The electronic cigarette also damages… the eyes!
Some e-cigarette solvents contain toxic substances that could damage users' eyeballs. THE ESSENTIAL The HCSP recently recommended that healthcare professionals ...
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Football, driving… Caffeine boosts our visual abilities
Consumed in moderation, coffee has many virtues, including improving our vision. THE ESSENTIAL The DVA plays an important role in ...
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Do you constantly see little dots? You may be suffering from “visual snow syndrome”
The "visual snow syndrome" was recently identified by the medical community, and has not yet delivered all its mysteries. THE ...
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What your baby sees…and you don’t
Babies under 7 months can perceive objects that neither older children nor adults can see due to the phenomenon of ...
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Sleep well at 2 years old so as not to wear glasses later
Sleeping too much or too little at age two increases the risk of wearing glasses at age five. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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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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Consumers don’t notice it, but cannabis also impairs vision
Smoking cannabis significantly alters key visual functions, such as visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, three-dimensional vision, ability to concentrate, and sensitivity ...
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How does dry eye affect quality of life?
British researchers find that people with dry eye have more vision problems, difficulties at work and in their daily life. ...
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Containment: a significant increase in cases of myopia in children
In China, the number of 6-year-old children with myopia tripled between February and May 2020. An effect of confinement linked ...
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Multiple sclerosis: a treatment approach to reduce visual disturbances
A new treatment would restore the myelin and the nerve fibers of the optic system. THE ESSENTIAL Multiple sclerosis attacks ...
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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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Alzheimer’s: correcting your vision could reduce the risk by half
Patients over 40 with visual impairment have a 50% increased risk of developing Alzheimer's. THE ESSENTIAL Patients over 40 who ...
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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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Colorblind people will never see colors like everyone else
Color blind people, who would be more than two million in France, have a genetic anomaly which prevents them from ...
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Keeping an eye out to detect visual disturbances in children
On the occasion of World Sight Day, ophthalmology professor Antoine Labbé, also head of the AP-HP glaucoma center at Ambroise-Paré ...
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Will opticians soon be allowed to prescribe glasses?
To free up appointments with ophthalmologists, the General Inspectorate of Social Affairs (IGAS) is promoting the prescription of glasses by ...
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Eyesight and concentration: watch out for tired eyes in children
Many children get closer to their sheet or book to read. A bad posture that leads to tiring their eyes ...
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Jaguar Vision GT Roadster. The electric supercar in Gran Turismo 7
The Jaguar Vision Gran Turismo Roadster is coming to the game Gran Turismo 7. Jaguar presents the Vision Gran Turismo ...
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Regular check-ups are necessary to prevent the worsening of glaucoma
In the early stages of the disease, the brain compensates, making sight similar to that of an unaffected person. To ...
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Color blindness: special lenses developed to finally distinguish colors
Researchers have found that fitting glasses with special filters allows people with color blindness to distinguish colors and that these ...
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Exercising is good for your eyesight
Researchers have found that practicing physical activity reduces the proliferation of blood vessels in the eyes. THE ESSENTIAL Physical activity ...
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A bionic eye prosthesis available within five years
For the first time, researchers have developed a bionic eye with characteristics comparable to those of humans. Eventually, it could ...
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Coronavirus: should we stop wearing contact lenses during the epidemic?
The French Society of Contact Lens Adapter Ophthalmologists (SFOALC) has made very clear recommendations to contact lens wearers in this ...
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Diabetes-related vision loss: AI predicts treatment outcomes
Vision loss is one of the complications encountered in diabetic patients and the conventional treatment used to treat diabetic macular ...
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AMD: an artificial retinal implant to restore sight?
According to an experiment on rats, the brain would be able to correctly combine natural vision and an artificial retinal ...
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In the belly, babies see more than you think
American scientists have discovered that in the second trimester of pregnancy, long before the baby's eyes can see, they can ...
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Multiple sclerosis: a new molecule slows its progression
The molecule that slows the progression of multiple sclerosis opens the way to new therapies.Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic ...
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AMD: cells implicated in the main cause of blindness in the elderly
In the United States, more than two million people are affected by age-related macular deficiency. In France, they are a ...
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Vision: researchers question the links between the eye and the brain
A Canadian research team contradicts a 60-year-old theory about how human vision works. This is what interests us in the ...
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Cataract: the surgical operation would allow a 48% reduction in road accidents
According to a new study, surgery could reduce road accidents by 48% in people suffering from cataracts, one of the ...
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