease

  April 14 (HealthDay News) -- Postmenopausal women who take hormones have a lower risk of ...

• Diabetic Eye Problem Linked to Heart Failure

  April 14 (HealthDay News) -- Diabetic retinopathy, a leading cause of vision loss in the ...

• Age-Related Eye Disease on the Increase

  April 5 (HealthDay News) -- Twice as many women as men in the United States ...

• Study Finds Older Corneas Suitable for Transplantation

  April 1 (HealthDay News) -- People up to the age of 75 should be allowed ...

• Study Finds Potential Cause of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

  March 17 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have pinpointed a biological pathway that may block the ...

• Survey Finds Many Americans Clueless About Eye Disease

  March 13 (HealthDay News) -- Many Americans are unaware of the warning signs of eye ...

• Glaucoma May Boost Cardiovascular Death Risk in Blacks

  March 11 (HealthDay News) -- Black people diagnosed and treated for glaucoma and those with ...

• Brain Disease Causes More Vision Loss in Blacks

  March 10 (HealthDay News) -- Black Americans are more likely than other racial groups to ...

• New Treatment for 'Lazy Eye' Shows Promise

  March 4 (HealthDay News) -- A new treatment for lazy eye shows promise in adults, ...