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On its website, KDKA-TV Pittsburgh (1/12) reported that next-generation contact lenses, “called ‘smart lenses’…are packed with circuits, sensors and wireless technology — all designed to keep an eye on your health.” Researchers are now testing contact lenses that may someday “replace the standard blood test,” pointing out that “biomarkers found in the blood — such [...] MedPage Today (6/7, Gever) reported, “A common retinal imaging technology could eventually supplement or even replace MRI for tracking multiple sclerosis (MS) severity and progression.” MedPage Today added, “In analyses presented at the annual meeting of the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers, distinctive changes to the optic nerve were seen in MS patients imaged [...] The UK’s Press Association (2/13) reports that, according to a study published in the journal Science, “unconscious flickering eye movements,” known as microsaccades, “once thought to be random ‘motor noise’ may in fact be necessary to stop us going blind.” For the study, researchers from the Salk Institute in California “focused on the superior colliculus, [...] The Chicago Tribune (2/8, Metz) reported that “next month, the drug company Allergan — the folks who brought us Botox (botulinum toxin type A) — will begin offering a product called Latisse (bimatoprost ophthalmic solution). When applied to the upper lash line daily, the drug has been shown to lengthen and thicken eyelashes.” Latisse “contains [...] |
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