Deafblindness: in a situation of disability, “I have always managed to get by and that is still the case”
Philippe Racaud, deaf since birth, gradually lost his sight. He tells us how this double sensory deficiency impacted his school ...
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Diabetes drugs linked to rare eye disease
Researchers have identified a potential link between semaglutide, a drug prescribed for type 2 diabetes and obesity, and a rare ...
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High myopia: can we ultimately lose our sight?
Often minimized, myopia can have serious consequences on our visual abilities. THE ESSENTIAL 5 to 10% of all myopes have ...
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Blindness: a link established between eye diseases and gut bacteria
Vision loss due to hereditary eye conditions could be caused by bacteria escaping from the gut and traveling to the ...
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Glaucoma: “Patients must be monitored throughout their lives, just like diabetics”
Glaucoma is the second leading cause of irreversible blindness in developed countries. However, an ophthalmologist stressed that the risk could ...
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A higher risk of blindness when living in a hot region
© shutterstockGlobal warming is (also) bad for your health. Indeed: the global rise in temperatures promotes the spread of certain ...
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Fertility drug puts you at risk of blindness
© Shutterstock / Inside Creative House"Scientific publications highlight new visual adverse effects associated with a treatment with clomiphene citrate (Clomid), ...
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Face blindness: are you one of those people who cannot recognize a face?
Face blindness or prosopagnosia, a disorder that manifests itself by a difficulty in recognizing faces, is more widespread than we ...
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NMOSD: what is this rare eye disease that mainly affects women (and causes blindness)?
© ShutterstockTHE neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD)formerly called Devic's disease, are a set of rare chronic inflammatory pathologies of the ...
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Blindness: soon a cure thanks to stem cells?
American scientists have succeeded in connecting stem cells to the retina, which could ultimately lead to a cure for blindness. ...
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AMD: 2 distinct eye diseases can contribute to blindness
Two distinct eye diseases can contribute to age-related macular degeneration (AMD), one of the leading causes of blindness in France, ...
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Glaucoma: poor sleep would increase the risk of losing sight
Sleep disorders such as insomnia or snoring are associated with an increased risk of developing glaucoma and suffering from blindness, ...
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A solidarity soap to fight childhood blindness
© L'OccitaneVitamin A deficiency puts the health of many children around the world at risk. Each year it is estimated ...
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Glaucoma: smart contact lenses to reduce the risk of blindness
Chinese researchers have developed a smart transparent optical prosthesis to monitor changes in the internal pressure of the eye. This ...
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A cyclist injured after his victory: a champagne cork hits his eye at 40 km / h
Getting a champagne cork in the eye is the number one cause of accidental blindness. THE ESSENTIAL A champagne cork ...
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Glaucoma: a smart contact lens to reduce the risk of blindness
© ShutterstockFirst cause of absolute blindness in the world, the glaucoma is a serious eye disease that affects more than ...
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Why do blind people remember what they hear better than others?
Patients deprived of the use of sight find it easier to memorize a series of letters or words and to ...
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Glaucoma: a new technique to control eye pressure
Thanks to a micropump, it is possible to control the eye pressure responsible for the occurrence of glaucoma. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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How does the brain react to sight loss?
Did you know that blindness upsets the organization of the cerebral cortex and alters memory?Losing one sense upsets the others: ...
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How ultrasound can restore sight?
Prostheses make it possible to stimulate the neurons of the retina using ultrasound, and could thus restore the visual abilities ...
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European premiere: an artificial corneal transplant in Montpellier
The Montpellier University Hospital placed a synthetic cornea on a blind patient in an attempt to restore his sight. THE ...
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A blind woman regains (some) of her vision thanks to a brain implant
After the operation, she was able to see simple shapes like lines or letters again. THE ESSENTIAL The cerebral cortex ...
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Eye diseases: cooking with wood or coal, a risk factor
Cooking with solid fuels, such as coal and wood, involves significant risks for the eyes, such as conjunctivitis or cataracts, ...
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AMD: a new blood biomarker to assess the risk of blindness
The discovery of a blood biomarker will make it possible to identify very early on people at risk of developing ...
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Can coffee really make you blind?
For people who have a genetic predisposition to higher eye pressure, drinking too much coffee almost quadruples the risk of ...
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Childhood blindness: gene therapy improves the sight of several children
The injection of copies of a missing gene that causes partial or total vision loss at birth or in early ...
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Air pollution would increase the risk of suffering from AMD
Air pollution with fine particles would accentuate age-related macular degeneration because of oxidative stress and the repeated inflammation it would ...
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Electrical stimulation to restore sight to the blind
Neuroscientists have managed to make monkeys see letters of the alphabet through electrical stimulation in their brains. THE ESSENTIAL Stimulation ...
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Tomorrow it will be possible to treat glaucoma with hydrogel
By injecting hydrogel into the eye, it would be possible to create an opening capable of letting excess fluid from ...
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Regenerating the optic nerve to treat glaucoma
A protein, called Protrudin, allows nerve cells to self-repair. This is a new therapeutic avenue for treating glaucoma, the leading ...
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