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Reusable contact lenses ‘more than triple risk of rare eye infection’

Reusable contact lens users are almost four times as likely as those wearing daily disposables to develop a rare sight-threatening eye infection, a study has found. The researchers suggest people should avoid wearing their lenses while swimming, or ...

23 Sept 2022 at 01:01

AI-powered eye scan could help detect Parkinson’s disease – study

Eye scans powered by artificial intelligence (AI) could detect Parkinson’s disease in people before they have symptoms, a study has suggested. Scientists hope that technology could eventually be used as a pre-screening tool for people at risk of ...

21 Aug 2023 at 21:00

Medics preserve sight in children with rare genetic eye condition in world first

Medics in the UK have become the first in the world to successfully administer a pioneering gene therapy that preserves sight in young children with an extremely rare genetic condition that usually causes blindness in the first few years of ...

20 Feb 2025 at 23:30

AI healthcare model to ‘supercharge’ detection of illness from eye tests

An artificial intelligence (AI) model trained like ChatGPT to allow clinicians to predict a person’s risk of having a heart attack by looking at their retina could have “huge public health implications”, according to its developers. A team ...

19 Sept 2023 at 11:12

Blind patients able to read again thanks to pioneering device

People who have lost their vision because of a common but untreatable age-related condition are now able to read again thanks to a pioneering electronic eye implant. The tiny Prima device is just 2mm by 2mm and has half the thickness of a ...

20 Oct 2025 at 13:25

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