by Bruce Brown | December 4, 2019 | Health
People with impaired vision lose more than their visual acuity. The loss of independence can lead to changin their place of residence and requiring assistance with certain everyday tasks. We wrote about NuEyes in 2016, a lightweight wearable headset that projects...
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by Bruce Brown | January 23, 2017 | General News, Medical
As wearable, carryable, and implantable Health Tech devices develop individually and in the aggregate, many observers look beyond U.S. and European early-adopter tech-savvy markets to areas in the world with low resources. These remote locations have few connections...
by Bruce Brown | September 16, 2016 | General News, Health
Glaucoma is a disease that results in bbnormally high fluid pressure inside the eye that can damage optic nerves. The disease affects more than 60 million people worldwide, according to U.K. firm Cambridge Consultants. The most common form of the disease is...
by Bruce Brown | July 27, 2016 | General News, Medical
When a mammal’s central nervous system nerves are cut or destroyed, they typically don’t regrow. That conventional understanding may be challenged by a study of regrowth of retinal ganglion cell axons in mice. The potential long-term ramifications of nerve...
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by Bruce Brown | February 10, 2016 | General News, Medical
When you get your eyes checked, you get to read rows of tiny numbers and make a bunch of “Better A, or better B?” choices as the technician or doctor tests selected pairs of lenses to get your subjective feedback. Chances are good that you also rest your...
